Melted remains of an old car tire. Heavily burned trees. A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole.
Environment
Sep 27, 2023
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New Zealand's prime minister on Wednesday joined a chorus of Kiwis complaining about the treatment of their national bird by a Miami zoo.
Ecology
May 24, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused historic learning setbacks for America's children, sparing no state or region as it erased decades of academic progress and widened racial disparities, according to results of a national test ...
Education
Oct 24, 2022
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When people learn that a charitable contribution they earmarked for a specific project was used for another cause, they feel betrayed—and often punish the charity, new research from Washington State University indicates.
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2019
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Getting young students interested in science and math may soon be much easier for teachers – as easy as point, click and print.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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When admissions officers know more about their high schools, students from low-income backgrounds have a much better chance of getting into selective colleges, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Education ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2017
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A University of Iowa physicist is at the forefront of the search for a missing particle that could prove whether the Higgs boson—believed to give mass to all matter—exists.
General Physics
Jan 18, 2017
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Aiming to reduce test-taking in America's classrooms, the Obama administration released final rules Wednesday to help states and school districts take a new approach to the standardized tests students must take each year.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2016
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We have all been flummoxed by some kind of math problem, staring blankly at the instructions, muttering "It's all Greek to me."
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2015
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New assessment tests that have angered parents and teachers across the nation prompted walkouts Monday by hundreds of high school students in New Mexico who had been set to take the exams.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2015
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