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<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</big>

which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].

The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},

Multilingual University & School

where anyone can teach or take a class or course

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Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.

Related blog, etc.

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===Select Conferences Online===

===Select Communities, Email lists, etc.===

(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).

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Lin, Thomas (prod.). 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/species-readers-photos.html#index Welcome to Our Backyard]. ("What’s the most surprising species close to home? Readers responded with a variety of wild organisms, large and small. Click here to submit a photo.") New York, NY: The New York Times.

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Science is awesome because we are not. Our ability to perceive things is limited and flawed, our memories are limited and flawed, and our minds are filled with biases that distort reality even when the information is right in front of us. Science helps us overcome our own limitations (to the extent we are able). -- Kevin Bonham

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Boyle, Alan. 2011. [http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/25/6344843-science-thrives-in-virtual-worlds Science thrives in virtual worlds]. March 25. cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Brown, Mark. 2012. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/fundamentals-of-biology-ocw-scholar.~~html Fundamentals~~ of Biology now available in OCW Scholar format

Brown, Mark. 2012. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/fundamentals-of-biology-ocw-scholar.htmlFundamentals of Biology now available in OCW Scholar format

Course is the last of seven OCW has published this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners]. September 6. Cambridge, MA: MIT OpenCourseWare.

Chakravartty, Anjan. 2011. [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/ Scientific Realism. Stanford, CA: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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jearbear. 2011. [http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/11/12/2052238/ask-slashdot-crowdfunding-for-science-can-it-succeed Ask Slashdot: Crowdfunding For Science — Can It Succeed?]. November 12. ask.slashdot.org.

Johnson, Caroline. 2012. [http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-03/business/33547143_1_online-games-high-school-students-show-teens MIT uses reality TV, online games to show science’s appeal]. September 3. Boston, MA: Boston Globe.

Lehrer, Jonah. 2010. [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer The Truth Wears Off: Is there something wrong with the scientific method?]. December 13. New York, NY: The New Yorker.

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Ynnerman, Anders. 2011. [http://www.ted.com/talks/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion.html Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the medical data explosion]. Göteborg, Sweden: TED Talk.

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Biomedical Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biomedical_Engineering

Bonobo chimpanzee: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bonobo_chimpanzee

Botany: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Botany

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Primatology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Primatology

Programming: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Programming

Quantum Computing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Quantum_Computing

Quantum Physics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Quantum_Physics

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Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS

with educational electronics, as well;

with musical instruments;

value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;

available via mail and electronically;

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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme

(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)

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