Wendy Yang is a public health sciences major and part of the Campuswide Honors Program at the University of California, Irvine. She enjoys covering science & research news in Asia.

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Academic Acceleration For Gifted Kids: Is Fast Track The Right Track?

According to a recent major national study, parents and teachers are generally supportive of academic acceleration but have misplaced concerns about the emotional impact of fast-tracking education.

December 5, 2011

The #SciFund Challenge: Science Funding Through Crowdsourcing

Scientists have started the #SciFund Challenge, a new type of crowdfunding that lets individuals support scientific research projects, organizations, and causes they believe in.

November 15, 2011

Study: Excessive Praise On Poor Performance May Cause Depression

Who would have thought that too much praise could hurt?

November 2, 2011

Scientists Explain How Chemotherapy Causes Platelet Numbers To Plunge

Scientists have answered an age-old question on how platelets are formed, and also why low platelet numbers are a side effect of chemotherapy.

September 29, 2011

Study Finds Bidirectional Relationship Between Schizophrenia & Epilepsy

A study has shown a strong relationship between schizophrenia and epilepsy, suggesting a shared susceptibility between the diseases that may be a result of genetic, environmental, or neurobiological causes.

September 20, 2011

Study: Six Genetic Variants Linked To Type 2 Diabetes In South Asians

A team of international researchers examined the genomic DNA of South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes, identifying six genetic variants associated with the disease.

August 30, 2011

Chinese In Africa Told: “Bringing Ivory To China Is Illegal”

To educate Chinese citizens that the transport of ivory is illegal, a series of Chinese-language broadcasts was aired throughout Africa between July and August by China Radio International (CRI).

August 23, 2011

Social-Networking, Asian Elephant Style

New research reveals that female Asian elephants develop social interactions that extend to a larger, stable network of friends from which they can choose their companions.

July 28, 2011

The BookieMonster Reads You! Advancing Literacy Through Technology

The “BookieMonster” uses computer-generated voices and speech-recognition to read text aloud to children, before asking them to read it back to the computer.

July 27, 2011

Australian Government Cuts Funding for Science Education

Two Australian education programs, Primary Connections, and a pilot high-school program, Science by Doing, have been cut from further funding by the government.

July 15, 2011