For many undergraduates, working for pay during the academic year is a necessary part of the college experience. If they don't work while enrolled, they may not have the money needed to pay tuition and other fees, keep a ...
Education
Nov 5, 2019
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Preparing elementary school students for active citizenship in an increasingly digital world requires introducing them to the latest technologies, but engaging those same kids in the classroom and involving their parents ...
Education
Oct 22, 2019
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On Sep. 1, 1859, solar astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed sunspots that suddenly and briefly flashed brightly before they disappeared. Just before dawn the next day, auroras erupted over most of the Earth, reaching as ...
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis became freely available online this week, and promptly crashed a server following massive public interest.
Other
Oct 27, 2017
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This month, a scientific paper by teams working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN set the record for the number of authors on a paper – with more than 5,000 contributors. In the same week, a genomics paper had more than ...
Other
May 27, 2015
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The open-access movement, which aims to provide researchers and the public with free access to academic work, has been growing. But most academic research remains behind expensive paywalls, which decreases its reach for the ...
Other
Oct 31, 2014
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One third of men in academic science are willing to scale back their careers to focus on family life, according to researchers.
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —African-American students who need to improve their academic performance may do better in school and feel less stereotyped as underachievers if teachers convey high standards and their belief that students can ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2013
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A British university is delaying the release of an academic paper on how the anti-theft systems of millions of Volkswagen vehicles are at risk of being hacked after the German carmaker took legal action against it.
Engineering
Jul 30, 2013
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Well-intentioned policies to make achieving tenure more family-friendly actually have negative consequences for the salaries of college faculty members, a study co-written by a University of Illinois labor and employment ...
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2013
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