Homeschooled children don’t always get a well-rounded curriculum.
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More than 3 million children in the US are homeschooled. Are they getting a good education?
Leadership decisions can be especially challenging for family companies.
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Family businesses face unique considerations when making leadership decisions.
Opportunities to learn alongside people of different ages can benefit the entire community.
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As the share of adults age 60 and older grows globally, age-friendly universities offer social connection, continued learning and better health.
Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma.
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Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.
La inflación se muestra obstinada a medida que la economía avanza hacia 2024.
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Dos importantes indicadores de inflación evolucionan en direcciones distintas. ¿Qué ocurre?
A bag full of gas used in a helium recovery system.
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With the fourth significant shortage of helium in a decade continuing, companies and researchers are looking for alternative sources.
Aisle be damned! Inflation is proving stubborn as the economy moves into 2024.
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Two important inflation indicators are trending in different directions. What gives?
Overall health and well-being are about much more than just weight management.
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Medications can play an important role in weight management, but not at the expense of overall nutrition. And healthy lifestyle habits are also key.
Good things are in store in 2024.
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And will the vibecession ever end?
Screen reader software converts text to audio for people who are blind.
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Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped up if webpages or documents are improperly formatted.
Pedir a una persona con problemas de memoria que cuente anécdotas de vacaciones pasadas puede ayudar a desencadenar un recuerdo feliz.
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Los estudios sugieren que pedir a los seres queridos con problemas de memoria que hablen de los recuerdos de las fiestas puede ayudarles a recuperar algunos recuerdos.
Trees of all kinds have pros and cons when it comes to sustainability.
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How many years you reuse a fake holiday tree matters. So does what happens to a live tree when you’ve packed up the ornaments.
“Goodbye” is the name of a new PSA that seeks to show the impact of gun violence.
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The US attorney for the District of Maryland recently released a PSA to help stem the tide of violence in the state. But will it work?
Sam Bankman-Fried got 25 years for his role in overseeing a multibillion-dollar crypto fraud.
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The downfall of the onetime multibillionaire holds lessons for investors and regulators alike.
Resistance training can take many forms and can be individualized to suit a person’s needs as they age.
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Weightlifting and other forms of resistance training can help stave off loss of muscle mass and other age-related physical decline.
Seeking greenhorns with green thumbs.
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It’s part of a decadeslong trend.
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell is watching the data.
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News of a soft landing may be premature.
Some animals, including goats, regularly give birth to two babies at once.
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Animals often give birth to litters of more than one offspring at a time. But are those babies twins?
Not much evidence shows that modified school calendars lead to better academic performance.
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Two education researchers reviewed the evidence on year-round school. Here is what they found.
The most in-the-know insiders earned three times as much as the typical investor in any given month.
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Executives and other high-level inside traders at US companies with global sales earned about three times as much in a month as the average investor, a new study found.