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Bricks turn out to be useful for storing electricity thanks to their porousness and red pigment.
Step aside, Pablo Escobar. New research shows it was poor farmers who helped turn Colombia into the world’s largest drug producer when they started growing and exporting pot in the 1970s.
The stress of having children do distance learning at home during the pandemic is linked to an increase in alcohol consumption among parents, a new survey finds.
Students with exceptional spatial skills should be eligible for gifted and talented services and given personalized support. But many schools fail to identify and engage these children.
A new survey found that dealing with emotional customers over issues such as wearing a mask is taking an increasing toll.
These new findings could help explain why Black students are more likely to be suspended, expelled or otherwise disciplined than other children.
Companies are increasingly taking stands on hot-button political issues from LGBT rights to Black Lives Matter. New research shines light on whether and when it can benefit the bottom line.
Nanoparticles dressed up in cell membranes snag SARS-CoV-2 virus particles before they reach human cells.
Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences. These researchers found a different way.
Increased business lobbying for incentives and mandates may tip the balance in favor of a cleaner US energy policy.
Food pantries, the providers of services to the homeless and similar organizations now face enormous challenges.
If a high school doesn’t offer advanced coursework, having students take such a class remotely offers a promising alternative.
Understanding others’ emotions is a crucial social skill. Counter to concerns about screen time stunting kids’ development, one study suggests they’re getting better at recognizing emotion on screen.
New research suggests investors expect cities will have to prioritize funding for efforts to combat and adapt to climate change in the future.
Microscopic ocean phytoplankton feed a “biological pump” that carries carbon from the surface to deep waters. Scientists have found that this process stores much more carbon than previously thought.
The gender bias scale could help companies and other organizations better measure how women experience and perceive gender bias.
A new analysis tried to estimate Americans’ ‘willingness to pay’ based on the implied value of social distancing and other public intervention measures.
The scientific community is churning out vast quantities of research about the coronavirus pandemic – far too much for researchers to absorb. An AI system aims to do the heavy lifting for them.
This real-time snapshot of the digital divide illustrates why education experts are concerned that school closures could increase achievement gaps.
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Economics and Education Policy, New York University
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