Three engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have invented a fabric that concludes the 80-year…
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Study shows families making choices that perpetuate segregation in city with school choice policy
Even though Brown v. Board of Education outlawed school segregation in 1954, racially segregated schools have…
Teachers who struggle to cope with stress report far lower job satisfaction, study finds
As teacher shortages continue to worsen across the United States, a new study at the University…
Luna moths found to use their tails solely for bat evasion
In a pair of complementary studies, researchers took a close look at Luna moth (Actias luna)…
Forget the habitable zone—we need to find the computational zone
Astronomers are currently searching for signs of life in the “habitable zones” of nearby stars, which…
Physicists discover that gravity can create light
Researchers have discovered that in the exotic conditions of the early universe, waves of gravity may…
People online might not be as outraged as you think
Many social media users are fed-up with the divisiveness and extremism that they encounter on platforms…
The power of language: How rhetoric awareness can combat hiring bias and discrimination
I first realized the usefulness of literary theory to the issue of hiring discrimination when I…
Heart experiments to help astronauts live better in space
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are hard at work on research guided by students and…
Smelly seaweed bloom heads to Florida
A large mass of Sargassum “seaweed” circling around the Gulf of Mexico may soon wash up…