Posts Tagged ‘critical thinking’
Sci2Art
The Evolving Third Culture
he Art|Sci Center is dedicated to pursuing and promoting the evolving “Third Culture” by facilitating the infinite potential of collaborations between (media) arts and (bio/nano) sciences. The center’s affiliation with th...
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PhET Sims + Science Literacy
PhET’s mission is to increase science literacy, especially for nonscientists.
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Educating Consciousness
he scientific study of consciousness is now a legitimate endeavor at some universities and research centers around the world. Among those in the know, excitement is intense. We are privileged to study an essential aspect of the...
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Why Consciousness Science?
The study of consciousness is emerging from a century of scientific taboo. We suggest it is the key to respect for sentient beings and our shared humanity.
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Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Firestein (a neurobiologist at Columbia University) takes us outside of the lab meetings, popular-science books, journal papers, and public talks where scientists promote what they already know and invites us into the bars and ...
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Brain Info
BrainInfo helps one identify structures in the brain. One can either search by a structure name or locate the structure in a brain atlas and get information such as its location in the classical brain hierarchy, images of the s...
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Healing the ‘Split’ between science and the humanities.
It's high time to heal the split between the "Two Cultures."
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Serendipitous Discovery
Too much "learning" nowadays is focused on rote memorization of received wisdom. The environment is so controlled it all but eliminates the possibility of serendipitous discovery and equally serendipitous insight into the conne...
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Northern Exposure
Bringing experiential exercises into science classes can enliven the class, provide a personal growing experience for the students, as well as inspire some original thinking.
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