Count on old-school fun with these new calculator emulations
14 number crunchers from Texas Instruments, HP, and more that you can click. Enlarge / Graphing a parabola on the TI-83 Plus calculator emulation. (credit: Texas Instruments, MAME Tea/mInternet Archive) Due to its pric.....»»
Homer Simpson’s 10 funniest moments on The Simpsons, ranked
Homer Simpson isn't the best husband, father, or worker, but people can always count on him for a laugh, and these 10 moments on The Simpsons prove it......»»
Ford Mustang Experience Center celebrates pony car fans
The Charlotte, N.C., event space is the latest effort by Ford to create unique experiences such as the Bronco Off-Roadeo, Mustang Dark Horse Track Attack and Ranger Raptor Assault School......»»
Current police response to intimate partner violence calls for change, researchers say
Policing of intimate partner violence (IPV) may result in adverse consequences for survivors, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. However, the evidence concerning the generalized consequences of IPV polici.....»»
Plugging the leak on laundry pollution
Joaquim Goes, an ocean biochemist at Columbia Climate School's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, had to look twice when he first saw the tiny strands of fiber floating in a water sample from the Hudson River. An expert in microplastics detection, he.....»»
How can companies address consumers who are averse to products using a novel technology?
Researchers from IE Business School and Indian Institute of Management Shillong have published a new study that examines why certain consumers are averse to products using a novel technology and what strategies marketers can use to remedy this aversi.....»»
Tim Cook meets with Vietnamese officials, developers, and students
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spent a second day in Vietnam, discussing investment with the country's prime minister, as well as being shown developers working on Apple Vision Pro apps.Tim Cook visits a school in VietnamOn the second of his two-day visit to.....»»
Study says parent perceptions of school meals influence student participation in school meal programs
A new study suggests that the way parents view school meals can impact how likely their children are to participate in meal programs at school......»»
School suspensions and exclusions put vulnerable children at risk, study shows
Managing problematic student behavior is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing schools today. Yet despite best intentions to build a more inclusive and punitive-free education system, school suspensions and expulsio.....»»
Embedding First Nation knowledge and practices in primary/middle school mathematics and science
Authentic and sometimes confronting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content is helping the next generation of Australian teachers be more socially responsible and inclusive, say University of South Australia experts......»»
Firms embracing diversity may trade short-term pain for long-term gain
Short-term pain for long-term gain: That might be one way to describe the results of new research from the Alberta School of Business on the impact of diversity and inclusion (D&I) practices on business firms......»»
A new way of looking at data that shows what"s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn"t
Every year, NAPLAN tests are used to see how Australian students are tracking in reading, writing and math......»»
9 out of 10 kids are not developmentally on track in literacy and numeracy—study of 8 African countries
Children develop an enormous amount during their early years—socially, physically, emotionally and cognitively. What happens between the ages of 0 and 8 years can predict important long-term outcomes: for example, how a child will fare at school; w.....»»
Making mural art helps teens cope
In Quebec's 2016–17 health survey of high-school students, 33% in grades 9, 10 and 11 reported experiencing high levels of psychological distress. And in 2021, a significant 6.1% said they had been diagnosed with an anxiety-depressive disorder, a 3.....»»
COVID-19 school and daycare closures left working mothers physically and mentally exhausted, study shows
Home-schooling and caring for children during the COVID-19 school and daycare closures left many working mothers physically and mentally exhausted and with little or no time to switch off, a new study shows......»»
New method predicts how climate change will impact food production and financial institutions
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which can help support food security and financial stabil.....»»
Prioritizing your phone over your partner affects creativity in the workplace for women
Focusing attention on your mobile phone instead of your partner doesn't just strain your relationship—it also affects women's creativity in the workplace, caution researchers from the Universities of Bath, Aston, and IESE Business School......»»
On-surface synthesis of carbyne: An sp-hybridized linear carbon allotrope
In a study led by Prof. Wei Xu (Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University) and published in the journal National Science Review, a research team achieved the successful synthesis of a.....»»
Earth, the sun and a bike wheel: Why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth"s orbit
If you've ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the sun, you might well think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it much closer to the sun at some times of the year than at others. You'd have a good reason to think that.....»»
Young adults with a history of school discipline report depressive symptoms, lower well-being
Research on school discipline has focused largely on the effects of exclusionary measures across the life course, but a University at Buffalo sociologist has published a new study that suggests how a fuller range of disciplinary experiences, not just.....»»
3 rom-coms on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in April 2024
The new teen rom-com How to Date Billy Walsh along with two older flicks count among the three rom-coms on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in April 2024......»»