When access to free and low-cost birth control goes up, the percentage of young women who leave high school before graduating goes down by double-digits, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published May 5 in the journal ...
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Imagine you're hiring for a job or admitting students to a college: One applicant expresses great passion for the work, while another points to family encouragement to attend that institution or pursue that field. Which applicant ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2021
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Even a small effort up front can boost the abilities and confidence of girls as they anticipate taking challenging science courses.
Education
Mar 6, 2021
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Parents may fear that if their high school student isn't motivated to do well in classes, there's nothing that will change that.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2021
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They may be the youngest astronomers to make a discovery yet.
Astronomy
Jan 28, 2021
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Since antiquity, cultures around the world have been extracting vegetable oil from plants to use as food and fuel. Some vegetable oils have important health benefits, including lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the ...
Ecology
Dec 17, 2020
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Dylan Connor's father worked as a house painter while his mother tended to their home and family, one that included six boys. Neither of his parents finished high school, but they built a future for their children that included ...
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2020
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A new study authored by Southwest Research Institute scientists Rodrigo Leiva and Marc Buie reveals the binary nature of a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). Leiva and Buie utilized data obtained by the Research and Education ...
Astronomy
Sep 28, 2020
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Kids who miss a lot of school from kindergarten to eighth grade may suffer unexpected costs as young adults, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2020
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While some STEM majors have a one-to-one male-to-female ratio, physics, engineering and computer science (PECS) majors consistently have some of the largest gender imbalances among U.S. college majors—with about four men ...
Education
Jun 18, 2020
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