Type I landslides on Ceres are relatively round, large and have thick "toes" at their ends. They look similar to rock glaciers and icy landslides in Earth's arctic. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA, taken by Dawn Framing Camera Massive landslides, similar to those found...
Dr. Nolan Damon showing the online mathematics assessment that he developed. Credit: Stefan Els Online mathematics assessment (OMA) could help improve the mathematics performance of deaf and hard-of-hearing learners in South Africa. This is one of the key findings...
Portrait of young man with EEG headset on. (Stock image) Credit: © BSANI / Fotolia Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets, need better security after a study reveals...
Male lion attack huge buffalo bull. Credit: © Alta Oosthuizen / Fotolia Populations of predators and their prey usually follow predictable cycles. When the number of prey increases -- perhaps as their food supply becomes more abundant -- predator populations also...
Outdoor learning can have a significant and positive impact on children's quality of life but needs to be introduced more formally into global school curricula in order for its potential benefits to be fully realised, a new report suggests. Student...
Hai-Bo Yu is an assistant professor of theoretical particle physics and astrophysics at UC Riverside. Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside Identical twins are similar to each other in many ways, but they have different experiences, friends, and lifestyles. This...
Overall divergent thinking (ODT) score. Credit: Ritter et al (2017) Listening to happy music may help generate more, innovative solutions compared to listening to silence, according to a study published September 6, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Simone...
Education leads to a longer life. Credit: © Gines / Fotolia People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research suggests. A major study of the genes that...
Are preschool teachers failing their students in science? A Michigan State University study examines. Credit: Michigan State University Preschool instructors appear to lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively teach their young students science -- a problem that is likely...
A preschooler is exposed to light at night as part of a CU Boulder study measuring the impact of screens on sleep. Credit: CU Boulder With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to...
Image credit: Flickr/wahousegop Children from low-income families are at substantial risk in terms of their social-emotional and academic skills at school entry, with fewer than half considered ready for school at age 5. A new study has found that...