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Economics & Business Nov 29, 2022

Foodbanks evolving to survive cost of living crisis, experts find

The traditional model of foodbanks is evolving to become more sustainable as charities and organizations report unprecedented demand and fewer donations in the face of the national cost of living crisis.

Education Nov 22, 2022

US students lost decades of progress in math, reading. Could this strategy be the solution?

Joi Mitchell fell into tutoring largely by accident, but in retrospect it all makes sense. The 27-year-old grew up in a family of educators in Chicago. After college, where she majored in business administration, some of ...

Social Sciences Nov 10, 2022

Navigating urban spaces: Indoor and outdoor wayfinding technology for vision-impaired people

Navigating an unfamiliar place is uniquely challenging for people with disabilities. People with blindness, deafblindness, visual impairment or low vision, as well as those who use wheelchairs, can travel more independently ...

Social Sciences Nov 7, 2022

Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad

Brand partnerships between seemingly disparate companies or organizations are all around us.

Social Sciences Oct 27, 2022

How parents and schools can get chronically absent kids back in the classroom

In the wake of the pandemic, more students are missing school than ever before. But there are steps parents and schools can take to get kids back into class.

Biochemistry Oct 26, 2022

Cancer drug could potentially be used against malaria

A cancer drug currently in clinical trials has shown the potential to protect from, cure, and prevent transmission of malaria. The breakthrough finding by an international team that includes researchers at Penn State offers ...

Plants & Animals Oct 25, 2022

Mexican Pacific islands are safe havens for seabirds thanks to conservation and restoration actions

Seabirds are the most threatened group of birds and the one with the greatest and fastest decline globally. A study published on October 7th in PLOS ONE shows that a holistic conservation approach, including the creation ...

Biotechnology Oct 21, 2022

How to 3D print the fossils of the great museums of the world

Doug Boyer was a hit at his daughter's kindergarten show and tell.

Social Sciences Oct 20, 2022

In the transition to high school, eighth graders who move to a new building were less delinquent than peers who stayed

Levels of crime and delinquency vary considerably with age, peaking around age 15 before diminishing considerably by the mid- to late-20s. As youth's involvement in delinquency rises, most transition from middle school to ...

Education Oct 12, 2022

ACT test scores drop to lowest in 30 years in pandemic slide

Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year's high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years—the latest evidence of the enormity of learning disruption during the pandemic.

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