A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For example, the study found that most textbooks published in the 2010s ...
Environment
Dec 21, 2022
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Michelle Martin is the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington. She primarily teaches students who will be youth services librarians who work with ...
Education
Sep 22, 2022
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Big data analysis has long supported major feats in physics and astronomy. But more recently we've seen it underpin breakthroughs in the social sciences and humanities.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2022
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An Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found that the social sciences are changing: In the last decade, journal article publications have increased, while the publication ...
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2022
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The big glitch in California's new science education standards, which focus heavily on climate change, is that few schoolteachers have the background to conduct lessons on the subject, says Kelley Le, director of the UCI ...
Education
Dec 7, 2021
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From Alexa to iTunes to Google Home, for the past few years, tech heavy hitters such as Amazon, Apple, and Google have been building strategic product combinations designed to lure in customers and lock down their loyalty.
Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2019
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Three centuries ago, when modern science was in its infancy, the gender disparity in education was not a gap but an abyss: few girls had any decent schooling at all.
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2019
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Reader preferences for liberal or conservative political books also attract them to different types of science books, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Yale and Cornell universities. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2017
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A biography of German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt has been named science book of the year.
Other
Sep 19, 2016
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The relationship between animal companions and humans changed during the period of westward expansion in America, says Missouri University of Science and Technology historian Dr. Diana Ahmad. Ahmad's new book, "Success Depends ...
Other
Feb 9, 2016
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