Parents' math-related talk relates to children's early academic skills
Words matter. And when it comes to learning math, they matter more than you might think.
Education
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Using AI to predict earthquakes: Machine learning detects subtle changes before lab-scale fault failures
Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by empirical evidence. As these factors often occur ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2025
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What the history of the printing press can teach us about AI regulation
A study on the legal history of printing press regulation in early modern England yields insights relevant to contemporary debates on the regulation of emerging technologies like AI and virtual reality, a McGill researcher ...
Political science
Nov 19, 2025
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Heat-resistant kelp cultivars for warmer seas: A novel triploid breeding method
Kelp species such as Saccharina japonica and Undaria pinnatifida serve as critical global economic resources. However, global warming, marked by rising seawater temperatures, is severely impacting kelp cultivation. This reality ...
Biotechnology
Nov 19, 2025
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Scientists use Icelandic mudrocks to prepare for Mars sample analysis
To say that a trip from Earth to Mars is merely a long one would be a massive understatement. On July 30, 2020, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent its Mars rover "Perseverance" atop an Atlas ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 19, 2025
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Tiny antennas bring electrical energy to 'unpowerable' nanoparticles
A new technique uses "molecular antennas" to funnel electrical energy into insulating nanoparticles, creating a new class of ultra-pure near-infrared LEDs for medical diagnostics, optical communications, and sensing.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 19, 2025
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Genetically engineered fungi are protein-packed, sustainable, and taste similar to meat
In a new study published in Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a gene-editing technology called CRISPR to increase a fungus's production efficiency and cut its production-related environmental impact by as much as ...
Biotechnology
Nov 19, 2025
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Surface-only superconductor is the strangest of its kind
Something strange goes on inside the material platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi₂). A new study by researchers at IFW Dresden and the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat demonstrates that while PtBi₂ may look like a typical shiny gray ...
Superconductivity
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Webb witnesses a feasting supermassive black hole in the early universe
Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole within a galaxy just 570 million years after the Big Bang. Part of a class of small, very distant galaxies ...
Astronomy
Nov 19, 2025
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Acoustic waves could be the key to orbitronic devices
Electronics traditionally rely on harnessing the electron's charge, but researchers are now exploring the possibility of harnessing its other intrinsic properties. In a Nature Communications study, scientists from Japan demonstrated ...
Condensed Matter
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