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/ 1 year agoA trauma-focused therapy is helping Ukrainian children besieged by war – a clinical psychologist explains how it could bring resilience to kids around the world
No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most...
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/ 1 year agoThe digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers
A researcher explains developments in using light rather than electrons to transmit information securely and quickly, even over long distances.
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/ 1 year agoRight-to-charge laws bring the promise of EVs to apartments, condos and rentals
Illinois passed the latest law requiring new apartment buildings to be wired for EV chargers. Now apartment communities are figuring out...
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/ 1 year agoSouth Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and that doesn’t bode well for its economy
South Korea’s fertility rate fell below the level needed to sustain a population in the mid-1980s – and it never recovered....
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/ 1 year agoCOVID-19 hurt kids’ math learning more than reading and writing – with the biggest setbacks in fall 2020
A new analysis of standardized test scores from elementary schools in Michigan pinpoints when during the pandemic students fell most behind.
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/ 1 year agoStates are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce
Some of the biggest changes to child labor laws are in Iowa and Arkansas.
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/ 1 year agoBMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place
Overreliance on BMI as a measure of weight and health has deepened inequities and led to inaccuracies and overgeneralizations.
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/ 1 year agoTaking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
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/ 1 year agoDo you crush microbes when you step on them?
You can squash small bugs by stepping on them, but can you crush even tinier microorganisms like viruses and bacteria? It...
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/ 1 year agoAsian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in children
Children’s books that feature Asian protagonists are rare. Two scholars decided to offer their own in their attempt to reduce racial...
