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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

Futurum

At the same time, participants gain knowledge about science, scientific processes and the natural components they study. Why is citizen science important? While formal science education – the science we study in school or college – provides important scientific skills and knowledge, a lot of learning occurs outside of formal settings.

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. We know the ones that correspond to “known science”. Back in 1987—as part of building Version 1.0 So why does this work? Mostly we don’t know.

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