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As Schools Move to Change How Kids Are Graded, Some Families Push Back

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When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. They signed petitions and showed up in force at school board meetings to rail against the changes.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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The study — which involved 811 undergraduate students at Florida International University, a large public university in Miami — is perhaps the biggest randomized study of active learning methods in calculus, says Laird Kramer, a physicist at the university and one of the study’s authors. Students majoring in biology saw the biggest bump.)

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The engineering behind Evolutor

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Published: Professor Tuck Seng Wong , based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, leads a team focused on applying the concept of Darwinian evolution to engineer biological systems for industrial applications. The engineering behind Evolutor. TALK LIKE A BIOMANUFACTURER. EVOLVING PROPERTIES.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging. Nowadays, it encompasses artificial intelligence (AI), the brain-computer interface, synthetic biology, and even social and ethical analysis.

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Lighting up cancer: innovation in paediatric surgery

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A particularly skilled professor of surgery inspired me when I was a medical student in Italy. One of my proudest achievements is having developed an independent research group on image-guided surgery,” he says. A strong background in biology is a must,” says Laura. “I

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The Mediterranean way: changing diets to extend lifespans

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“Participants also receive sessions with a health counsellor, who helps them set personal goals for behaviour change, and introduces problem-solving and self-monitoring skills to make changes to diet and physical activity levels more achievable,” says Alice. servings fewer sugar-sweetened drinks,” says Alice.

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How can we improve food safety across the world?

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At the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, USA, Dr Wei Zhang , a professor of food science, is focusing on improving food safety for everyone. Food science is an interdisciplinary field that combines chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, nutrition, mathematics, psychology and other disciplines. 420,000 of those people die.