What children choose to read outside school directly influences their academic performance, according to a major new study led by the University of Malaga and UCL, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Oxford Review ...
Education
Feb 28, 2020
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Books are always transforming. The book we hold today has arrived through a number of materials (clay, papyrus, parchment, paper, pixels) and forms (tablet, scroll, codex, kindle).
Education
Feb 28, 2020
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Only 18% of books available in four Australian childcare centers include non-white characters. Animal characters make up around half the books available, with the animals largely leading lives, and adhering to values, of ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2020
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Penn doctoral student David Yaden practices mindfulness, a simple habit he uses to re-center himself after stressful situations. It's also one that's backed by science, having been analyzed and written about for decades. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2020
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From world hunger to nuclear weapons, Kansas State University distinguished professor Walter Dodds ranks the world's worst problems facing humanity in a new book by publisher Springer.
Environment
Jan 22, 2020
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The ability to process alcohol may have saved humanity's ancestors from extinction, a new book suggests.
Evolution
Dec 5, 2019
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Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant (almonds, caramel and chocolate) to nasty (formaldehyde, old clothes and trash). Detecting early signs of paper degradation could help guide preservation ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 13, 2019
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A book authored by a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London tells a radical new story about sex and religion in the 'swinging sixties'.
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2019
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The lack of content in books that children can access—and not merely the total number of books—has profound implications for efforts to narrow long-term language and achievement gaps in low-income, ethnic-minority households, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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Three Southwest Research Institute scientists contributed their groundwater management expertise to a new book about the Edwards Aquifer, the primary water source for the San Antonio area and surrounding communities. The ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2019
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