Educators Explore Innovative Ways to Harness Mobile Technology in the Classroom

The Internet has profoundly disrupted the traditional role of teacher as dispenser of information, and during a recent workshop at AAAS, educators, researchers, and industry representatives sought to transcend old views and help teaching methods catch up with the technology. 

By AAAS, USA.

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Science: Separate Human Population May Have Lived Alongside Clovis in North America

New findings from the Paisley Caves in Oregon suggest that a stone tool technology known as Western Stemmed projectile points overlapped with—rather than followed—the technology of the Clovis culture. 

By AAAS, USA.

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Linda S. Birnbaum: Researchers Find New Risks in Low-Dose Chemical Exposure

 Toxicologists have long held that the dose makes the poison: A substance can cause harm only in amounts high enough to overwhelm the body’s defenses. But a major conceptual shift is underway, a leading expert said recently at AAAS, with much more attention being paid to low-dose chemical exposures and the impact they can have even many years later. 

By AAAS, USA.

Technology Policy Resource.

AAAS Joins More Than 3000 Organizations in Urging Congress to Avoid “Devastating” Budget Cuts

 AAAS today joined more than 3000 national, state, and local organizations in warning the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama that automatic budget cuts set for January could have “devastating” effects on research, education, social services, security, and international relations. 

By AAAS, USA.

Technology Policy Resource.