“I’m stunned that anyone would have thought this was appropriate protocol.”
Jan Christensen of Redwood City school district, California, on a teacher who asked students to share lancets when drawing their own blood as part of a science class. The students are being tested for HIV and hepatitis (San Francisco Chronicle, 20 November)
“This study shows… how the pursuit of money can be isolating.”
George Loewenstein of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a study in Science showing that merely thinking about money could make people reluctant to volunteer their time or share their money (The New York Times…
