As Jeb Bush, the 11th declared Republican candidate enters the race for president, a look back at a secretive survey in 1935 that foreshadowed today’s ubiquitous horserace polls.
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Art teachers have been evaluated on English test scores. There seems to be no limit to how test data are being used to punish students, teachers and schools.
With billions upon billions of stars out there and probably at least as many planets, it seems almost silly to think there isn’t life somewhere else. Where are all our ET friends (or overlords)?
Does Greyscale’s allure for contemporary audiences have to do with disfigurement?
The Appalachia of the West’s gritty landscape is an ideal setting for the popular series’ second season.
President Obama pulled out all the stops in recent days, but it wasn’t enough to convince House Democrats that he would negotiate a fair trade deal in the Pacific.
Crusaders have been warning about the evil effects of sugar for hundreds of years,
with no positive effect on our health.
A “Pleistocene Park” might be a more realistic scenario.
Smoothing out variable wind and solar is a growing problem. Instead of storing energy with batteries, utilities can adjust the power of millions of devices in buildings and homes.
Puerto Rico’s economic woes have led some analysts to compare it to Greece. Paradoxically, Puerto Rico’s colonial status explains both its growth and the impending financial debacle.
When disaster strikes, billions of dollars are spent on food and supplies, with little accounting of whether relief groups bought the right things or what impact they had.
Annihilate the Aedes aegypti mosquito population and you’d stop dengue fever from infecting up to 100 million people worldwide annually. Here are some high-tech methods under development.
What are the pressures on researchers that could lead to misrepresentation of facts? Do the “guardians need a guard”?
Research suggests that helping low-income households access the internet with broadband connections could bolster job and economic growth.
As more and more babies are delivered by cesarean section, we need to start investigating what that means for their long-term health.
How can we prepare children for a tech world while fighting the distractions it inevitably brings?
The dead animal specimens that comprise natural history collections contribute a lot toward scientific understanding of their still-living counterparts – and those that have gone extinct.
Why is so much attention being given to making average white males feel better about themselves?
The EPA said it will regulate emissions from airplanes – the latest in a string of environmental and climate regulations Obama has used to bypass the Republican-led Congress.
The euro will not survive unless Europe ends the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Greece.
Everyone wants a better battery for longer run-time on electronics and driving range for EVs. What’s the most likely successor to today’s lithium-ion batteries?
In choosing the best school, US News & World Report rankings tend to play an important role. How accurate are the rankings and what could they be missing?
Parents want to simultaneously support and push their kids. But when it comes to sports, this mentality can backfire in subtle ways.
Researchers have estimated that 8% of the five million cases of skin cancer diagnosed each year in the US can be attributed to indoor tanning.
When the sun belches out high-energy solar storms into space, fair warning would be appreciated by those who run technologies that can be affected here on Earth. A new technique promises better forecasts.