Tag Archives: Children

San Diego’s Baseball Hero

By Kurt | Published: May 25, 2009
My long-time buddy Joshua caught a foul ball with one hand, while spilling a full beer on his neighbor with the other, at the San Diego Padres vs. Chicago Cubs game this past Friday night.  He says he predicted he would catch a ball, but I haven’t been able to verify this claim. Immediately after the [...]
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On This Day In History: The Impossibly Young Mommy

By Kurt | Published: May 14, 2009
On this day in history: May 14, 1939 on 12seconds.tv This one is just too hard to believe, but appears to be true and verified – read the whole story here from the master debunkers, Snopes. Today I’ve included one of the typically many outtakes which result from my attempts to capture a clean 12 second spot [...]
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Artificial Ovary Now, Artificial Womb Next?

By Kurt | Published: May 8, 2009
Artificial ovary matures human eggs – New Scientist A HUMAN ovary grown in the lab from slivers of ovarian tissue has been able to turn an immature egg into one that is ready to be fertilised. According to the article, an artificial ovary was created which allows immature human eggs to grow into mature eggs ex vivo, [...]
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Concepts Over Procedures In Math Class

By Kurt | Published: April 11, 2009
You do the math: Explaining basic concepts behind math problems improves children’s learning – EurekAlert! “Teaching children the basic concept behind math problems was more useful than teaching children a procedure for solving the problems – these children gave better explanations and learned more,” Rittle-Johnson said. “This adds to a growing body of research illustrating the [...]
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