Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap year flight of fancy: how to remake the calendar with no leap day

What if we didn't have a leap year and holidays fell on the same day every year. It's possible -- but will tradition stop it from happening?

Two professors, an astrophysicist and an economist, propose junking the leap day dependent Gregorian Calendar for a 364-day (52-week) year and a leap week every once in a while. Read more in CS Monitor. (Thanks, Tom)

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .