Whetstone said he has hosted similar workshops around the country. In each of the six sessions, Whetstone said, topics will be approached from the child's perspective. The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate communication between grandparents, parents, teachers, coaches and other adults in a child's life. "Here is a young man or a young woman, and here are some strategies the adults can all work on to make the relationship with the child go better and better the relationships with each other," he said. "It's amazing what happens when you get the right group of people together." >>>

  Science Magazine recently reported on the Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2015, and on this episode of Science Studio, we'll learn about two of them: CRISPR Gene Editing Technology, and Reproducibility in Psychology. Charlotte Vines and Colin Bill of the UTEP Department of Biological Sciences, tell us how CRISPR allows scientists to deliberately edit DNA to stop the expression of a particular protein.  Drs. Vines and Bill are attempting to use this technology to knock out a gene that sends T-cell leukemias into the brains of children where they are >>>

Jan 18, 2016- Over the last 25 years, Nepal’s administrative efficiency has been on a downward spiral. This has affected governance at all levels—ushering in an era of impunity for politicians and bureaucrats.With each successive government, the bar on governance gets further lowered. Against this background, John Narayan Parajuli and Kamal Dev Bhattarai spoke to former Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokharel about the decline in administrative efficiency, politicisation of the bureaucracy, the functioning of the Prime Minister’s Office and pre-emptive role of the Commission for the >>>