Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling in many high-income countries as school systems struggle with plunging test scores
September 09, 2026The Trump administration named four officials to take over senior roles at the Food and Drug Administration, including the agency’s top leaders for drugs and vaccines
September 09, 2026Programs took different approaches to helping young viewers grapple with the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – lessons that still apply in today’s media environment.
September 09, 2026Meta is launching a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over
September 09, 2026Researchers have been honored for their quirky, imaginative contributions to science at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes
September 03, 2026Two Mercury-bound spacecraft are in the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage
September 03, 2026A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures
September 04, 2026Indonesia is maintaining closures at several airports and shifting schools to remote learning though the eruption of Anak Krakatau is easing
September 07, 2026Michigan officials have a plan that aims to save the Great Lakes' whitefish from invasive mussels
September 08, 2026Three Sumatran tiger cubs born at a zoo near Athens are offering hope for one of the world’s most endangered big cats
September 08, 2026The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take a broad survey of space and use it to create a map of the universe.
August 27, 2026Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.
August 28, 2026Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
August 20, 2026A housing simulator predicts that rezoning for ‘missing middle’ housing could increase Denver’s housing supply by 46%.
August 20, 2026Some animal species have their eyes positioned on their heads differently than how people do – and it comes with pluses and minuses for how they see.
August 31, 2026Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.
September 01, 2026Radio spectrum is a critical but limited resource, but advances in technology are making it possible to share.
September 08, 202660 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” conception helped shape NASA’s vision of the future.
September 08, 2026Tiny geolocators measure light levels and atmospheric pressure to reveal the migrations of small songbirds – including the yellow-rumped warbler, also known as a butter-butt – in unprecedented detail.
September 08, 2026A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
September 04, 2026Search engines, social media and AI models can be made as safe and reliable as bridges and water supplies.
September 04, 2026When it comes to transportation, there’s a hidden danger in choosing what feels safer.
September 03, 2026Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
September 02, 2026No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
September 02, 2026The people who stretch a person’s sense of humanity may be the ones no algorithm currently selects.
September 04, 2026Gamers face eye strain, repetitive-use conditions, back problems and even blood clots. Lessons from music, dance and car racing can help prevent and treat these injuries.
August 28, 2026His latest – and possibly last – book tackles America’s foreign policy before and after 9/11. Could it also serve as an antidote to the fragmented attention and political duplicity of our current moment?
August 24, 2026This company says it can help cool the planet for $10 billion a year; scientists are raising red flags
September 08, 2026Recent research finds that becoming too psychologically entangled with your followers can make success feel like a trap.
August 18, 2026A billion flies are now in the screwworm fight. Will there be enough?
September 07, 2026A Carnegie Mellon University marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than pizza.
July 31, 2026Playing improv music activates the reward system of the brain.
July 29, 2026Shoppers are increasingly hunting for value, which puts the onus on businesses to tread carefully when justifying price hikes.
September 03, 2026Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
August 27, 2026Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
August 20, 2026Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee faces a tough Democratic primary challenge Wednesday in his bid for a second full term
September 07, 2026Nations that lead the development of open-source technology will have a strategic edge for decades to come.
August 12, 2026Two people have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, a dramatic breakthrough more than a week after catastrophic floods hit the country’s border with China.
September 04, 2026Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
August 25, 2026Research on absenteeism often focuses on factors like unreliable transportation, overlooking what schools themselves can do to help kids maintain a steady attendance record.
August 19, 2026Revenues for Michigan’s districts have failed to keep pace with inflation and the evolving needs of today’s students.
August 17, 2026The ongoing outbreak of cyclospora tied to iceberg lettuce has raised new concerns about the safety of imported produce and underscores a worrisome trend: The U.S. is conducting fewer inspections to catch contaminated food
September 08, 2026Several colleges and universities instruct students on how to navigate email communication on their campus, but more could consider the practice.
August 13, 2026New research shows that YouTube is used not just as an occasional supplement, but as a staple of classroom instruction.
August 10, 2026Most research on kids’ screen time has focused on a child’s behavior. Far less attention has gone to parents and their role in their children’s media use.
August 07, 2026When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
August 04, 2026Whether students feel pressure to get good grades or keep up with classmates, the anxiety this effort produces can have long-term effects on their brains.
July 31, 2026Rather than considering how much time students spend on screens, the more useful question is whether they are asking questions and solving problems with the help of technology.
July 30, 2026Play-based early childhood programs can help young kids develop emotional regulation and problem-solving skills, traits that can serve them well throughout childhood.
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