I agree wholeheartedly with this paragraph. While Jack was a co-lead and made Macgyver what is was, him leaving (I feel) isn’t going to hurt the show drastically. Some fans may not watch and others may be skeptical as to how the show will continue. However, it’s essentially Lucas who makes Macgyver what it is. Without him, there is no show. Without him, it wouldn’t work. (just like Teen Wolf wouldn’t have worked with Tyler Posey or The Originals wouldn’t have worked without Joesph Morgan or Daniel Gillies).

I also love the idea of bringing back past characters to help fill the void and focusing more of Bozer, Riley and Matty while simultaneously adding interesting guest stars and maintaining fun storylines. Do they need another series regular, probably not. But shows like to keep things fresh and exciting. But I agree that there’s no big hurry to make that happen.

COUNTRIES WITH GREATER gender equality see a smaller proportion of women taking degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), a new study has found.

Dubbed the “gender equality paradox”, the research found that countries such as Albania and Algeria have a greater percentage of women amongst their STEM graduates than countries lauded for their high levels of gender equality, such as Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The researchers, from Leeds Beckett University and the University of Missouri, believe this might be because countries with less gender equality often have little welfare support, making the choice of a relatively high-paid STEM career more attractive.

The study, published in Psychological Science, also examined what motivates girls and boys to study STEM subjects, including overall ability, interest or enjoyment in the subject and whether science subjects were a personal academic strength.

Research method

The researchers used data on 475,000 teenagers across 67 countries or regions for the study.

They found that while boys’ and girls’ achievements in STEM subjects were broadly similar, science was more likely to be boys’ best subject. Girls, even with their ability in science equalled or excelled that of boys, were often likely to be better overall in reading comprehensions, which relates to higher ability in non-STEM subjects.

Girls also tended to register a lower interest in science subjects. These differences were near-universal across all the countries and regions studied.

Professor of psychology Gijsbert Stoet said this could explain some of the gender disparity in STEM participation.

“The further you get in secondary and then higher education, the more subjects you need to drop until you end with just one. We are inclined to choose what we are best at and also enjoy. This makes sense and matches common school advice.

So, even though girls can match boys in terms of how well they do at science and mathematics in school, if those aren’t their best subjects and they are less interested in them, then they’re less likely to choose to study something else.

Hello is that God? Would be my first question to the man himself, if he was real of course. But Pastor Paul Sanyangore, of Victory World International Ministries from Zimbabwe claims to speak with God himself on non other but a mobile phone and in front of his congregation. The 32 year old pastor who claims to have a 5,000  following has caused a stampede whilst giving out anointed condoms and…

На всеки се е случвало да прочете книга и да се влюби в нея. Да я препоръча на познат, приятел, група четящи, и да срещне недоумение защо я препоръчва. (more…)

What video game system did you first own?

For me, the Intellivision was the system I grew up with and still favor over others today. The graphics were much more colourful than some of it’s competitors and the games were a lot more simple to play. I still to this day play “Advanced Dungeon & Dragons” and “Utopia”, two great games that really showed the true potential of the system.

        It wasn’t until later when I got the Commodore…

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Frogs are one of nature's greatest tricks. They may look small and helpless next to predators with sharp teeth and flesh-tearing claws, but some of them can fight back by secreting toxic and even deadly poisons from their skin.

Now, we meet two species of frog that can also protect themselves by injecting their venom directly from their heads into potential predators. 

 A study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology says that Corythomantis greeningi and Aparasphenodon brunoi, also known as Bruno's casque-headed frog, have bony spines located on their heads that can deliver the venom.