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What not to study: The 20 university degrees with the highest unemployment rates 3 Dr. Placebo — Half Quack and Half Savant 6 Universities under Attack 8 Europe‘s Financial Crisis, in Plain English 11 The Globe 100: The very best of 2011 14 Virtual robot links body to numbers just like humans 31 Whiskers Marked Milestone in Evolution of Mammals from Reptiles 34 Urban beehive lets you harvest honey indoors 36 Archeologists Discover Huge Ancient Greek Commercial Area On Island of Sicily 37 Hybrid phone network offers Wi-Fi calls 39 Humans killing at least 750 Bornean orang-utans a year 40 Bats Show Ability to Instantly Change Ear Shapes, Making Their Hearing More Flexible 42 A chance to blame extreme weather on climate change 44 Enzyme Boosts Metabolism, Prevents Weight Gain in Mice 47 Playing the climate blame game 49 Erratic, Extreme Day-To-Day Weather Puts Climate Change in New Light 51 Row over plans to mine Grand Canyon 55 Evidence of Ancient Lake in California's Eel River Emerges 56 University applications down 13% on last year 59 Warm water lured landlubber animals back to sea 62 Government backs call for classroom coding 63 Rising Air Pollution Worsens Drought, Flooding, New Study Finds 65 Frog-killer disease was born in trade 69 Ancient Bronze Artifact from East Asia Unearthed at Alaska Archaeology Site 71 Trade war looms over Europe's aircraft carbon tax 74 More Flexible Window Into the Brain 76 Thawing microbes could control the climate 78 Mid-Ocean Creatures Control Light to Avoid Becoming Snacks 80 Seaways across Antarctica could open in 1000 years 82 Jane Austen 'died from arsenic poisoning' 84 Breast-milk stem cells may bypass ethical dilemmas 86 A New Pin on the Art Map 88 The dope on mental enhancement 94 Keyed to Detail, No Matter How Crazy 97 A Globetrotting Display With American Flair 99 Geron halts pioneering stem cell research 102 Sistema de Infotecas Centrales Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Where Children Discover Their Inner Child 103 Test all kids for cholesterol, says US government 106 A Conjurer of Beautiful People, Back in Town 107 The modest woman who beat malaria for China 109 Flattery (Sincere?) Lightly Dusted With Irony 112 My self-destructing syringe could save millions of lives 115 War Resonates Anew on Hallowed French Ground 117 Disease-ridden societies could be more murderous 120 Stem cells may help heart pump more blood after attack 121 Creative Destruction: Peter Thum's Fonderie 47 123 Improved Poverty Metrics Show Aid Does Help 125 The rise of "awesome" 129 Lab-grown blood given to volunteer for the first time 131 Ocean Health Index Accounts for Human Benefits 133 I WISH I HAD MET KURT TUCHOLSKY 136 Why Americans Use Social Media 142 THE STUDENT WITH THREE JOBS 146 Oklahoma Earthquakes and the Wages of Fracking 153 DR DOLE QUEUE 156 Fizzy drink ban has little effect on students 158 THE BOOK OF ILLUSION 159 The iPod Touch as a Crop Saver 162 SWALLOWS AND AMATEURS 163 Decision time: How subtle forces shape your choices 166 THE LUCK OF THE IRISH 170 Does This Make My Antenna Look Big? 173 DARKNESS VISIBLE 175 The future of online advertising 178 EXPLODING THE MYTH 181 Gay Neighbors Impact Property Values 183 COOL UNDER FIRE 185 Network theory reveals patterns in Supreme Court votes 190 THE ART OF MONEY 191 Tattoo Remorse Spawns New Business 193 NOTES ON A VOICE: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 195 Uninsured hospital patients discharged sooner 197 HANDWRITING: AN ELEGY 199 2 Infoteca’s E-Journal No. 181 December 2011 Sistema de Infotecas Centrales Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila What not to study: The 20 university degrees with the highest unemployment rates Elizabeth Bromstein| Nov 25, 2011 10:30 AM What's your university degree in? I just ended that sentence with a preposition, so you might be able to guess that I don‘t have one. If I did, it might be in English literature, but I dropped out, which is just as well, since people used to joke that Concordia‘s English lit. department has its graduation ceremony in the unemployment office. (I later went back and studied history and musicology at U of T, but I didn‘t get those degrees either. Maybe one day.) English is one of the more proverbially useless degrees, but it‘s not the most useless, not today and not in terms of unemployment rates, anyway. No, that honour goes to clinical psychology. This is according to The Wall Street Journal, which recently looked at how 173 college majors fare on the job market in terms of employment and pay, based on 2010 US census data. Psychology in general is a pretty terrible idea, as are visual, performing and fine arts - pretty much any art, really. You probably could have guessed that. But some of the others surprised me. I guess I assumed, for example, that a degree in neuroscience, would be specialized enough to give you a good chance at a job. I assumed wrong. On the other hand, education of just about any kind is a pretty sure bet. Obviously, your choice of degree affects your employability. There are other factors to consider, such as the popularity of the degree and the earning potential - all of which you can view here. But for a simple look, below are the 20 highest and lowest unemployment rates by degree. See where yours fits in. Or, if you‘re thinking of getting (another) one, perhaps this will influence your choice of discipline. 20 HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY DEGREE: 1. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - 19.5% 2. MISCELLANEOUS FINE ARTS - 16.2% 3. UNITED STATES HISTORY - 15.1% 4. LIBRARY SCIENCE - 15.0% 5. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY & MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES, TIE - 10.9% 6. ARCHITECTURE - 10.6% 7. INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - 10.4% 8. MISCELLANEOUS PSYCHOLOGY - 10.3% 9. LINGUISTICS AND COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - 10.2% 10. COMPUTER ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY - 9.5% 11. VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS & ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT, TIE - 9.2% 12. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - 8.8% 3 Infoteca’s E-Journal No. 181 December 2011 Sistema de Infotecas Centrales Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila 13. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - 8.5% 14. HUMANITIES & ELECTRICAL AND MECHANIC REPAIRS AND TECHNOLOGIES, TIE - 8.4% 15. GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES - 8.2% 16. COMMERCIAL ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN - 8.1% 17. STUDIO ARTS - 8.0% 18. PRE-LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES - 7.9% 19. MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE & COMPOSITION AND SPEECH, TIE - 7.7% 20. LIBERAL ARTS - 7.6% 20 LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY DEGREE: 1. ACTUARIAL SCIENCE & PHARMACOLOGY & EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION & SCHOOL STUDENT COUNSELING & GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING & ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, TIE - 0.0% 2. TEACHER EDUCATION: MULTIPLE LEVELS - 1.1% 3. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS - 1.3% 4. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES TECHNICIANS - 1.4% 5. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND METEOROLOGY - 1.6% 6. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING - 1.7% 7. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & NURSING & PUBLIC POLICY & NUCLEAR INDUSTRIAL RADIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, TIE - 2.2% 8. PHYSICAL SCIENCES - 2.5% 9. TREATMENT THERAPY PROFESSIONS - 2.6% 10 PLANT SCIENCE AND AGRONOMY - 2.7% 11. MEDICAL ASSISTING SERVICES - 2.9% 12. SOCIAL SCIENCE OR HISTORY TEACHER EDUCATION & AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT & GENERAL AGRICULTURE, TIE - 3.0% 13. FORESTRY & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES, TIE - 3.1% 4 Infoteca’s E-Journal No. 181 December 2011 Sistema de Infotecas Centrales Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila 14. PHARMACY PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND ADMINISTRATION & GEOSCIENCES, TIE - 3.2% 15. COMMUNICATION DISORDERS SCIENCES AND SERVICES & OCEANOGRAPHY & MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, TIE - 3.3% 16. MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION - 3.4% 17. MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - 3.5% 18. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING & SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION, TIE - 3.6% 19. MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATION & MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURE, TIE - 3.7% 20. SECONDARY TEACHER EDUCATION & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, TIE - 3.8% http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/1587-what-not-to-study-the-20-university-degrees- with-the-highest-unemployment-rates 5 Infoteca’s E-Journal No. 181 December 2011 Sistema de Infotecas Centrales Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Dr. Placebo — Half Quack and Half Savant The placebo effect’s ability to influence human healing and human behavior is well documented, but we must be careful to make sure this fakery does no harm. By Peter M. Nardi Even when placebos have a positive impact, the effects can be short-term and end up masking more serious symptoms, preventing people from seeking reliable and effective treatments. [Cue the drum roll] Ladies and gentlemen, introducing tonight, the magical, the amazing, the astounding, the one, the only [cue the cymbal] — DR. PLACEBO!! Performing sleights of hand that will amaze you, entice you, and lure you into miracle cures that will release you from your hard-earned cash. Come see never-before effects. Well, maybe always-seen effects. Step right this way … OK, perhaps I‘m more cynical than skeptical here, but given the successful selling of sham products such as balance bracelets and homeopathy, it‘s important that we learn to think critically about one of the most powerful forces in medical research, the placebo effect. Much has been written on the placebo effect — and an exciting new take is on the way from Miller-McCune — so our focus here is to critically investigate the role of these fake treatments and beliefs in our daily lives and how to use our skeptical skills in dealing with them. It‘s important to realize that even when placebos have a positive impact, the effects can be short-term and end up masking more serious symptoms, preventing people from seeking reliable and effective treatments. 6 Infoteca’s E-Journal No.
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