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Tablet as Teacher: Poor Ethiopian Kids Learn ABCs
Using 20 tablet computers dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a group called One Laptop Per...
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The Multibillion-Dollar Threat to Research Universities
With each day, the so-called fiscal cliff looms larger as Congress and President Obama work to come to agreement...
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Everything Was Better When We Had God In Our Schools
Anthea Butler and others have quite appropriately drawn attention to and criticized conservative Christians who blame the Newtown tragedy...
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Meet John Lott, the Man Who Wants to Arm America’s Teachers
In the debate over gun control sparked by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, most gun-rights advocates...
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Tool-Using Orangutans Learn Like Humans
Even when they are very young, orangutans may start to form ideas about their world — specifically, how and...
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State of the World’s Science
The pursuit of knowledge is now a global enterprise. Scientific American and Nature have teamed up on this special...
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The False Promise of the Education Revolution
For Whom Is College Being Reinvented? 'Disruptions' have the buzz but may put higher education out of reach for those...
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We Know How to Promote Physics for Development
A successful model for making more out of physics for development is ready to roll out to others, writes...
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Extreme Weather More Persuasive on Climate Change Than Scientists
AP poll shows that events like superstorm Sandy are succeeding with climate sceptics where scientists have been failing
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James Gates: The Pain and Pleasures of Science
As a ball rolled down an incline, young Sylvester James Gates, along with the other students in his class,...