http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/lawrence+summers/default.aspxTags: lawrence summersenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/02/25/wake-up-mr-summers.aspxWed, 25 Feb 2009 15:09:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4731Abigail Pilgrim0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4731.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4731I'll be the first to admit that I can't turn down free stuff. It's an impulse that defies logic. I hate key chains, and I don't really like ice cream, but I still find myself grabbing the tacky keychain at the convention booth because it's free and I...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/02/25/wake-up-mr-summers.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4731" width="1" height="1">lawrence summersSarah Palinstimulus packageDambisa Moyohttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/06/18/are-boys-really-better-at-math-than-girls.aspxWed, 18 Jun 2008 19:12:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3185Meghan O'Rourke0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3185.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3185So over at Ars Technica there's a link to a really interesting study that came out the other week in Science . It suggests that the much-discussed "math gap" between boys and girls in American may stem more from social factors than from biology. The study...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/06/18/are-boys-really-better-at-math-than-girls.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3185" width="1" height="1">genderlawrence summerssciencemath