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How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research

ED Surge

To research the volume, he interviewed 101 podcasters in education, asking them about their motivations and views on the craft. Let's explain that we didn't come to this idea by pulling it out of the sky or because we had a particular opinion about something before we started doing the research. Let's let people in.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Futurum

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. Yet, despite these many and varied uses, researchers believe they remain a mostly untapped resource for humanity.

Biology 73
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Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

Futurum

Most perimenopause research in the US has collected data from non-Latina white women, meaning that women of other races or ethnicities (who are more likely to experience negative sociocultural and environmental factors) are underrepresented in current knowledge about perimenopause health outcomes.

Biology 57
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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

ED Surge

The need for biology students to understand math concepts has become increasingly important, especially with the digital revolution sweeping across science. Today, Garfinkel estimates that it’s taught to about 2,000 students per year at the large public university. The students have voted with their feet, Van Valkenburgh adds.

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

Futurum

Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health? Dental scientists at the Iowa Institute of Oral Health Research at the University of Iowa , USA, are studying various aspects of oral health and healthcare, to improve dental practices and keep our teeth and mouths healthy. How do bacteria cause periodontitis?

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Broad Discovery Series: An Engineer’s Approach to Understanding Biology, Nov. 15

Newton STEM

The Broad Institute’s Broad Discovery Series of free, public lectures (formerly Science for All Seasons) will launch on November 15 , 5PM-6PM with a hybrid event, Taking an Engineer’s Approach to Understanding Biology.

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Why is Tracking Students a Problem? (Part 1 in a series)

Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

In conjunction with reflecting on these experiences, I’ve also dug through the research on tracking – turns out it doesn’t support typical school and district practices either. Through further discussion, they let me know that honors biology did not use those same materials. Experience and research show that again and again.

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