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Why disciplining kids can be so tricky for parents and teachers

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imageWhen does disciplining kids work?Asim Bharwani, CC BY-NC-ND

Disciplining works if it is not over the top and children understand the point of it.

Highlights magazine’s annual State of Kids survey found that a majority of children appreciated being disciplined and believed that it helped them behave better.

What children disagreed with were the...

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US losing its dominance in global higher education market

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imageGrowing numbers of US students are going abroad to study.British Council Russia, CC BY-NC-SA

The Conversation’s international teams are collaborating on a series of articles about the Globalisation of Higher Education, examining how universities are changing in an increasingly globalised world. This is the third article in the series. Read...

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Swinging between extremes in giving scientific credit where credit is due

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imageNobels go to only three scientists max, while some papers have as many authors as members of this audience.© Nobel Media AB, Alexander Mahmoud

imageChina Daily’s front page on the morning of Tu Youyou’s Nobel win.

The headline on the first page of China Daily on October 6 was striking: China wins first Nobel prize in medicine. Actually, D...

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Should movie studios be worried about Netflix's first feature film?

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imageIdris Elba stars in Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation.Netflix

Summer is always important for the movie business, and this past one was the second-biggest ever for ticket sales.

Studios succeeded by doing what they do best: recombinant franchise films featuring superheroes and beasts. Jurassic World helped Universal dominate box office totals,...

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Craft chocolate shakes up industry as its sweet season begins

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imageChocolate beans are everywhere these days.Reuters

Earlier this month, thousands of eager lovers streamed through the doors of the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, on the stunning waterfront of Puget Sound. Their love had one all-consuming object: chocolate.

The Northwest Chocolate Festival, the country’s leading consumer...

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Scholars on the Democratic debate: Hillary wins, Bernie hits a nerve

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imageBernie and Hillary agree: enough with the emails already.Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

The Democrats' first debate took place in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening. Compared to the two GOP debates, this CNN-hosted debate was a more substantial and less impolite. Here’s an instant analysis from three political scholars.

A decisive victory for Clinton

Anthony...

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Is it time America finally took a chance on Syria's refugees?

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imageArriving in Lesbos, Greece from SyriaDimitris Michalakis/Reuters

Afghan, Syrian and Eritrean refugees keep arriving on Europe’s shores, reputedly at an increasing rate.

They attempt to traverse the Mediterranean by land and sea, presumably hastened by Putin’s bombing campaign. Now some even arrive by traveling across the Arctic.

So how...

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Building a case, over time, for adding sustainability to nutritional guidelines

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imageMore of these for personal and planetary health. i5design/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

The question of whether government-issued dietary guidance should address sustainability has been in the headlines. A report issued by the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) earlier this year recommended that sustainability be a factor in determining the 2015...

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