5 Ways Youth Can Connect Food Choices to a Healthier Planet Although many young people care deeply about global issues like food and the environment, they don’t necessarily see these matters as connected. By learning more about the source of their food and the benefits of making nutritious choices, eating […]
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Why do cats knead with their paws? A behavior from kittenhood persists in many adult cats. Byron Chin/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Julia Albright, University of Tennessee Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. […]
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High-speed camera mounted on a spinning lawnmower blade High-speed camera mounted on a spinning lawnmower blade Mounting a Chronos 1.4 high-speed camera on a spinning lawnmower blade, and dropping things into the upside-down mower, recorded at 5900fps. This started out as a project to see what the camera could take, […]
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Prepare Your Kids to Head Back to School (Family Features) Whether your child’s stance on heading back to school is eager and enthusiastic or falls a bit short of that level of excitement, by working together your family can gear up for a successful school year. Transitioning back into school […]
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The Origin of Consciousness – How Unaware Things Became Aware Consciousness is perhaps the biggest riddle in nature. In the first part of this three-part video series, we explore the origins of consciousness and take a closer look at how unaware things became aware. This video was made possible by […]
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To navigate the dangers of the web, you need critical thinking – but also critical ignoring Kids can be taught to read the web critically. Os Tartarouchos/Moment/Getty Images Sam Wineburg, Stanford University The web is a treacherous place. A website’s author may not be its author. References that confer legitimacy […]
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Mary Ball Washington, George’s single mother, often gets overlooked – but she’s well worth saluting Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, there is no record that Mary ever was. Stock Montage/Getty Images Martha Saxton, Amherst […]
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Why we remember more by reading – especially print – than from audio or video When mental focus and reflection are called for, it’s time to crack open a book.Noam Galai/Getty Images Naomi S. Baron, American University During the pandemic, many college professors abandoned assignments from printed textbooks and turned […]
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Student loan debt is costing recent grads much more than just money Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University; Dalié Jiménez, University of California, Irvine, and Raphaël Charron-Chénier, Arizona State University President Joe Biden promised to forgive up to US$10,000 in student loan debt during his 2020 campaign. Now, a few […]
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How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else? Future notebook paper? Not4rthur/Flickr, CC BY-SA Beverly Law, Oregon State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. […]
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This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise This April full moon is known as the pink moon because it heralds the arrival of spring flowers. Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Brian McNoldy, University of Miami […]
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You don’t have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences Brain sex isn’t a thing. Sunny/Stone via Getty Images Lise Eliot, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Everyone knows the difference between male and female brains. One is […]
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Clare Mehta, Emmanuel College At what age are people usually happiest? New research offers surprising clues If you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be? Would you choose to be nine years old, absolved of life’s most tedious responsibilities, and instead able to […]
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Are mass shootings an American epidemic? Police stand near the scene where multiple people were shot at the FedEx Ground facility on April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis. AP Photo/Michael Conroy Lacey Wallace, Penn State The U.S. has suffered yet another mass shooting, with a deadly attack in a FedEx facility […]
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How Black Americans used portraits and family photographs to defy stereotypes Janette Greenwood, Clark University Unstable. Criminal. Impoverished. Absentee fathers. Neglectful mothers. “A tangle of pathology,” as the Moynihan Report, a 1965 study on Black poverty, put it. For decades, the Black family has been denigrated as dysfunctional. When mass […]
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Garden Wolf Spider Benefits. Unlike most spiders, you will not find the wolf spider perched in a web laying in wait for its prey. Named for its style of attack, this solitary arachnid is a true hunter. Although they are able to climb and swim, they are primarily ground dwellers. […]
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Inside America’s LARGEST HIPPIE COMMUNE The Rainbow Family of Living Light is a worldwide countercultural movement of hippies, living by the Native American prophesy that one day when the Earth is dying, a family of different colors, creeds, and backgrounds will come together in the name of restoring peace and […]
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The Theory of Everything: Origin and Fate of the Universe – Stephen Hawking – Unabridged Audiobook Author Stephen Hawking is widely believed to be one of the world s greatest minds: a brilliant theoretical physicist whose work helped to reconfigure models of the universe and to redefine what’s in it. […]
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How desk booking software can help colleges go back to school and businesses return to work Since the COVID-19 pandemic, university administrators and employers alike are searching for ways to welcome people back safely. Their needs are complex: Higher education institutions must schedule for multiple buildings and even multi-campus environments […]
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Ease Into Education If there’s one constant this year, it’s changed. With another school year comes even more change, but you can help your family make a smooth transition with some planning and preparation. (Family Features) Allow time for adjustments. After months of later bedtimes and laid-back schedules, kids and […]
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Try a New Way to Travel Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, families are still finding ways to make the most of the unusual schedules to plan a getaway. With more flexible work and school arrangements, many families are embracing the idea of a “flexcation,” an emerging travel trend where families rent […]
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5 tips to financially prepare for college this fall For many students starting or returning to school this fall, the experience may be far different from what they envisioned last year. In response to COVID-19, a number of colleges and universities are temporarily moving to virtual learning models. At the […]
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Foster a Love for Literacy (Family Features) Reading plays an obvious role in academic performance, but it’s also an essential life skill. Literacy and effective communication go hand-in-hand, and inspiring a child to embrace reading and writing can help open a world of opportunity. Celebrate the importance of literacy and […]
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