Asia and Europe top in world but reasons are hard to find: school achievement

Article Abstract:

Asian and European countries, led by Singapore, Czech Republic and Korea, scored the best on a worldwide assessment of math and science achievement, but the study showed no clear factor of success. Priority given to the subjects, somewhat lacking in the average-scoring US, had some significance.

International aspects, Academic achievement, Sciences education, Science education

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Early start for plant-insect dance

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Researchers have found evidence that plants and insects began exploiting one another as many as 200 million years earlier than previously believed. Galls, fleshy growths on trees that parasitic insects feed on, were found on fossil tree ferns that lived 302 million years ago.

Origin, Insect-plant relationships, Host-parasite relationships, Galls (Botany)

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New clues to asthma therapies

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Scientists are beginning to develop a better picture of the triggers and physiologic events that play roles in an asthma attack. Their findings are leading to the development of new asthma therapies with improved specificity.

Research, Causes of, Drug therapy, Asthma, Antiasthmatic agents, Respiratory allergy, Respiratory hypersensitivity

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