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CS doesn’t have a monopoly on computing education: Programming is for everyone

Computing Education Research Blog

My talk was about what were accessing non-CS majors on. Natural Sciences (chemistry, biology, physics) is increasingly using R for statistics and visualizations, even if they use Python for data management, modeling and simulation. All of Statistics is taught in R.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Bright Science is a free YouTube channel of over 1300 study videos for high schoolers (or precocious middle schoolers). Most are about five minutes (some longer, some shorter) and cover topics like chemistry, physics, calculus, geometry, biology, Algebra, trigonometry, grammar, ACT prep, and SAT prep. Explore.org. Futures Channel.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

Futurum

There’s a lot of exciting science out there, but for it to be useful for society, it needs to be translated into accessible technology that can be commercialised,” says Jin. Having a fundamental understanding of the underlying biology is critical when translating discoveries from the lab to the clinic,” she explains. “We

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Supporting small farms: how protecting local farms can protect local communities

Futurum

And yet, many small farmers have limited access to resources and find themselves at a social disadvantage due to bias and prejudice. With less access to technology and fertiliser, small farms are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

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Indoor STEM Activities for Kids

STEM Sport

Nature Science on a Windowsill Biology, the study of living organisms, isn’t limited to vast forests or laboratories; it can begin right on your windowsill, turning it into a mini-laboratory for observing life’s wonders.

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

But it also highlights how significant our specifics—our particular history, biology, etc.—are. Some of it seems intrinsic to our biological nature. For now, there’s a certain element of what we want to do that’s “anchored” by our biological nature. And in biology it shows up as some structure (ribosome, cell, wing, etc.)

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What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Stephen Wolfram

But while this might be a convenient setup for biology, it’s not at all clear that it’s even close to the best way to achieve the functionality we need. But you wouldn’t capture what the natural world in general can do—or that the tools that we’ve fashioned from the natural world can do.

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