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State and local governments are hiring contact tracers to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
Does what you believe in come from reason? Or just your community?
It takes a special person with a special set of skills to reach students on an emotional level.
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Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.
Data from LinkedIn suggests soft skills will be the most in-demand as the economy begins to rebuild and 2020 grads look for work.
The future of learning will be different, and now is the time to lay the groundwork.
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Remaining silent is being complicit.
Numerous U.S. Presidents invoked the Insurrection Act to to quell race and labor riots.
Got any embarrassing old posts collecting dust on your profile? Facebook wants to help you delete them.
The inequalities impact everything from education to health.
That’s not frankincense you smell at the “holy of the holies.”
With the coronavirus pandemic upending summer plans, now’s the perfect time to learn something new.
The future of education and work will rely on teaching students deeper problem-solving skills.
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SpaceX’s momentous Crew Dragon launch is a sign of things to come for the space industry, and humanity’s future.
Researchers devise an effective new predictive tool for maritime first-responders.
Was the hamburger menu always so ubiquitous?
New research suggests some men identify with a new form of masculinity that values authenticity, domesticity, and holistic self-awareness.
Sweden tops the ranking for the third year in a row.
Neo’s superhuman powers were only inside of The Matrix. The outside world offered a different reality.
Universities claim to prepare students for the world. How many actually do it?
An MIT system uses wireless signals to measure in-home appliance usage to better understand health tendencies.
Google is probably wrong about your health condition.
When the COVID-19 crisis is over, how will education have changed? Will we have made the most of this moment?
We’d like to think that judging people’s worth based on the shape of their head is a practice that’s behind us.
Who is to blame for the U.S.’s dismal college graduation rate? “Radical” educator Dennis Littky has a hunch.
Why do so many people encounter these ‘elves’ after smoking large doses of DMT?
A recent survey also found that political messaging from the pulpit increased the likelihood of believing presidents to be ordained by God.
If a crisis like this only comes once in a hundred years, so does this opportunity.
The old idea of running with springs on your feet gets a high-tech makeover.
A study of over 100,000 businesses in Oregon uncovered some unsettling news about worker conditions.