An OECD report concludes that teens in Finland and New Zealand are the leaders in science, and says schools should focus on making science pleasant and enjoyable for students.
We’re one of the first nonspecialist publications to hear how professor Kari Alitalo and his team are breaking ground with a new procedure to limit or even halt a cancer tumour’s growth.
In the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Finland maintains a place near the top of the tables in all categories: reading, mathematics and science.
On the frontier of human knowledge – Leena Palotie
Genetics researcher Leena Palotie, who we are sad to note passed away on March 11, 2010, had recently been awarded the title of academician, and called her work “a fantastic journey into the human being.”
