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Evolution is considered by virtually all biologists to be the central unifying principle of biology, yet its fundamental concepts are not widely understood or widely disseminated. Teaching evolution--defined as descent with modification from a common ancestor as a result of natural selection acting on genetic variation--has traditionally been a challenge for most high school biology teachers and has become even more controversial and difficult recently. This is largely due to pressure against teaching evolution by many school boards, school administrators, and parents, and by a highly organized well-funded campaign by creationist groups. The challenge has been intensified by the periodic and recent discoveries of hominid fossils directly linking human origins to the evolutionary process. The purpose of this article is to provide a short summary of some of the most compelling molecular evidence for evolution in hopes that it might be useful to biology teachers at all levels. (Contains 3 figures.)

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 22102 "Computational Models of Human-Automated Vehicle Interaction". At this Dagstuhl Seminar, we discussed how computational (cognitive) models can be used to model human-automated vehicle interaction. The seminar is motivated by developments in the field of semi-automated driving where humans and vehicles interact as teams to either both contribute to the drive (partnership) or to have safe transitions of control from vehicle to human and vice-versa. Computational (cognitive) models can be used in these situations to simulate or model human behavior and thought. Such models can be used among others to better understand human behavior, to test "what if" scenarios to guide design, or to even provide input to the vehicle about the human’s potential behavior and thoughts. The seminar was attended by experts in various fields including computer science, cognitive science, engineering, automotive UI, human-computer interaction, and human factors. They represented academia, industry, and government organizations. With the attendees, we discussed five challenges of the field during panel discussion sessions: - Challenge 1: How can models inform design and governmental policy? - Challenge 2: What phenomena and driving scenarios need to be captured? - Challenge 3: What technical capabilities do computational models possess? - Challenge 4: How can models benefit from advances in AI while avoiding pitfalls? - Challenge 5: What insights are needed for and from empirical research? The attendees then split off into smaller working groups to discuss aspects of these challenges in more depth. Based on these discussions and other input from the attendees, this Dagstuhl report reports the following: - an executive summary of the seminar - position perspectives of all the attendees (section: "Talks") - summaries of the various working groups (section: "Working Groups") - summaries of the five panels (section: "Pan

Describes a program template designed to organize lecture materials and easily display relevant text, graphics, video, and interactive questions. Compares this software that is directly linked to course objectives with a well-rated, commercially available program. (DDR)

As students translate number words into the language of mathematics they explore number composition, equivalent expressions, and patterns in numbers and words. (MKR)

Graduation on snake ecology Sterrin Smalbrugge studies Ecology (Msc.) at Wageningen University with a strong focus on snake ecology. She was a real fan of Steve Erwin a.k.a. “the Crocodile Hunter”. On the day he died she made a promise to herself to continue his work (in her own way) which is showing the world how amazing and fascinating reptiles really are, despite their reputation. Sterrin now runs her own company: “Game of Reptiles”. She gives lectures, shows and master classes with the aid of a large collection of venomous snakes throughout the country. She also is very active on social media with her Facebook page Sterrin’s Wild World. With this interview she gives a sneak peak in her herpetological work, her future projects and academic research. Bij universiteiten en onderzoeksinstellingen werken diverse wetenschappers aan reptielen, amfibieën en vissen. We willen de RAVON-lezers kennis laten maken met een aantal van deze onderzoekers. In dit artikel Sterrin Smalbrugge, Masterstudent aan de Wageningen Universiteit, die zich bezig houdt met onderzoek naar en voorlichting over reptielen.