How screen-based technologies are impacting school students
Kid's studying and wellbeing are being impacted by obtain to electronic know-how. Credit: Shutterstock The first in a collection of...
Month: April 2020
Weird Neutrino Behavior Could Explain Longstanding Antimatter Mystery
We could be a huge step nearer to cracking just one of the universe’s most significant and most basic mysteries....
Effectiveness of Homemade Fabric Masks to Protect Others from Spread of COVID-19 Examined in New Rapid Response to Government from Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases
A new swift professional consultation from a standing committee of the Countrywide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Drugs responds to...
DOD Biological Threat Reduction Program Should Be Part of a New Interagency Mechanism to Coordinate Efforts to Prevent Biological Threats, Including Natural Disease Outbreaks – Report Offers Five-Year Strategy for BTRP
Over the next five decades, the U.S. Office of Defense’s Organic Menace Reduction System (BTRP) need to really encourage and...
Molecular & isotopic evidence of milk, meat & plants in prehistoric food systems
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from the University of Florida, provide the first...
Online education platforms could scale high-quality STEM education for universities
Average instructor compensation per 1000 students with in-person, blended and online instruction for EM and CMT courses at 129 Russian...
Katie Collins, Vaishnavi Phadnis, and Vaibhavi Shah named 2020-21 Goldwater Scholars
MIT students Katie Collins, Vaishnavi Phadnis, and Vaibhavi Shah have been selected to receive a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the...
Apollo 13 at 50 Years: Looking Back at the Mission’s Lost Lunar Science
Had everything gone to plan, NASA’s third mission to land astronauts on the moon would have deployed a pallet of...
The pandemic’s impact on education
Credit: Rubén Rodriguez/Unsplash As former secretary of education for Massachusetts, Paul Reville is keenly aware of the financial and resource...
Government policies push schools to prioritize creating better test-takers over better people
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Personal growth and job skills have taken a backseat to an increased focus on standardized test...
Are people with learning disabilities being supported during coronavirus pandemic?
Leading learning disability and palliative care expert at Kingston University and St George's, University of London Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne has...
