Новости за 13.05.2013

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Startup Kno seeking to lead the shift in education from traditional paper and ink to interactive digital Just as more and more people are reading books on their tablets, so are students turning to digital textbooks to learn. Kno co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Osman Rashid hopes to be at the front of the line as students and teachers begin making that shift. The CK-12 Foundation, for instance, a nonprofit in Palo Alto led by Neeru Khosla, is developing digital textbooks that teachers can customize and use for free. Читать дальше...

Welcome to Double X Science for May 10, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Emily Willingham, editor-in-chief. Our topics cover posts of the week, Unicorns and Brainbows, A Tour of Digestion from Nose to Um... Tail, About that Pacifier Study, That deadly, imported, meningitis-toting snail? Isn’t., and the I Am Mental Illness post of the week. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Bon Voyage, NEOSSat! and The mystery of salmon migration and magnetism. ... Читать дальше...