Education
Mothers, metaphors and dyslexia: What language reveals about the challenges of a child’s learning disability
Alarm bells. Red flags. A labyrinth.This article was originally published on this website.
Month: November 2024
Education
Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school
For decades, white students have performed significantly better than Black and Hispanic students on tests of academic achievement. Explanations for these achievement gaps include poverty and systems that result in discrimination. Others cite struggles to […]
Education
Why England’s new curriculum should involve as much hands-on learning as possible
It is vital that children are motivated and engaged by the way they are taught at school, and that teachers use methods that help them learn in the most effective ways.This article was originally published […]
Ecology
Citizen scientists discover new, more virulent form of sudden oak death in Bay Area
A UC Berkeley-led citizen science project has discovered at least four outbreaks of a new, potentially more aggressive form of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death (SOD) in the Bay Area.This article was originally […]
Ecology
Experiments find stress is contagious for animals, too
Animal habitats are currently changing extremely rapidly and extensively due to urbanization and climate change. As a result, animals are increasingly exposed to stressors. However, until now, little research has been conducted on how individual […]
Technology
AI-based tool creates simple interfaces for virtual and augmented reality
A paper published in Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute, introduces EgoTouch, a tool that uses artificial intelligence to […]
Computers
Solving complex problems faster: Innovations in Ising machine technology
Computers are essential for solving complex problems in fields such as scheduling, logistics, and route planning, but traditional computers struggle with large-scale combinatorial optimization, as they can’t efficiently process vast numbers of possibilities. To address […]
Ecology
Prime time for cicadas: What a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of reality
It’s a big year in America—for wildlife as well as for politics. I’m talking about periodical cicadas.This article was originally published on this website.
Ecology
Ice Age plankton model suggests sea life will struggle to survive future global warming
A new study highlights how some marine life could face extinction over the next century, if human-induced global warming worsens.This article was originally published on this website.
Technology
Next-generation video screen can be stretched from 12 to 18 inches
Korean electronics company, LG Display Co., Ltd. has announced on its product development page that it has developed a video screen that can be stretched from its default length of 12 inches to 18 inches.This […]