In an effort to curtail how much time young people spend playing video games, China has banned students from playing them during the school week and limits them to just one hour per day on Fridays, weekends and holidays.
Education
Sep 3, 2021
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If you ask your teens to do their homework they'll find a thousand other things to do. But put them in front of a video game, and they'll focus on it for hours. How exactly do game designers create this kind of engagement? ...
Education
May 31, 2021
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Before they can get started at their field site—a giant cave studded with stalactites, stalagmites and human artifacts—15 undergraduate students must figure out how to use their virtual hands and tools. They also must ...
Archaeology
Jan 29, 2020
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Construction is literally a hands-on business where profit-loss margins are squeaky-tight. The training of new workers requires time and labor, and materials like wood, cement, and rebar are too expensive for the "play" essential ...
Education
Dec 11, 2019
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While the digital age helps facilitate spaces for women to be heard with movements and campaigns such as #OrangeTheWorld #MeToo #TimesUp #NotOneMore, conversely, it also presents further opportunities to inflict harm on women.
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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You might never have heard of expanded polystyrene, but you've definitely used it. It's the lightweight white foam used for everything from packing peanuts to holding boxes of veggies at the supermarket.
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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The Texas Board of Education will decide whether to scrap a requirement that public schools teach high school students to scrutinize "all sides" of scientific theory after hearing Tuesday from academics who say that was meant ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2017
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Winter is bearing down anew, and Harvard University students have been engineering new ways to deal with it.
Engineering
Jan 22, 2016
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Design students in Estonia have come up with a novel way to help nature lovers enjoy the sights and subtle sounds of their country's vast and cherished forests.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 30, 2015
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A project by Kansas State University interior architecture & product design students is giving individuals with prosthetic limbs a chance to add some personality to their prosthetic and show the students that their discipline ...
Engineering
Jun 26, 2015
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