Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-5-2009

3000 children sit an exam from 1976, get pretty much the same results that people got in 1976. This despite massive result inflation since then...

(tags: education mathematics UK)

A box of pencils worth, apparently, £500,000

(tags: art money UK crime)

Now this is a smart idea!

(tags: solar coal energy ecology power electricity)

8 - Telephone directories (can't remember the last time I used one) 22 - Enforceable copyright 44 - Trust in Nigerian businessmen

(tags: internet culture technology society)

I was expecting...more

(tags: dogs hair genetics)

"I found that women are more tentative than men sometimes, and men are more tentative than women sometimes," Palomares said. "It depends on the topic and whether you're communicating with someone of the same gender. Gender differences in language are not innate; theyâ™re fickle.

(tags: language gender psychology social stereotypes)

Offers adhesive strength of up to 35 tonnes per square meter when tensile force is applied parallel to the fastener surface. When it is applied perpendicular to the fastener surface, Metaklett can still withstand a force of seven tonnes per square meter. Moreover, like a standard Velcro fastener on a childâ™s shoe, it can be opened and closed again without the help of any tools.

(tags: velcro technology)

(tags: climate environment science)

Rain radar for the UK

(tags: weather UK maps radar rainfall forecast)