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/ 2 months agoWhy holding kids back fails − and what to do about it
The practice of holding kids back a grade is becoming a more popular solution to address low achievement scores. But research...
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/ 2 months ago‘They’re eating pets’ – another example of US politicians smearing Haiti and Haitian immigrants
Trump’s baseless claims about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, reflect a long history of American prejudice against Haitians. In Washington, those falsehoods...
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/ 2 months agoTiny robots and AI algorithms could help to craft material solutions for cleaner environments
Some materials react and generate potentially helpful particles when exposed to light. Analytical AI can help scientists sort through materials to...
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/ 2 months agoTikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences
Lawyers for the popular video app warned of ‘staggering’ consequences for free speech if ban is allowed to happen.
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/ 2 months agoAmerica’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why
Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger farms, has...
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/ 2 months agoPennsylvania’s mail-in ballot system has a problem − but it’s not what Trump is making unfounded claims about
Pennsylvania’s delays in counting mail-in votes have not been fixed − creating an opportunity for Trump and his allies to cast...
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/ 2 months agoWomen are still underrepresented in local government, despite a woman running for president
Until now, researchers and the public knew very little about how well women were represented outside the federal government.
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/ 2 months agoEmpowering engineering students through storytelling
Researchers asked engineering students to tell stories about challenges they had faced. Telling the stories, students said, made them more likely...
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/ 2 months agoClass and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits
To satisfy donors, a nonprofit felt forced to use language from the corporate world. In doing so, it was hard to...
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/ 2 months agoIntoxication nation: a double shot of US history
Alcohol is a window into American history, from 17th-century rum production to young people’s declining interest in drinking today.
