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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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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

Futurum

It is likely you can answer yes to both questions because biomedical science is booming – and for good reason. Diagnostics, imaging, materials science – people now realise how important it is.” Into the light Jin specialises in using photonics – the science of light – within biomedicine. “We

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How can we make STEM subjects more engaging for students?

Futurum

This usually means a university student who is in training to become a teacher Self-learning — an approach to learning where students teach themselves by following instructions and figuring out answers on their own STEM — subjects related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics When did you last make something in school?

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

Stephen Wolfram

But by the mid-1600s the idea was emerging that there could be more explicit and mechanical explanations for phenomena in the natural world. Later he describes what he calls the “Principle of the Communication of Heat”. His first significant work—in 1778—was entitled Memoir on the Theory of Machines.

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What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Stephen Wolfram

Or you could do what is the essence of theoretical science: make a model that gives some kind of procedure for computing the answer rather than just measuring and remembering each case. I don’t think there’s any particular science to this. Well, you could just measure it in each case and make a table of the results.

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