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New York Times New Approach Proposed for Science Curriculums By KENNETH CHANG Published: July 19, 2011 A new framework for improving American science education calls for paring the curriculum to focus on core ideas and teaching students more about how to approach and solve problems rather than just memorizing factual nuggets. “That is the failing [...]

Organic Foods Have Broad Appeal, But Costs Temper Demand A solid majority of American say they prefer to eat organic over non-organic food. But the fondness for organic food isn’t universal. Older people don’t care for it nearly as much as the rest of the population. And the cost of organic food is an issue. [...]

Public Interest Group Slams Restaurants’ Most Unhealthful Meals by Linda Thrasybule NPR colleagues, including Peter Sagal, braved a taste-test of the Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt last summer. One of the reasons why Americans are still getting fat is that we eat too much. And it doesn’t help that the nation’s restaurant chains promote their oversized [...]

Hidden In Plain View: The Physics Of Cloaking Time, Space And Experience http://n.npr.org/NPRI/jN221549748_977139_977134_Z.htm July 19, 2011 by Adam Frank The path light travels determines the image you see. You never experience the world as it is. You only experience it in the way light brings it to you. And light can be taught to lie. [...]

Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived http://n.npr.org/NPRI/jN221549748_977137_977134_Z.htm   It appears to be all over for the Borders bookselling chain. The company will be liquidated — meaning sold off in pieces — and almost 11,000 employees will lose their jobs. The chain’s 400 remaining stores will close their doors by the end of September. [...]

Rethinking The University We have the very best model of learning … that 17th-century technology can provide. – Don Tapscott, author July 14, 2011 Few will argue about America’s colleges and universities being critical to our economic and intellectual future. And by many measures, that future looks promising: Competition for places in the country’s top [...]

white collar jobs The American Cities With The Most Millionaires Posted: July 13, 2011 at 3:45 am Each year, Capgemini publishes the U.S. Metro Wealth Index, which ranks the number of high-net-worth individuals living within the ten largest metropolitan statistical areas. According to the report, high-net-worth Individuals “are defined as those having investable assets of $1 [...]

most subsidized foods The Nine Foods The Government Is Paying For You To Eat Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:42 am Over the past 15 years, the federal government paid nearly $150 billion in subsidies to U.S. farmers. It paid $77 billion to plant corn in the U.S. between 1995 and 2010; $32.4 billion to plant [...]

E-Reader Ownership Surges Since Last November by: Kristen Purcell | Pew Internet The share of adults in the United States who own an e-book reader doubled to 12% in May, 2011  from 6% in November 2010.  E-readers, such as a Kindle or Nook, are portable devices designed to allow readers to download and read books [...]