Why aren’t there more female patent holders? (Freakonomics)
A new study shows only 5.5 per cent of commercial patent holders are female. Freakomomics asks why
Lack of sleep makes us more distracted by the internet (Washington Post)
The less sleep you get, the more time you spend watching cat videos, observes Brad Plumer
Lets pretend student loans are about education (Zero Hedge)
Student loans are a scam – and we should stop pretending otherwise, writes Charles Hugh Smith
Ranking the new iPad rumormongers (The Atlantic Wire)
Rebecca Green ranks the blogosphere on its predictions for the new iPad – and finds it performed surprisingly well
Apple must invest in its supplier factories, writes Richard Beales.