Kids who read for pleasure grow into better-adjusted teens: study
Young children may be fascinated by electronic devices, but a new study suggests that old-fashioned reading may help them grow into better adjusted middle schoolers.
Young children may be fascinated by electronic devices, but a new study suggests that old-fashioned reading may help them grow into better adjusted middle schoolers.
Nearly two years after the devastating bushfires of 2019–2020, many farming communities are still coming to terms with the impacts.
The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country.
How do we make medicine last the extreme conditions of space exploration?
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As I've been organizing this year's International Association of Time Use Research (IATUR) conference in Montréal, I've been asked: What do you mean by time use research?
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Goats are smart animals. A new technology takes advantage of their intelligence—so they longer need physical fences. More than 2,400 Norwegian farmers are already using the technology to herd their animals.
Researchers from the UB published an article in the journal Scientific Reports which analyses, through the prisoner's dilemma game, the willingness of people to cooperate when in pairs. A total of 374 people took part in ...
Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes.