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Everyone is good at something. But at Lizzie's school this has been taken to extremes. Her classmate Ethan, who previously had no interest in sport, is now incredible at football; her brother's sudden
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4M-展現STEAM教育的理念：Science、Technology、Engineering、Art、Math。4M的產品注重於親手操作，不論是組裝機械、自製小飾品、收集材料進行實驗，從操作中獲得跨領域的知識，培養面對問題的勇氣，讓知識得以被實踐。4M產品設計的基礎，就是要帶給孩子們四種不同心智體驗，激發創造力，引導想像力，啟發知識，感受學習的樂趣。 品名：【4M】Mag Lev T
In the tradition of The Double Helix, an insider's account of the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril
