The South Korean Elite: Teaching and Learning at Seoul Science High School

0000-0002-8715-2896 Seoul, South Korea— Monday morning begins, with my hands cupped around an Americano. I watch students pour into the upscale computer room. Each station is equipped with MATLAB, Origin, and the full Adobe Creative

The Crowd and The Cloud: The impact of citizen science

0000-0002-8715-2896 More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind.             Konrad Lorenz New technology has enabled science to progress at an unprecedented speed. Advancements previously

Why Teaching Makes You Smarter

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Why Teaching Makes You Smarter

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Why Teaching Makes You Smarter The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.             Mark van Doren Last fall, I taught for the Science Honors Program (SHP) at Columbia University. SHP is

What’s in a Name? The Impact of Different Course Titles on Student Enrollment

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: What’s in a Name? The Impact of Different Course Titles on Student Enrollment   “The three pillars of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.”             Benjamin Disraeli In October of 1955, Ford

Neurotechnology: A Look Back at President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Neurotechnology: A Look Back at President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries, and new ideas, probably in that order. – Sydney Brenner In 2012, my former research mentor and

Why We Need Computational Models in Biology

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Why We Need Computational Models in Biology

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Why We Need Computational Models in Biology “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.” Manfred Eigen, 1967 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Many researchers begin the scientific