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Science Professors Know Science, But Who Is Teaching Them How To Teach?
U.S. science and engineering students emerge from graduate school exquisitely trained to carry out research. Yet when it comes to the other major activity they'll engage in as professors --...
Justin L Barrett: In his attack on my research into children and religious ideas, AC Grayling plays psychologist and spins conspiracy theories
Justin L Barrett: In his attack on my research into children and religious ideas, AC Grayling plays the psychologist and spins conspiracy theories
Secret to workplace happiness? Remember what you love about the job, study urges
Urging employees to simply rethink their jobs was enough to drop absenteeism by 60 per cent and turnover by 75 per cent, a new University of Alberta study shows. read more
Bad science: How BBC misread the evidence on Down's syndrome
As usual, it's not Watergate, it's just slightly irritating. "Down's births increase in a caring Britain," said the Times.
Swimming kids not watched closely
According to a recent study, a quarter of New Zealand children are not properly supervised at the beach, with many parents unaware of tides or other factors.
Erratic cricket balls spoil batting
A researcher has found that cricket balls can have a great deal of variability, even within the same model of ball – enough to put unsuspecting batters on a sticky...
Aged care workers to leave industry en masse due to stress
Almost a third of registered aged care nurses are considering quitting in the next year because of job stress, says a new University of Melbourne study...
Adam Rutherford: Today's children may know less chemistry, but they do learn the scientific method
Adam Rutherford: A report on children's poor science knowledge may, in fact, be unscientific, but our future depends on evidence-based methods
Woman convicted of lesser charges in cyber-bullying case
A federal jury here rejected three felony charges against Lori Drew but convicted the O'Fallon, Mo., mother on Wednesday of misdemeanors in a landmark Internet bullying case linked to the...
Groups stress more sleep before getting behind the wheel
The National Sleep Foundation, Students Against Destructive Decisions and insurance giant Liberty Mutual have an early holiday greeting they'd like to pass along: Get more sleep before heading over the...
Mark Vernon: We should not put our faith in pure science, but rely instead on old-fashioned good judgment
Mark Vernon: Rather than looking to pure science for guidance, we should put our faith in old-fashioned good judgment
Fewer Adults Receiving Social Security Benefits in U.K., But Some Remain on Benefits For Long Time
The proportion of working age adults receiving safety net social security benefits has halved since the early 1990s. But the safety net increasingly focuses on a small minority of people...
Baffling chronic pain linked to rewiring of brain
Scientists peered at the brains of people with a baffling chronic pain condition and discovered something surprising. Their brains looked like an inept cable guy had changed the hookups, rewiring...
Pupils of today struggle with science questions of the 60s
There has been a "catastrophic slippage" in standards of science taught in schools, leaving children with a superficial understanding of chemistry, biology and physics, according to the Royal Society
26 Percent Of Sleepless Children Become Overweight
One quarter of children who sleep fewer than 10 hours a night become overweight by age 6, according to new research. The research team analyzed a sample of 1,138 children...
It's time to share your stuff with others
My parents taught me at an early age that sharing is not only a nice thing but it's also the right thing to do. But learning to share our stuff...
Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright'
(AP) -- Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes...
Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment
(AP) -- Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits...
Town may force child with cerebral palsy to give up his pony
A dispute has erupted in Caledon, Ont., over whether a family with a child with cerebral palsy should be allowed to keep a pony.
Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots
Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and frustration, and for airline pilots, the...
Get going on dusty mental health report, moms say
Two mothers who took their frustrations with mental health care to Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature Tuesday say they were surprised to learn government has not done anything with a five-year-old...
Interview: Integrative biology
Mina Bissell talks to Kathleen Too about the concept and future of integrative biology
Girls prefer the arts, boys prefer science
Our new schools minister, Sarah McCarthy Fry, thinks that girls might be more interested in science if there were no boys in class and lessons were
Talk to the Hologram Dec. 1 at ASC
Holograms haven't changed much in the 30 years from Princess Leia to election night. Both were illusions. This time it's for real. And it talks back.
Jonathan Jones: My love-hate relationship with the Science Museum
In Joseph Wright of Derby's paintings, 18th-century Britons gather to witness scientific wonders.
Last night's TV
Sporting magnificent quiffs that speak of hours in front of the mirror, three handsome lads swagger around, eyeing up the young women. Harassed dads try to keep their daughters in...
Temporary workers at N.C. mental hospital testify they were intimidated into keeping quiet about patient beating
Two temporary workers testified Tuesday that Cherry Hospital employees tried to cover up an August beating by intimidating them to keep quiet and ignoring the battered patient's complaints.
Jackie Leach Scully: In so many discussions of ethics and belief today, fantasy takes the place of empiricism
Jackie Leach Scully: As the debate over 'choosing' deaf children shows, in so many discussions of ethics and belief today, fantasy takes the place of empiricism