All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Do you work in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths or have a STEM background? You could make a real impact by becoming a STEM Ambassador! Join STEM Learning’s 45-minute online session to find out how you can get involved in valuable STEM outreach with young people.

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Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Yet Another Ruliological Surprise Integers. Addition. Subtraction. Maybe multiplication. Surely that’s not enough to be able to generate any serious complexity. In the early 1980s I had made the very surprising discovery that very simple programs based on cellular automata could generate great complexity. But how widespread was this phenomenon? At the beginning of the 1990s I had set about exploring this.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This story was originally published by The 19th. The number of books banned in public schools over the past year skyrocketed to more than 10,000, with two states — Iowa and Florida — responsible for most of them, according to preliminary findings released by PEN America on Monday. The report comes during Banned Books Week , which first began in 1982 to raise awareness about the importance of free and openly accessible information.

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