Teaching method trumps senior status in physics study
Nobel laureate Carl Wieman reports that Canadian college students learned far more from teaching assistants using interactive tools than from a veteran professor's lecture. In one week, two sections of physics classes showed double test scores with clicker quizzes, group work, demos, and feedback guiding learning.
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HIV therapy may cut spread of AIDS virus to partners
A nine nation NIH led trial finds starting antiviral treatment earlier makes HIV patients far less infectious, reducing transmission to partners by 96 percent. The result prompted early trial halt to share findings, with cost and side effects noted and condoms still urged for protection.
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Obama seeks to keep FBI chief Mueller for two more years
President Obama said he wants FBI Director Robert Mueller to stay on for two more years beyond his September 2013 term. Lawmakers greeted the idea with cautious support, noting the unique, risky precedent and the need for continuity amid national security concerns.
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Romney sticks with his 2008 health care plan
Mitt Romney, speaking in Ann Arbor, defended his 2008 Massachusetts health care approach as a national plan that would let states set coverage rules. He argued Obama’s overhaul is a federal power grab while refusing to renounce his state program.
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