While Indigenous populations such as the Houma tribe on Louisiana's Gulf Coast are especially vulnerable to environmental change, mistrust fomented by the tribe's history with overt discrimination, forcible relocation and ...
Environment
May 3, 2019
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Hardening of schools seems to be a questionable endeavor, given the dearth of evidence regarding effectiveness, says a Ball State University researcher.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2019
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When school officials suspend students, the idea is to maintain a safe environment and deter violence and other problematic behavior on the school campus.
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2019
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Looking at the microbial communities that grow on students' desks, a team of Yale researchers found that the bacteria and fungi overwhelmingly came from the children sitting at the desks. They also found that, even after ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 7, 2018
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Student bullying on the internet could be headed for a showdown with a 50-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case that granted expansive
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2018
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Kentucky's plan to build one of the country's largest publicly owned broadband networks was touted as a cornerstone of the effort to save the Appalachian economy by bringing high-speed internet to some of the poorest counties ...
Telecom
Oct 1, 2017
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is getting a $140 million donation from a former student.
Other
Jun 7, 2017
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The same technology that keeps kids glued to their smart phones is being used by some schools as protection against sexual assaults . Using apps, victims and bystanders can alert school officials, police or parents to trouble. ...
Other
May 22, 2017
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Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg were among tech titans who joined school officials, non-profits and state leaders to urge the US government to better back teaching computer science.
Business
Apr 26, 2016
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4
College students have always had a taste for beer, and archaeologists have uncovered new evidence at the College of William and Mary to prove it.
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2014
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