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  • 3 Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from Finland

    3 Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from Finland0

    Fulbright Scholar William Doyle once again wrote about his experiences as a U.S. transplant in the Finnish education system. According to Doyle, Finland – a nation whose high scores on the international PISA exam have amazed many – has a number of practices from which the U.S. education system might benefit. A few of these

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  • Can You Recognize America’s First Political Cartoon?

    Can You Recognize America’s First Political Cartoon?0

    The “Join Us or Die” snake is believed to be the first cartoon to run in a newspaper in American history. The cartoon was published in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. Historians believe Franklin himself created the cartoon, which depicts a snake cut into eight pieces above the words “JOIN, or DIE.”

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  • How These Cute Creatures Confound Evolutionary Theory

    How These Cute Creatures Confound Evolutionary Theory0

    We often hear that opposing the “scientific consensus” on this-or-that topic is benighted. Sometimes it can be that. But sometimes it isn’t—especially when scientific findings themselves contradict an established scientific consensus.    For at least a century, biologists have believed that the more “genetic diversity” there is within a species, the better able that species is to adapt to environmental change, and thus thrive

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  • Would Math Scores Improve if Schools Taught Logic?

    Would Math Scores Improve if Schools Taught Logic?0

    According to The New York Times, Eugenia Cheng isn’t the run-of-the-mill mathematician who sits in a classroom all day surrounded by formulas and numbers. Instead, Dr. Cheng believes in making math come alive through hands on experience – like cooking. To accomplish this purpose, Dr. Cheng released a cookbook (How to Bake Pi) which uses

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  • 5 Ways to Tell That Someone is Trying to Manipulate You

    5 Ways to Tell That Someone is Trying to Manipulate You0

    Having been around many sociopaths during my time here on Earth, I’ve become quite keen to the tactics they use and how capable they are at getting what they want from others. People who enjoy manipulating others are a special breed, and they’re constantly looking for people to take advantage of.  They excel at recognizing

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  • Is too much ‘stuff’ affecting our ability to be content?

    Is too much ‘stuff’ affecting our ability to be content?0

    It is common to hear people talk about the huge expense of raising children. Yet, most figures reported about how much it costs to raise a child are based on what parents actually spend, not what children actually need – which is a pretty big distinction. We all know that a reliance on ‘things’ won’t

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