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Comment Taiwanese Media (Score 1) 303

I have seen these videos on and off for some years now but its only when I have taken a close look at Taiwan to see how a vibrant media and lead to quirky informative news briefs like this. Bit insane to think an island of twenty million has as many tv + radio feeds as is, not to mention one of the hardest wired countries.
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Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331

Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."

Comment Re:The problem isn't the education. (Score 1) 949

It is true that math must be engaging, challenging, and "progressive". The reason why we're not getting the needed science majors is that math education is simply abysmal, and students often the lose the much needed early development that is intended to occur while taking Alg and Geom. We end up with stupids who were motivated in middle school, but are completely sick and afraid of math. And we also have a huge amount of willing students failing their initial calculus classes due to poor preparation. All math is built upon those few introductory classes, and they must be the best in order to correctly deliver such key knowledge.

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