Researchers from King's College London have used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2017
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(Phys.org)—"What if the Kardashians were physicists?" asks César Hidalgo, an associate professor at MIT and director of the Collective Learning group at the MIT Media Lab.
Newsflash for American high school students—choose friends wisely, or they may end up costing you your education.
Mathematics
Jan 31, 2017
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Australian genomics researchers have announced the development of Sequins—synthetic 'mirror' DNA sequences that reflect the human genome. This intuitive new technology, which can be used to better map and analyse complexity ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers from Stanford University has found that high school children living in poverty who have a growth mindset tend to do better in school than those with a fixed mindset. In their paper published ...
Satellite and drone images have led to a new discovery in the ancient city of Petra—a massive man-made stone platform hidden under sand.
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2016
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Male students in undergraduate introductory biology courses are outperforming females at test time, but it may be due to how exams are designed rather than academic ability. In addition, high socioeconomic status students ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2016
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The intensity of artificial lighting has been shown to have a range of effects on our mood and our ability to concentrate. New research explores the color of lighting and its effect on our cognitive performance. The study, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2016
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Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are often less successful in this than men. Psychology ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2015
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By the time they are teenagers, more than two-thirds of young people are not doing enough physical activity. Teenagers spend an average of eight hours every day sitting, with 11 to 15-year-olds watching nearly three hours ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2015
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