Monthly Archives: April 2012

Why Final Exams Might Be All Wrong?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Guest Post by Florine Church Eight Reasons Pretty much anything involving tests will rile up controversy in the education sector, particularly those of the standardized variety. But finals dredge up their own share of criticisms, and for reasons other than … Continue reading →

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New Particle

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Physicists from the University of Zurich have discovered a previously unknown particle composed of three quarks in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. A new baryon could be detected for the first time at the LHC.The baryon family refers … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 28, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on 1001 Scribbles:
Every year Portugal welcomes the International Chocolate Festival! It takes place in the beautiful medieval town of Óbidos and usually attracts lots of people to this picturesque small town. This year’s edition was dedicated to Disney…

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Posted on April 28, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Thinking culture:
I meant to post this a while ago. Here is a special issue of the Lo Squaderno journal (open access) on urban knowledge. The above is the cover that includes one of the photos used…

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