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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy

Futurum

Literacy skills have a profound impact on a person’s life,” says Dr Jacqueline Cummine, a professor at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine – Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Alberta. They won first place for Outstanding Communication! (©

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How can we make STEM subjects more engaging for students?

Futurum

“Through these experiences, students gain a better understanding of how STEM education is an integrated, interdisciplinary and student-centred approach to learning that encourages curiosity, creativity, artistic expression, collaboration, computational thinking, communication, problem solving, critical thinking and design thinking!”

STEM 81
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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

Futurum

Looking forward Jin’s team is currently investigating the fine but critical details of cellular science. “My My team is trying to understand how cells function, how they metabolise, and how the organelles within cells work together and communicate with one another,” he says. “In I think I’ve achieved a lot.

Biology 98
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What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Stephen Wolfram

The fundamental idea of neural nets is to create a flexible “computing fabric” out of a large number of simple (essentially identical) components—and to have this “fabric” be one that can be incrementally modified to learn from examples. Almost certainly, I think.

Computer 145
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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. Later he describes what he calls the “Principle of the Communication of Heat”. There’s a discussion about H for systems that interact, and how there’s an equilibrium value achieved.

Energy 88