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Weaponized grooming rhetoric is taking a toll on LGBTQ community and child sex abuse survivors

Grooming, a term associated with adults who sexually abuse children, has become an attack word in today's battle over anti-LGBTQ legislation and is spilling out into the broader culture wars......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMay 2nd, 2022

Machine-learning models can predict colonization outcomes of complex microbial communities

Microbial communities are constantly exposed to the invasion of exogenous species, which can significantly alter their composition and function. The capacity of a microbial community to resist invasion is regarded as an emergent property resulting fr.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

Research-based toolkit supports neurodiverse children

A new child-centered suite of resources, backed by the latest research, has been launched to support parents and teachers of neurodiverse children......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

Study reveals isolation, endogamy and pathogens in early medieval Spanish community

An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, researchers have also identified the variola virus, which can offer a new explanation of how smallpox entered Iber.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Man posing as teen YouTuber gets 17 years for horrific global sextortion scheme

Australian police called it "one of the worst sextortion cases in history." Enlarge (credit: Artur Debat | Moment) Content warning: The following story describes instances of animal abuse. An Australian man who.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

An Illinois school completely lost a child, and AirTag found him

A kindergarten school in Illinois lost a child on his first day, but his mother tracked him down through Find My and an AirTag she'd given him.AirTagIt's not clear whether the child knew about the AirTag, although when he's older you can bet he'll fi.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

That feeling when your “cool-ass girl” can’t dig your online monkey torture vids

US breaks up online "monkey crush" video groups. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Content warning: The following story describes instances of animal abuse. In 2017, the Des Moines, Iowa, lawyer Philip Colt Moss w.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 27th, 2024

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov awaits charges in France as firm denies law-breaking

Telegram accused of not cooperating on drug trafficking and child sexual content. Enlarge / Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram, speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 on September 21, 2015, in San Francisco, California. (c.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 26th, 2024

Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania

Community scientists in Pennsylvania have reported multiple new species of bees never before found in the commonwealth through a monitoring program led by Penn State......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 26th, 2024

Widespread culling of crocodiles is not an effective way to stop attacks on humans, study shows

Education and community awareness, removal of problem animals and exclusion areas are significantly more effective in reducing saltwater crocodile attacks in the Northern Territory than a widespread culling program to reduce crocodile numbers, accord.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 26th, 2024

Why turning on your subtitles might be more radical than you think

In an interview with Digital Trends, Henry Warren, co-founder of Turn on the Subtitles, explains why opting in for subtitles can improve a child's literacy......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 24th, 2024

Socioeconomics found to shape children"s connection to nature more than where they live

The income and education levels of a child's environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new study published in People and Nature and conducted by researchers at Lun.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

"Time poverty" can keep college students from graduating—especially if they have jobs or children to care for

Many college students don't have enough time for their studies. This "time poverty," as we call it, is often due to inadequate child care access or the need to work to pay for college and living expenses......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

Improving the accuracy of global cropland mapping

To address the needs of the agricultural monitoring community, IIASA scientists fused two of the latest high-quality, high-resolution, remotely sensed cropland products to produce an improved cropland map for early warning and food security assessmen.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 22nd, 2024

Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison

Now he owes child support, plus about $80,000 to repair state death registries. Enlarge (credit: MikeCherim | E+) A Kentucky man has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison after hacking into state registries to f.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 22nd, 2024

What really drives consumers to sign up for community-supported agriculture?

As industrialized food markets harm the environment, sustainable food systems emerge as an effective solution. This includes reducing the distance between where the food is produced and consumed, ensuring that people eat locally produced food. One pr.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

Physics meets machine learning for better cyclone predictions

Time is of the essence in tropical cyclone prediction: The more warning time a community has, the better prepared its members will be when a storm makes landfall. Currently, the path and nature of tropical cyclones can be predicted up to only five da.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

Apple spotlights how its technology is helping 4-H youth development

As part of its Community Education Initiative, Apple says that its work with 4-H programs has reached over 90,000 young people from communities across the US that are traditionally underrepresented in technology.Mark Light has introduced thousands of.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

PE class: It can boost a child"s body and mind

A quality physical education program involves more than just getting kids to move for a set amount of time during the school day, experts say......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

CEO of failing hospital chain got $250M amid patient deaths, layoffs, bankruptcy

Steward Health Care System, run by CEO Ralph de la Torre, filed for bankruptcy in May. Enlarge / Hospital staff and community members held a protest in front of Carney Hospital in Boston on August 5 as Steward has announced it.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Concerned about your early reader? Why "wait and see" isn"t advised for reading struggles

At Western University's Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic, I work on a team training future school psychologists. In our work, we encounter parents concerned about their children's learning on an almost daily basis......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024