"Students can learn some science concepts just as well from computers simulations as they do from direct observation, new research suggests.
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A study found that people who used computer simulations to learn about moon phases understood the concepts just as well -- and in some cases better -- than did those who learned from collecting data from viewing the moon."
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"those who fund science research find magicians "sexier than lab rats." I'm all for helping science. But after I share what I know, my neuroscientist friends thank me by showing me eye-tracking and MRI equipment, and promising that someday such machinery will help make me a better magician."