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This is a video how global population grows.

THERE is widespread alarm in the United States about the state of our math education. The anxiety can be traced to the poor performance of American students on various international tests, and it is now embodied in George W.

A new robot arm controlled by thoughts in the brain could transform the lives of people whose bodies are paralysed. The technology at an American university means for the first time in years a lady whose arms didn't work has been able to feed herself a drink.

Gapminder Desktop New: Gapminder Desktop allows you to show animated statistics from your own laptop. In short: Use Gapminder World without internet access. Save a list of your own favorite graphs. Updates automatically when new data is available. Click here to learn more & install Handouts & Lesson plans (PDF) Interactive presentations (Flash, PowerPoint etc.)

Leading Social Science Research Delivered To Your DeskTop Daily. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.

Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches millions science-specific Web pages.

Welcome to CogPrints, an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.

The best managers have a fundamentally different understanding of workplace, company, and team dynamics. See what they get right. Getty A few years back, I interviewed some of the most successful CEOs in the world in order to discover their management secrets. I learned that the "best of the best" tend to share the following eight core beliefs.

In this lesson students discuss their personal ideas about science. After reading an article, they discover how James Cameron is trying to interest people in the oceans. In groups, they create a public service annoucement promoting science and presents them to the class.

BANGOR, Maine - The shortage of experts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is very real in Maine as it is across the United States, a fact which has led to calls for action everywhere from the White House to the Maine governor's mansion. This has led to the proliferation ...

Gapminder is used in classrooms around the world to build a fact-based world view. On this page we feature quality examples & resources.

great video on math

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators.

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MATHCOUNTS offers fun and engaging programs that get middle school students excited about math. These programs include the MATHCOUNTS Competition Program, the MATHCOUNTS Club Program, and the MATHCOUNTS Reel Math Challenge.

inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.

The Symphony of Science is a musical project of John D Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. The project owes its existence in large measure to the classic PBS Series Cosmos, by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steve Soter, as well as all the other featured figures and visuals.

Leaders from the world of education, business, and even fashion met at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. last week for a panel discussion on how to engage schools and students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education.

Words that begin with the letter "y" are called out in this short cartoon featuring a yak. (0:49) November 22, 2008 at 07:33 AM Ages: 3 - 7 License: Undetermined Explanation of Direct and Inverse variation. White board in a class setting, some interaction, engaging, several examples of increasing complexity.

In the world of science, generations can pass before the truly monumental breakthroughs occur. Even when these events happen, most people can only take the word of others that what happened was phenomenal. As Americans celebrated an event that happened 236 years earlier, in France, scientists celebrated something a bit older still.