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OPINION: India’s Underperforming Higher Education Sector

With the exception of a handful of universities, institutes, and research centers, India's higher education institutions are of poor quality, writes Dr. Pushkar.

Academia

Chia-Chiao Lin, MIT Institute Professor Emeritus, Has Died At 96

Chia-Chiao Lin, an Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT who played a pivotal role in the development of applied mathematics both in the United States and in China, died Sunday in Beijing.

Academia

Typhoon-Hit Schools In The Philippines To Reopen

Thousands of children across the typhoon-hit island of Mindanao will return to school today.

Academia

Teaching Children To Read Through Phonics May Be Disadvantageous In The Long Term

Researchers have found that children learn to read primarily by storing words in the brain and suggest that teaching children to read through phonics may be disadvantageous to them later in life.

Academia

UK Proposes Math Education Reform To Catch Up With Asia

U.K. Education Secretary Michael Gove is advocating for compulsory math education up to the age of 18 for all U.K. students.

Singapore Launches Asia’s First Aquatic Science Center

Singapore’s Aquatic Science Center (ASC), the first of its kind in Asia, was officially opened on Wednesday.

Health

Scientists Find Link Between Male Sex Hormones And Liver Cancer

Scientists have identified a gene controlled by male sex hormones as being critical for driving liver cancer growth; findings which may explain why liver cancer is more prevalent in men.

Academia

International Students To Face Tougher Visa Restrictions In The UK

The UK Home Office announced today scores of reforms to the student visas system aimed at reducing misuse of the system.

In the Lab

Fluent English Speakers Translate Words Into Chinese Automatically

A new study finds that Chinese people who are fluent in English translate English words into Chinese without thinking about it.

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