An eye-catching new study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men.
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2024
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1879
Making history with 42 digits, scientists at Paderborn University and KU Leuven have unlocked a decades-old mystery of mathematics with the so-called ninth Dedekind number.
Mathematics
Jun 26, 2023
0
2618
It's a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women were not physically capable of hunting because their anatomy was different from men. And because men were hunters, ...
Archaeology
Oct 20, 2023
8
2636
Playing video games could help young people develop the communications and mental adaptability skills required to succeed at university.
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2017
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77
To the uninitiated, it can be hard to imagine.
Business
May 21, 2019
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24
Critical thinking skills have been identified as learning outcomes expected of students. Teaching towards developing thinking skills is quite recent, attempts are observed to find ways to infuse critical thinking into the ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2013
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a series of articles published in Nature, the world has too many PhDs and not enough academic jobs to sustain them. Researchers point out that it is either time to make changes in the system ...
Young people are having a harder time keeping their profile pages and email accounts secure, especially from prankster friends. And although many treat hacking or spying as a joke, nearly half who have been victims were upset ...
Internet
Oct 6, 2011
7
0
Researchers in Japan say they may be one step closer to solving a mystery at the core of the Earth. It has long been established that approximately 85 percent of the Earth's core is made of iron, while nickel makes up an ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2017
0
48
The number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans has jumped sharply, the latest indication that rising college tuition costs, low graduation rates and poor job prospects are getting more and more students over ...
Other
Sep 12, 2011
8
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