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Students with disabilities do better when they remain in general education classes, but systemic bias often leads them to be placed in separate classrooms, a special education researcher writes.
Les enfants sont particulièrement vulnérables aux stratégies de design persuasif.
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Chaque fois qu’un parent tente de persuader son enfant de lâcher son smartphone, ce n’est pas tant à lui qu’il s’affronte qu’à l’invisible armée de concepteurs de ces technologies addictives.
LED lightbulbs are just the start.
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Cloud services are convenient, but if an organization isn’t careful about how it uses them, the services can also give data thieves an opening.
There are few ways for the West to deter the rise of another dictator like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.
Building solar panels over water sources is one way to both provide power and reduce evaporation in drought-troubled regions.
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From pulling carbon dioxide out of the air to turning water into fuel, innovators are developing new technologies and pairing existing ones to help slow global warming.
Vladimir Putin celebrated Russia’s annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2022, the eighth anniversary of the move.
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None of the available methods for holding Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable are likely to actually punish him, and they may even make new atrocities more likely.
Think of your car as a home power supply on wheels.
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Bidirectional charging is the next big stage for electric vehicles. But storing power in your car and sending it back to your house involves more than flipping a switch.
Over the past couple of decades there has been a shift away from upholding patient autonomy to prioritizing public health.
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New ethical issues are emerging during COVID-19 as doctors struggle with their obligations to ‘do no harm’ and respect patient autonomy.
Everyday Russians, like these people in Moscow, may shoulder much of the burden of the world’s economic sanctions aimed at Vladimir Putin and his oligarchs.
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Personalist dictators tend to shield the elites who support them from the economic pain of sanctions by pushing costs onto regular people.
The SEC’s proposed rules include some reporting of so-called Scope 3 emissions, in companies’ supply chains and use of their products.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought immunology terms that are typically relegated to textbooks into our everyday vernacular. These stories helped us make sense of the ever-evolving science.
Appliances that make your life easier could also put your privacy at risk.
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Some investors want publicly traded companies to disclose their full climate impact, including emissions from their supply chains and product use.
El patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Rusa, Kirill, en el centro, asiste a la ceremonia de consagración de la Catedral de las Fuerzas Armadas de Rusia en las afueras de Moscú.
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Para entender la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, hay que fijarse en la mezcla de nacionalismo religioso y militarista bajo el mandato de Putin, que se manifiesta plenamente en la nueva Iglesia de las Fuerzas Armadas rusas.
It’s important to know how technology affects the human brain.
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Psychologists and technology designers are working together to make digital experiences hard for kids to put down.
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow.
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To understand Russia’s war in Ukraine, look to the blend of religious and militaristic nationalism under Putin – on full display in the Church of the Russian Armed Forces.
Personal action is important. Collective action that encourages systemic change can go even farther.
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How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
A burned ‘Caution: Children at play’ sign remained after a wildfire devastated the town of Berry Creek, Calif., in 2020.
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The author’s 9-year-old son will likely face about four times as many extreme events in his lifetime as older adults today. An international report explains the impacts already being felt.