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Why doesn’t plastic biodegrade? What makes ice cubes float and the plates of the earth move? What's so concerning about the acidification of the ocean? Reasons abound for loving science, whether for its ability to answer these questions or for how it reveals the wondrous size and scope of the universe. What we call matter, …
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A quiet revolution is taking place in the way physics is being taught in colleges and universities across the US. Increasing numbers of professors are moving away from the traditional lectures to a format that puts the student, rather than themselves, at the center of what's going on in the classroom. These new forms of …
A hypnotist named Tom Updike visited Nettie's BioPsych class last week. The class was introduced to the effects of hypnosis for therapeutic purposes and were encouraged to participate in a group trance. Here is a review of one student's experience with the visit: At first I was skeptical of hypnosis, still, I was anxious to …
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