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Judge John E. Jones III of the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pa. gave Harvard professors who support evolution new ammunition last month when he rendered it unconstitutional to teach intelligent design in a Pennsylvania public school science class. Intelligent design refers to the idea that certain aspects of life are too complex to be a result of randomized natural selection, and thus must have come from an “intelligent designer.” Despite the ruling, some Harvard faculty members say they worry that the battle over intelligent design may just be getting started. Professor of Biology...
Babies can also read signs. Psychologists Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn, co-founders of the Baby Signs Institute, conducted a long-term study with 140 families funded by the National Institutes of Health to see whether teaching sign language to babies before they can talk helps or impedes language development. The results were surprising. Babies taught to sign at 11 months tested 11 months ahead of other babies in terms of vocabulary and linguistic ability by age 3. At age 8, signing babies scored higher on IQ tests than the control group. While many psychologists agree that teaching sign language...
...FROG They may be cute, but don't expect interactive stuffed animals to teach a baby numbers, colors or shapes. A teddy bear without batteries is just as good for cuddling and imaginative play...
...practice a day. Coaches, most of whom never played competitively on an international level themselves, rely on monotonous drills to keep the women in shape. Roommates are assigned and mealtimes set. Letting loose at a nightclub, as Anna Kournikova or Jennifer Capriati might, is forbidden. "Foreign coaches just teach you on the court," says Zheng. "Our Chinese coaches are involved in all aspects of our life." Indeed, 23-year-old Li Na, who was ranked 33 in the world last year, quit Chinese tennis in late 2002 for about a year partly because she felt the training was too regimented...
...defense and pulled away in the end, sinking its last 10 free throws. For most of the game, the team displayed the offensive firepower that won it a share of the Ivy League title last season and a bid to the NCAA Tournament. “How do you teach that?” Delaney-Smith said, answering, “You have them play together for four years, which is what I hope happens to my freshman class, actually.”While Dartmouth relied on its experience beyond the perimeter, Harvard (4-10, 0-1 Ivy) divided...