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Brain reorganizes to make room for math
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 week 1 day (www.sciencenews.org)
It takes years for children to master the ins and outs of arithmetic. New research indicates that this learning process triggers a large-scale reorganization of brain processes involved in understanding written symbols for various quantities.
According to this article, when adults work on math problems, they show activity in a part of the brain known to be associated with linking written symbols to the things they represent, like numerical values, words, and musical notes 
Well that's one way to present your dissertation...
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 week 3 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
This isn't quite as serious as our usual DiscoveR8 fare, but it has potential implications for science education and public image. You guys have often heard me give Science magazine the dubious praise, "You would NEVER see this in Nature." Something else that I say all the time, though, is, "My feelings can only be expressed through dance."
Science magazine sent out a rather interesting call for not-exactly-papers. The challenge was "Tell us about your Ph.D. research ...through dance
Strong Education Blunts Effects of Alzheimer's Disease, Study Suggests
piggy submitted, created time 2 weeks 6 days (www.sciencedaily.com)
A test that reveals brain changes believed to be at the heart of Alzheimer's disease has bolstered the theory that education can delay the onset of the dementia and cognitive decline that are characteristic of the disorder.
Scientists at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that some study participants who appeared to have the brain plaques long associated with Alzheimer's disease still received high scores on tests of their cognitive ability
Computer game "Spore" has Darwin doing stupid creature befriending dance in his grave!
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 weeks 3 days (www.sciencemag.org)
The makers of the computer game "Spore" promise a real evolutionary experience: Start out the game as a microbe just trying to survive and travel all the way through the history of evolution into a species capable of a modern, civilized society! Depending on the choices the player makes early on in the game, the later species can have a seemlingly limitless range of fascinating, monstrous forms
Economics: In defense of Smith--it's not like he didn't warn us
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 1 day (www.nature.com)
I really liked reading this article. Ostensibly, it's about how all the pro economists know that there are flaws in the traditional economic models, but because no one talks about them to intro students or in the media. Even undergraduate economics students are taught the traditional models in their basic classes, but they graduate and go into financial professions without anyone ever mentioning the points at which these models fail to work.
The public is left to assume that the models are wrong and that the economists must have some spooky ulterior motive
Education: Royal Society's Director of Education steps down over creationist remarks
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (www.nature.com)
The Royal Society's Director of Education seems to have been forced to step down. Michael Reiss, who is both a professor at England's Institute of Education and an Anglican priest, stepped down the other day after a speech in which he advocated "engage in dialogue with the creationist views some children express in science classes" [Nature's words] re-raised old questions about whether priests should be appointed to such positions at all.
Frankly, I think it is perfectly possible for a priest to serve in such a capacity
Politics: U.S. presidential candidates outline their positions on science issues
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
Senator Obama focused more on the government's role in supporting basic research while Senator McCain favored tax breaks for private businesses, but both candidates claim to support education, defense, federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and space. The only thing this article lacks is enough detail to see where either or both men might be weaseling. Because--they're politicians--they're going to weasel.
It is starting to look like, for the American scientific community, either candidate would be an improvement over our current situation.
The end of AIDS is nowhere in sight
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
The seventeenth annual AIDS conference opened in Mexico City last week. The consensus among the attendees seems to be that the failed vaccines, poorly targeted prevention measures and lack of fresh research talent all add up to years and years of HIV and AIDS in our future.
jerry submitted, created time 4 months 6 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
There's no real difference between the scores of U.S. boys and girls on common math tests, according to a massive new study. Educators hope the finding will finally dispel lingering perceptions that girls don't measure up to boys when it comes to crunching numbers.
"This shows there's no issue of intellectual ability--and that's a message we still need to get out to some of our parents and teachers," says Henry "Hank" Kepner, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Reston, Virginia.
It won't be a new message
Evolution opponents use "strengths and weaknesses" rhetoric to undermine science in schools
Darkfrog submitted, created time 5 months 3 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
"Creation science" didn't work. "Intelligent design" didn't work. Thank God. The new move for opponents of the theory of evolution, according to this article in the New York Times, is "strengths and weaknesses." Strictly speaking, I have nothing against pointing out the scientific weaknesses of evolution, but most textbooks could probably handle that in half a page. The advocates of the "strengths and weaknesses" ideology want the textbook to say, "evolution has an inability to explain the Cambrian explosion," when it really ought to say, "we don't know what caused the Cambrian explosion
Law enforcement standby gets critiqued: Nature advises that lineups go double-blind
Darkfrog submitted, created time 6 months 1 week (www.nature.com)
In the early 1990's, then-attorney general Janet Reno invited scientists to reevaluate the traditional lineup. Many of the people exonerated by the Innocence Project--216 by their count--were identified using lineups, even though DNA evidence later proved that the crimes were committed by other people.
The conclusion: Lineups need to go double-blind. In almost all cases, the person who accompanies the witness to the lineup is the case's overseeing officer, who knows the suspect's identity
Real-world examples don't help students learn mathematics
Darkfrog submitted, created time 7 months 3 days (www.nytimes.com)
This study, performed once on college students and once on eleven-year-olds, suggests that students do NOT learn mathematics better if their lessons are peppered with real-life examples--the conclusion seems to be that the students remember the illustration, whether it's a train or a cup or a ski slope, instead of the underlying math. The study seems to recommend that teachers approach mathematics from principle only. This finding contests the long-held idea that familiar, colorful illustrations help students learn otherwise dull subjects
Music Builds Bridges in the Brain
Sue Wu submitted, created time 7 months 2 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Musical training may build connections between the left and right sides of the brain for children who practice regularly.
Life Expectancy Tied to Education?
Sue Wu submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (www.cbsnews.com)
When it comes to education, does having more mean you live longer? A new study shows that highly educated Americans are expected to live longer than those with fewer years of schooling.
Gender Differences In Language Appear Biological
Eric wu submitted, created time 8 months 3 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities to boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.
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