Washington, Apr 25 : The idea of teaching math using ‘real life’ concrete examples may not help students learn the subject, says a new study.

The study led by Jennifer Kaminski, researcher scientist at Ohio State University’s Centre for Cognitive Science has found that college students who learned a mathematical concept with concrete examples couldn’t apply that knowledge to new situations.

However, when they first learned the concept with abstract symbols, they were much more likely to apply that knowledge.

Washington, April 25 : The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has started a new investigation into whether climate change is affecting populations of the rare musk ox.

New York, Apr 25 : The Pakistan government is learnt to have formulated a 15-point accord which calls upon the militants operating in the country’s tribal areas to immediately end militant activity. The 15-point draft accord also talks about exchange of prisoners in return for the gradual withdrawal of the Pakistani military from part of the tribal region of South Waziristan.

The draft accord is currently being negotiated by the government through tribal elders, and militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, whom the Musharraf regime had linked with Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. The accord orders Mehsud’s fighters to cease their activities in the tribal regions as well as the adjoining North-West Frontier Province, warning of strict punishment for any violations.

Washington, April 25 : Astronomers have developed a plan to identify Earth-like watery worlds circling distant stars from a glint of light seen through an optical space telescope and a mathematical

Hanoi - The US embassy released a report Friday detailing pervasive corruption in Vietnam's international adoption system, prompting angry denials from the Vietnamese government.