News tagged with scientific knowledge
Online tutorials help elementary school teachers make sense of science
Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are ...
Jun 18, 2009 |
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New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?
With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.
May 19, 2009 |
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Being Isaac Newton: Computer derives natural laws from raw data
If Isaac Newton had access to a supercomputer, he'd have had it watch apples fall - and let it figure out the physical matters. But the computer would have needed to run an algorithm, just developed by Cornell ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Robot scientist becomes first machine to discover new scientific knowledge
Scientists have created a Robot Scientist which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The robot, called Adam, is a computer system that fully automates the ...
Apr 02, 2009 |
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American adults flunk basic science
Are Americans flunking science? A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009 |
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What is good science?
Scientific knowledge is important in today's knowledge society. Research is the guarantor of the quality of knowledge, though it is often not clear how scientific research guarantees the reliability of knowledge. How different ...
Feb 27, 2009 |
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College science requirements keep US ahead of world, MSU researcher argues
Despite frequent warnings of the inadequacy of education in the United States, citizens here are still among the world's most scientifically literate, a Michigan State University researcher said.
Feb 16, 2009 |
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