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A new Estonian invention engages 9,000 students to compete in math online

Silver Tambur / February 7, 2019

99math, a new Estonian-founded game platform to motivate students to learn math, engaged simultaneously 9,000 students in an online competition; the platform’s next ambition is to attract a million students from all over the world. The game day, that took place on 30 January, involved more than 9,000 students from 200 schools in Estonia – […]

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Estonia is participating in the Baltic Sea pollution study

Estonian World / February 7, 2019

Estonia together with eleven other European countries are due to study where and how microplastics are getting into the sea, how common it is and in which way it is affecting the marine environment. In Estonia, the first studies on estimating the amounts of microplastics found in the upper layers of the sea were conducted

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Estonian soil is surprisingly rich in species – study

Estonian World / January 20, 2019

A study that analyses the biodiversity of myriapoda and their habitat preferences in Estonia, has found some species in the country for the first time. Due to its biodiversity and probably a huge number of taxa waiting to be discovered, soil fauna has been called the poor man’s rain forest. If a researcher cannot head

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US Consumer Technology Association awards Estonia for innovation

Sten Hankewitz / January 8, 2019

The American Consumer Technology Association has awarded Estonia for innovation during its event in Las Vegas. The innovation award was presented to the Estonian minister of education, Mailis Reps, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on 8 January. The association’s yearly International Innovation Scorecard grades countries across 25 indicators in the areas of

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Estonian genetic data project collects 100,000 DNA samples

Silver Tambur / December 27, 2018

The Estonian government-backed project to collect the DNA samples of 100,000 Estonians has accomplished it; the next step is to collect the data from additional 50,000 individuals and develop a more personalised medicine system in the country. The ambitious project started in April 2018, with the aim of collecting genetic data and integrating it into

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Estonia to boost education technology startups

Silver Tambur / December 15, 2018

The Estonian government is to support the education technology industry and invest in the implementation of new digital solutions in the country’s schools. Estonia’s ministry of education and research, the KredEx foundation and Startup Estonia have agreed to support startups in education technology industry with €300,000. In the next two years, the government will invest

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Estonian entrepreneurs launch an education fund to support innovation

Silver Tambur / December 5, 2018

Several Estonian entrepreneurs have launched the Good Deed Education Fund, with a goal to provide seed capital for innovative initiatives in Estonian education; the fund plans to contribute €1 million to impactful educational initiatives. The fund is led by the Good Deed Foundation that has a long-term experience in launching and growing impactful initiatives in

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Podcast: How social media representation influences students

Estonian World / December 4, 2018

In collaboration with Tallinn University, Estonian World publishes podcasts recorded by the students; the first episode features Katrin Tiidenberg on the topic, “How social media representation influences students and their relationship to fellow students?” The new Current Events Podcast at Tallinn University helps students try their hand at creating and developing a podcast – beginning

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Smart devices don’t make you better in your work

Jaan Aru / December 4, 2018

The Estonian neuroscientist, Jaan Aru, explains why smartphone addiction can have negative consequences. No one regrets in the last hour of their life that “I didn’t respond faster to an e-mail”. But for some reason, people think that constantly checking e-mails on a smart device and answering them right away is something important. Why does

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Estonian students are building the country’s first self-driving formula car

Silver Tambur / November 27, 2018

The Formula Student Team Tallinn, a joint project of Tallinn University of Technology and Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, is constructing a self-driving formula race car. The Formula Student Team Tallinn is an 80-member student organisation that has already built an electric-powered formula car and is now constructing a self-driving formula car, due to be

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