Made from Truth and Lies

Edinburgh People! If you're free next Wednesday (the 20th) then come along to "The Dullest Show" - a comedy night designed to enliven the dark, slow, dull bits of the year with fun comedy.

Details here. I've just booked tickets for Me and Julie, and I'm rather looking forward to it!

• Urine test can detect dangerous snoring - clearly the headline of the day.
  (tags: health interesting medicine sleep)
• Proof That Mentoring Matters
  The study found significant gains for those who received mentoring in three key factors: total number of publications, total number of publications in "top tier" journals, and total number of federal grants won.
  (tags: academia mentoring)
• Making criminal punishment moderate and predictable is a much better modifier of behaviour than the current methods.
  (tags: crime prison punishment)