Better-qualified staff maintain the quality of state-funded preschools, making up for the larger number of children…
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Developed countries benefit economically from counterterrorism efforts
A new study in Oxford Economic Papers suggests that developed counties may see significant economic gains…
New open source software eases the pain of multiple UI designs
The time-consuming and labour-intensive task of designing multiple user interfaces for different screen sizes and orientations…
Merging cell datasets, panorama style
A new algorithm developed by MIT researchers takes cues from panoramic photography to merge massive, diverse…
Indigenous peoples, ‘guardians of Nature’, under siege
From Amazon rainforests to the Arctic Circle, indigenous peoples are leveraging ancestral knowhow to protect habitats…
Google expected to show off new hardware, AI at annual event
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is expected to showcase much-anticipated updates to the company's hardware lines and…
Amazon to open first Go store that accepts cash
Amazon launched its high-tech Go convenience store a year ago, where shoppers can pull items off…
Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece in unique island exhibition
A stone's throw from the Greek island of Mykonos lies Delos, an uninhabited islet a world…
Canada lists three whale species as threatened
Canadian scientists on Monday listed three types of whale that swim its waters, including two of…
Recent airline crashes run against trend toward safer flying
After a long trend toward greater safety in air travel, there has been an uptick in…