Firearm sales increased to approximately 2.5 million in March 2020, an estimated 85% increase compared to March 2019. Firearm-related injuries and deaths also increased during the pandemic. What drove people to purchase firearms ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2023
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America is facing an affordable housing crunch—and it was getting worse even before the pandemic struck and eviscerated jobs and incomes.
Economics & Business
Jun 3, 2020
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A new University of California, Irvine-led study establishes important conceptual connections between the fields of circadian rhythms, metabolism, and addiction. Going beyond current studies on substance use disorders, which ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 11, 2022
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When ChatGPT surged into public life in late 2022, it brought new urgency to long-running debates: Does technology help or hinder kids' learning? How can we make sure tech's influence on kids is positive?
Education
Aug 16, 2023
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U.S. voters who don't trust universities are also more likely to believe that human activity doesn't cause climate change, a new collaborative study from researchers at the University of Cambridge and the California Institute ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2023
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NASA today announced that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Boston, has incorporated math problems developed by the SpaceMath@NASA program into some of its latest curriculum and educational products. SpaceMath uses the latest ...
Mathematics
Mar 27, 2012
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Blurred boundaries between advertising and public relations professions due to new roles in social media raise the question of whether educators can adequately prepare their students for a career in those growing fields, ...
Economics & Business
Dec 1, 2015
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Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Confirming the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words," ...
Education
May 22, 2023
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Scientists from Trinity College Dublin, Species360 and NUI Galway have quantified what drives attendance to zoos by assessing how variations in animal collections affect footfall. Crucially, they link their findings to the ...
Ecology
Feb 4, 2020
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The Internet is letting a school sprout in the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger due to harsh living conditions and a scarcity of students.
Internet
Aug 20, 2011
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