Chess has long been an important part of school culture. Many people believe chess has a range of cognitive benefits including improved memory, IQ, problem solving skills and concentration.
Education
Jul 11, 2019
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Australia's crafty, sulphur-crested cockatoos appear to have entered an "innovation arms race" with humans, scientists say, as the two species spar over the rubbish in roadside bins.
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2022
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Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomeini's mass mobilization of Islam showed that modernisation by no means implies ...
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2020
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Risk and benefit perceptions are crucial to people's acceptance of a particular technology and therefore their willingness to become a consumer. It has been suggested that, due to resource restraints, consumers' perceptions ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2018
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Trying to have an impact in the brave new world of web advertising? You could match an ad to a web page's content - such as putting a car ad on an auto consumer website. Or, you could make it stand out with eye-catching pop-up ...
Economics & Business
Jun 14, 2010
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Ever-widening divisions between Democrats and Republicans are believed to reflect deeply rooted ideological differences, but a new study points to a radically different interpretation: it may be mostly a matter of luck.
Political science
Aug 28, 2019
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Facebook helps people feel connected, but it doesn't necessarily make them happier, a new study shows. Facebook use actually predicts declines in a user's well-being, according to a University of Michigan study that is the ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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Many Americans are skeptical about whether the world's weather is changing, but apparently the degree of skepticism varies systematically depending on what that change is called.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2011
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In a pair of new studies, researchers from North Carolina State University have found that as veterinary students progress through their coursework, their beliefs about dog breeds' pain sensitivity and trustworthiness change, ...
Veterinary medicine
Aug 28, 2023
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If first graders Jamaal and Connor each verbally shared a story, would the teacher fairly assess the narratives?
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2022
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