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World Wide Learn

November 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

WorldWideLearn – The World’s Largest Online Directory of Education. ‘Founded in 1998, World Wide Learn is the world’s largest directory of educational services, featuring informative resources as well as hundreds of e-learning courses in 360 subject categories. World Wide Learn enables its users to quickly and easily locate effective e-learning courseware. The directory highlights free [...]

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Richard E. Smalley

November 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Richard E. Smalley, 1943–2005. ‘The world lost a major intellect with the death on Oct. 28 of Richard E. Smalley from leukemia (see page 7). Smalley shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the fullerenes, but by then he had become more focused on the potential of cousins of the fullerenes-carbon [...]

Nov

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More on Intelligent Design

November 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

What Was God Thinking? Science Can’t Tell. ’2001 winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, Eric Cornell, gave a speech at his induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.’

Nov

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EDUCAUSE: Evolving Technologies Reports

November 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Evolving Technologies Reports. ‘The Evolving Technologies Committee is charged with the identification of developing technologies and the evaluation of their impact on higher education for the EDUCAUSE community. Annually such technologies are identified, researched, and white papers are produced by members of the committee. The information gathered is presented at the EDUCAUSE annual conference committee [...]

Nov

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Old News

November 27, 2005 | 1 Comment

Revealed: the chemistry of love. ‘ The good news: they’ve discovered the love chemical inside us all. The bad news: it only lasts a year.’ [via Findory]