Vincent
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Team USA Ready for World's First Olympics
In her recent press conference, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, announced that the IOC is going to embrace scientific accomplishment by adding a performance drug innovation challenge to the programme for Milano Cortina 2026.
“For decades, the IOC has waged an increasingly costly war on the usage of performance-enhancing drugs.” Coventry stated during the press conference, “In recent years, this battle has become prohibitively challenging. After careful consideration, the committee has decided to pivot its approach entirely. We believe this is the right move to reward researchers who have been quietly making athletes faster, stronger, …
First ever PI-Parent conferences
Carnegie Mellon University held the world’s first ever PI – Parent conference this week, allowing principal investigators to meet one-on-one with parents of graduate students to discuss research progress, work habits, lab space conduct, social development, as well as home environment.
University officials said the initiative was introduced in response to strong demands from both PIs and parents. Several PIs requested the conferences after observing patterns of procrastination, lab misconduct, and interpersonal conflicts that they describe as “developmentally consistent with middle schoolers.” “You would expect them to behave like adults,” said a professor supportive of the initiative, “But a …
Tired of Binge Drinking? Try Vibe Drinking
Let me tell you about a CMU student named Bob. I actually don’t know a person named Bob at CMU, but let’s just say he’s real. Like many other students at CMU, he has no friends, no girlfriend, no money, no sexual activity, no summer internship lined up, no loving parents, no prospect, no future, and he has been listening to AI Batman to help him overcome his chronic procrastination.
“So… now what?” asked Bob.
Well, you might jump to the obvious answer – Bob should start Binge Drinking. He gotta keep drinking until his problems seem to …