Women lag behind men in the lucrative computer science and technology industries, and one of the possible contributors to this disparity is that they're less likely to enroll in introductory computer science courses.
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2015
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Human activities, like spreading cities, transport and construction, generate a lot of noise that travels faster in water than in air.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2017
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Not too long ago Coral Ben-Aharon, a 15-year-old sophomore at Granada Hills Charter High School, didn't bother to use her school's recycling bins—and didn't know how plastic waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.
Education
Dec 30, 2019
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A study of 18,000 biology, chemistry and physics students has uncovered notable gender bias in student ratings of high school science teachers.
Other
Feb 2, 2009
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As the Internet transforms the US media landscape, a top American university announced plans on Wednesday to offer a dual master's degree in journalism and computer science.
Other
Apr 7, 2010
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Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education.
Education
Mar 12, 2023
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Citizen science is touted as a way for the general public to contribute to producing new knowledge. But citizen science volunteers don't always represent a broad cross-section of society. Rather, they're often white, male, ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2022
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A mysterious island that moves through time. Travelers in search of answers. It sounds something like the science fiction television show "Lost," but it also describes a new approach to teaching earth sciences to high school ...
Other
Apr 16, 2009
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(Phys.org) —The fact that women are much less likely than men to choose science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors in college can be traced to gender differences in occupational plans in high school, reports ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2013
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0
A fruit fly genome is not a just made up of fruit fly DNA—at least for one fruit fly species. New research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) shows that one ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2022
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