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Teaching science subjects without training
Despite efforts from No Child Left Behind to promote 'highly qualified' teaching, recent research shows that just 36 percent of new secondary science teachers...
Early trilobites had stomachs, new fossil study finds
This photo is of a specimen of the trilobite Palaeolenus lantenoisi from the Guanshan Biota in southern Yunnan Province, China. Rarely are internal organs...
Summer could be one long heatwave if planet hits 2 degrees Celsius
Heatwaves will become a daily occurrence over summer in some regions even if global warming is kept to 2°C.
Credit: © worawut2524 / Fotolia
Summer in...
When robots help with shopping
The IFL PiRo robot detects the objects desired and automatically puts them into shopping baskets.
Credit: Laila Tkotz, KIT
Today, the desired book, toy or household...
Migraine sufferers have more nitrate-reducing microbes in their mouths
Many of the 38 million Americans who suffer from migraines report an association between consuming nitrates and their severe headaches.
Credit: © amazingmikael / Fotolia
Researchers...
Risks vary widely in drone-human impacts
Researchers collect drone impact data at an athletics facility on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus under the direction of the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership...
LIGO and Virgo observatories jointly detect black hole collision
This is an aerial view of the Virgo site showing the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the three kilometer-long west arm and the beginning...
Haplobank: A biobank of reversible mutant embryonic stem cells
Haplobank contains over 100,000 mutated, conditional mouse embryonic stem cell lines, targeting about 70% of the protein-coding genome.
Credit: (c)Izabella Kaminski
Scientist at IMBA developed a...
Songbird populations may indicate trouble in northwestern forests
Purple finches, indicators of healthy coniferous habitat, are declining in the Northwest, according to data from the Klamath Bird Observatory.
Credit: J. Livaudais
Populations of many...
Tracing the evolution of bird reproduction
Birds' reproductive strategies have gone through a series of stages, from dinosaurs to today.
Credit: D. Anduza
What really did come first -- the chicken or...
Pigeons better at multitasking than humans
Sara Letzner had humans compete against pigeons in a behavioural experiment.
Credit: © RUB, Marquard
Pigeons are capable of switching between two tasks as quickly as...
