The Skeptic blog has an interesting review up of some new educational material: Manga that's dedicated to learning instead of just scantily clad heroines out to save the world from something or other:

I also received The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology. Don’t laugh, but I’ve actually used this as a reference once in a Skeptoid episode. More to the point, my daughter (currently 10 years old) is obsessed with it: She plans to be a biologist and I’ve often drilled into her the need to be conversant in molecular biology and organic chemistry. The Manga Guide makes it possible for a 10-year-old to develop a decent working knowledge of a subject that sends most college students running for the hills.

Fascinating. Maybe we could get a US version, something like "X-Men do Physics", or something :)

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