The Spectrum We Split: Science as Philosophy, Religion, Politics, and Method
One human enterprise, turned slowly under four lights. Science as philosophy, religion, politics, and method—and the one small thing that is genuinely new.
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Color Without Pigment
How nature builds color from geometry instead of dye, and how lasers, colloids, and 3D printers are finally learning the trick.
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The Logic of Living Patterns
How morphogens, reaction-diffusion, and feedback let a uniform cluster of cells decide where to put a stripe, a vein, or a root—and how we have begun writing that logic ourselves.
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A Patterns Based Approach for Design of Educational Technologies
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Advancing Education through Tutoring Systems: A Systematic Literature Review
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AI-Enabled Serious Games: Integrating Intelligence and Adaptivity in Training Systems
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Auxin transport model for leaf venation
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Structural Color
Color produced by nanoscale geometry rather than pigment.
Additive Manufacturing
3D printing of functional, composite, and optical materials.
Morphogenesis
How biological form and pattern arise during development.
Pattern Formation
Turing systems and the physics of spontaneous patterning.
Plant Development
Growth, vasculature, and patterning in plants.
Cognitive Load
The working-memory demands that learning tasks impose.
Biomimetic Materials
Materials that borrow structure and strategy from biology.
Learning Science
How people learn — memory, practice, and the design of instruction.
Spaced Repetition
Distributing practice over time to strengthen long-term retention.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Adaptive tutoring software, increasingly LLM-powered.