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Sep 03, 2008

MythBuster Adam Savage lists three ways to "fix US science education" in Popular Mechanics, even though, as he says, "we're not teachers, but our show has taught us a lot about how to get people interested in science." Savage says to let students learn by doing (that's what MythBusters is all about), spend more money on science education, and even to celebrate mistakes. "Learning science by experimentation yields innovation, inspiration, intuition and fascination," he writes.

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'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

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New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

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