science link of the day

this is an article from the bbc about the gender split in attitudes about science (and no, it's not boys like it, girls don't). i'm particularly interested in the part where they talk about science curriculums, and how many are boring and are turning students off of careers in science. it's funny because i think our perspective on this topic at tech is understandably skewed - by and large we're scientists and engineers, and even if we're not, we still get a better education in these areas than most. but it's still an important problem to be aware of, because soon we're not going to have enough people to fill the jobs in the technology sectors. in the article, they talk about couple proposals of new approaches to take in teaching science, particularly emphasizing discussion of the ethics involved in many scientific endeavors.

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