The Radiant Child at Work - New York Sun

The Radiant Child at Work
New York Sun, NY -11 minutes ago
Even more difficult was Mr. Leavitt's subject matter: mathematics and mathematicians. Mathematics is a discipline of great drama, but the drama is not

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Shooting Death of Ole Miss Track Star (Eyewitness News Memphis)

20 year-old Rodney Lockhart, a member of the Ole Miss track team, was found shot to death in his apartment this weekend. His body was discovered around 10 a.m. Saturday…

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Parents stake £3,500 on tips and hints to get their children into Oxbridge (Times Online)

Competition to get places at Oxford and Cambridge universities has become so intense that a “mini industry” has been built up around it, offering advice, tips and support through the application process.

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Innovative Teaching To Involve Students In Science (Medical News Today)

Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, a Duke University pharmacology professor who left the lab bench to focus on science education, has developed a tactic for keeping students hands in the air at the end of class.”What does get students’ attention?” she and her co-authors asked in their new research article on fostering science literacy. “Sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, of course. [click link for full article]

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