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Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     16 July 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               CRISPR Transgenic Mouse Services One-step mouse model generation using CRISPR genome editing Constitutive knockout Conditional knockout Mutagenesis ROSA26 transgene knockin Delivered products: 3 or more F1 mice (male or female) in 6-9 months Request a Quote>>         • Featured               Building the 21st century scientist ▶       Why is STEM education so hard? One of the reasons is that intuition and tradition are poor guides for teaching tough topics. Leading academics offer their advice and a roadmap for a course correction in colleges and universities, but it is clear that change is happening at innovative science-focused programmes all over the world. Starting young is important. But so is continuing to learn throughout one's career. 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Read More ▶             Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right ▶ 15 July 2015     Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack. Read More ▶             First robust genetic links to depression emerge ▶ 15 July 2015     Discoveries energize hunt for genes connected to mental illness. Read More ▶             Reading, writing and high-energy physics ▶ 15 July 2015     A look at some of the most innovative science-education programmes from kindergarten to university. Read More ▶             The scientist of the future ▶ 15 July 2015     A special issue of Nature examines what is needed to grow the next generation of scientists. Read More ▶             The week in science: 10–16 July 2015 ▶ 15 July 2015     Report criticizes the APA for colluding on torture; South Korean government is sued over MERS; and Pluto gets sized up by New Horizons. Read More ▶             Smart shots bring Nigeria to brink of polio eradication ▶ 15 July 2015     The nation has embraced the latest research and innovative approaches to vaccination. Read More ▶             'Organs-on-chips' go mainstream ▶ 15 July 2015     Drug companies put in vitro systems through their paces. Read More ▶             Don't distort policy in the name of national pride ▶ 15 July 2015     Dyna Rochmyaningsih offers a lesson from Indonesia on what can go wrong when governments use research to make a country look good. Read More ▶             Scientists jubilant as Pluto mission phones home — safe ▶ 14 July 2015     New Horizons probe reconnects with Earth after journey past dwarf planet. Read More ▶             Oldest animal sperm found inside fossilized worm cocoon ▶ 14 July 2015     Preserved 50-million-year-old cell remains may give clues to evolution of earthworms and leeches. 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