A new study is claiming that girls really are as good as boys when it comes to how well each gender does in math class.

The story Math study finds girls are just as good as boys, asserts that the stereotype that boys are better at math has been fueled, at least in part, by suggestions of biological differences in the way little boys and little girls learn.

But in the largest study of its kind by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the…

In a story for Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch, we profile Jim Bilderback of St. Louis, who saw the Body Worlds exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center and now wants to donate his body to the project after his death.

“My real goal is educational,” he told reporter Diane Toroian Keaggy. “Cadavers are hard to use as a learning tool — they’re gray and rubbery. I think people can learn so much about anatomy from this exhibit.”

I saw the Body Worlds exhibit during the week after Christmas; I thought it was fascinating. My son was grossed out. My daughter was also absorbed by it….