Utter the words "ocean acidification" in mixed company, and you'll probably get blank stares. Although climate change has grown steadily in the public consciousness, one of its most insidious impacts—a widespread die-off ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2018
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86
There is a problem with the set of tools social scientists use to study human behavior.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2018
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36
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2018
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It seems simple enough: Taking a hard hit to the head can give you a concussion. But, Stanford researchers report March 30 in Physical Review Letters, in most cases, the connection is anything but simple.
General Physics
Mar 31, 2018
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141
Every fall, college freshmen begin the familiar tradition of establishing friendships with classmates in their dormitories.
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2017
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16
Having minority middle school students write a series of self-affirmation exercises focusing on core values improved the odds that the students would pursue college tracks in school, according to Stanford scholars.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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28
When states suffer a widespread loss of jobs, the damage extends to the next generation, where college attendance drops among the poorest students, says new research from Duke University.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2017
2
262
No matter how smart, well-prepared or hard-working, many college students struggle with rigorous introductory science courses because their approach to learning fails to provide a working knowledge of abstract concepts that ...
Social Sciences
May 16, 2017
4
1283
College students have used it to make cheap furniture, China has had shortages of it, and main character Michael Scott of "The Office" once famously buried his face in it. Concrete is everywhere—a ubiquity owed to its strength ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2016
1
588
Incoming college students, especially students of color and first-generation college students, who anticipate challenges and recognize these as normal and temporary are more likely to remain enrolled full time and receive ...
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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