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New! Browse the Complete PopSci Archive | Popular Science - 57 views

www.popsci.com/...-137-years-popsci-archive-free science archive magazine Popular_Science resources
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  • Deven Black on 05 Sep 11
     
    The complete archive of Popular Science magazine.
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Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science - 42 views

www.popsci.com/archives science magazine popularscience
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  • Peter Beens on 04 Mar 10
     
    We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. In the future, we'll be adding more advanced features for searching and browsing, but for now, enter any keyword into the box below and dive in.
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Everything You've Ever Been Told About How You Learn Is A Lie | Australian Popular Science - 151 views

www.popsci.com.au/...d-about-how-you-learn-is-a-lie learning memory psychology research popsci
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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Sep 13
     
    "You know everyone learns differently. Do you think you learn better through words or pictures? Did you know you learn different subjects with different sides of the brain? Welp, they were wrong. Many of the theories of "brain-based" education, a method of instruction supposedly based on neuroscience, have been largely debunked by rigorous science."
  • David Simpson on 24 Sep 13
     
    Thanks for sharing .This is well done! I teach a Psychology course designed to develop students' critical thinking about such "myths." Here is a list of others: Lilienfeld, S. O., Lynn, S. J., Ruscio, J., and Beyerstein, B. L (2010). 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
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You Built What?!: A Remote-Controlled Robo-Arm | Popular Science - 2 views

www.popsci.com/...hat-remote-controlled-robo-arm science innovation
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  • Brian Davies on 06 Dec 12
     
    A great example of a young innovator and the benefits of play and prototype.  Should have been a Tony Wagner case study.
  • Michelle Kassorla on 06 Dec 12
     
    Wow! This is amazing!!
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The Genius Who Plays For A Living | Popular Science - 35 views

www.popsci.com/...ys-playful-genius-erik-demaine genius plays science
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  • Hirsh-Pasek found that the second group—the ones engaged in what she calls guided play—came up with the most creative solutions. The same idea applies to scientists, she says: They do their best work when they’re free to play around with a known set of problems.
  • “Scientists actually are the few people who as adults get to have this protected time when they can just explore, play, figure out what the world is like.”
  • “We know each other so well that it makes for a really effective combination,” Erik says. “He’s always trying to reinject some playfulness into my serious work. It lets us do things that neither of us could do.”
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  • play is fundamental to science
  • When I ask him later why he chooses to teach the way he does, he answers simply, “I think this is a cool way of working, and more people should work this way. Sadly, not everyone does, so I try to pass it on.”
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The Genius Who Plays For A Living | Popular Science - 16 views

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      Matt Renwick on 04 Mar 13
       
      notice the word "portfolio" - digital?
  • Instead of concerning himself with applications or even defining a specialized area of research, Demaine chooses projects based purely on his curiosity, regardless of where they may lead. Where others seek answers, Demaine looks for questions. “I collect problems,” he says. “The problems are the key to everything.”
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