If you didn’t know, there is a growing community of “flat earthers” who believe:
1) that we all live on a flat land mass (not a spinning globe traveling around the sun), and
2) that governments and scientific organizations have conspired to hide this fact.
A curious thing happened in 2016. The federal government quietly removed its recommendation to Americans to floss in that year’s dietary recommendations.
The move was prompted by an article finding little to no evidence in favor of flossing in the Associated Press. No good randomized controlled trials (RCTs) supported flossing…
Cooking shows. How-to videos. Dance choreography. Test-prep books. Math classes. All of these things share one key attribute: worked examples.
What it is.
For several decades, science educators have had a generalized anxiety about what students learn about science. The fear has been that “textbook science” presents students with well-understood scientific concpets, without showing students what scientific inquiry actually looks like. …
Well here we are. COVID-19 is now ravaging the U.S. Thousands of people have died. Many thousands more will die. Several state healthcare systems are already stretched to their limit. And the powers that be are still reluctant to shift towards more production of needed equipment. …
I was about six when I learned to ride a real bike. Before that I had hobbled around the driveway on a bike outfitted with training wheels, slowly chasing my older brother.
Everything went exactly like you would expect. My dad and I went to a large, empty parking lot…
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