my busy week

Somehow I managed to solve some repellent problems in Canada while thinking big thoughts at the UN.

http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2015/05/15/breeders-will-benefit-from-carcass-data/

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2015/05/14/fighting-extreme-poverty-with-science/caFFpj90kZln3h8imQBoEP/story.html

"The work will also add to a raging discussion in the policy world about how to best reduce poverty. This type of discrete intervention can’t deter many of the major contributors to poverty, such as corruption or government instability, according to John Crowley, a chief within the social and human sciences sector at UNESCO."  [thanks to pgdf]