Education
The poetry of ancient math
Add zero and one to get one, one and one to get two, one and two to get three, two and three to get five. Most of us know this—that each successive number is the […]
Month: August 2025
Economics & Business
Women’s sporting events are big wins for cities
Cities and communities that host major women’s sporting events can reap wide-ranging benefits, including tourism and economic growth as well as positive gender-related impacts, according to new research by the University of South Australia published […]
AI
New AI system could change how autonomous vehicles navigate without GPS
An AI system capable of pinpointing a device’s location in dense urban areas without relying on GPS has been developed by researchers at the University of Surrey. Narrowing down localization errors from 734 meters to […]
Economics & Business
LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion may impact a company’s environmental performance
An analysis in Business Strategy and the Environment reveals that among U.S. firms, those with stronger LGBTQ+ inclusion have higher environmental performance scores and greater renewable energy consumption.This article is brought to you by this […]
Education
Q&A: Foster care timing may affect children’s school performance
Research shows that early childhood maltreatment is associated with significant delays in social and cognitive development. Unfortunately, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, children under age one face the highest […]
Education
Boys can help break taboo around periods
Teaching about periods in schools is still too focused on basic biological facts, with insufficient information around how menstruation can affect a woman’s mood and well-being, problems associated with menstrual bleeding, and their impact on […]
Education
Study identifies key conditions for amplifying student voices in schools
Creating meaningful opportunities for students to help shape their own education isn’t simply a matter of inviting them to speak up. According to new research led by Penn State College of Education Professor Dana Mitra, […]
Social Sciences
Examining the ties between language and emotion
A paper by a psychologist at the University of Kansas examines how language shapes our emotional experience of the world.This article is brought to you by this site.
Social Sciences
Shared memories, different emotions: How Polish families talk about their migration to Germany
Does the decision to leave the country unite or divide migrant families? A study by Polish researchers shows how parents and their adult children jointly build narratives about their lives in Germany—sometimes harmoniously, sometimes with […]
Social Sciences
How Zelda and Studio Ghibli inspire happiness and purpose
A new study published in JMIR Serious Games reveals that playing the open-world video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and watching Studio Ghibli films can significantly improve young people’s overall happiness […]