Year-round school: Difference-maker or waste of time?
Two education researchers reviewed the evidence on year-round school. Here is what they found.
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50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US histor
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is…
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Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track
The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different…
August 30, 2023
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Iran's street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience
Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of…
August 30, 2023
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Workers like it when their employers talk about diversity and inclusion
Policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts − including…
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With 'Goodbye Mary,' Molly Tuttle extends country music's lineage of reproductive rights songs to th
From the pre-Roe years to today, country musicians have written about the realities of life with restrictions on reproductive…
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What can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city plann
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively…
August 29, 2023
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Quran burning in Sweden prompts debate on the fine line between freedom of expression and incitement
Several countries across Europe are introducing new legislation to curb hate speech against religions, even as they get…
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How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
Finding the stories of individual Jews who fought the Nazis publicly and at great peril helped a scholar see history differently:…
August 29, 2023
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Prescriptions for fruits and vegetables can improve the health of people with diabetes and other ail
When people taking part in 22 pilot programs across the US got free fruits and vegetables, their health improved.
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Machines can't always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threat
People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.
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This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories
A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
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Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to intensify over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida
A hurricane scientist explains the conflict between 2023’s abnormally high ocean heat and the storm-disrupting wind shear…
August 28, 2023
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The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert
China’s success in science and technology propelled it to the forefront of many fields. Now, the US wants to pull back…
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