Currently popular biographies of famous scientists may demotivate—rather than inspire—children’s desire to study or pursue careers in science, according to researchers who studied the messages in 422 bestselling children’s books. Study leader Jessica Gladstone, a […]
Prioritizing play offers a variety of benefits for children, from helping them grow their vocabulary to managing their big feelings with fewer behavioral problems.This post was originally published on this site
As another academic year ends, some schools will be closing their doors permanently because of declining numbers of children. In England, declining birth rates over the past decade have led to more than 100 schools, […]
An estimated 370 million people will live in the United States in 2050, with more than 40% living in the South, according to national and 50-state population projections recently released by the University of Virginia’s […]
New research from the University of Sussex has revealed the biological limits to human compassion and empathy. The study found a stark contrast between how the brain processes information about risk to human lives and […]
A puzzle that can tell players how fast they think on their feet has been developed by a University of Leeds researcher.This post was originally published on this site
Groundbreaking modeling has revealed that as many as 220,000 Indigenous Australians died in a devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak that originated in Sydney, tracing its origins to the First Fleet. Soon after British ships arrived, smallpox […]
Interviews with political activists in Southern California showed stark differences in how migrants are viewed: either “like us” and deserving of rights or lawbreakers undeserving of social belonging and benefits.This post was originally published on […]
School cellphone bans might seem like a good way to improve learning for elementary school children, but new research published in Behavioral Sciences shows that simply owning a cellphone correlates with worse reading comprehension. Whether […]
Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that’s a bilingual text, like the Rosetta Stone, or a known relative to compare it to. Linear A, the writing system of the […]
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