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Los estudiantes multilingües en EEUU logran mejores resultados que nunca

  • Written by Karen D. Thompson, Assistant Professor of Education, Oregon State University
De acuerdo con un nuevo estudio, los estudiantes multilingües han progresado de forma constante en los últimos añosMonkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Entre 2003 y 2015, los estudiantes multilingües en EE UU mostraron dos o tres veces mayores progresos en lectura y matemáticas que los estudiantes que solo hablan...

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Spiraling wildfire fighting costs are largely beyond the Forest Service's control

  • Written by Cassandra Moseley, Associate Vice President for Research and Research Professor , University of Oregon
Fighting wildfires with air tankers, like this one dropping fire retardant on the Willow Fire in California on September 2, 2015, is expensive and not always effective.USFS, CC BY

Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the largest blaze in California’s history – was fully contained, the 2018 fire season is well under...

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Truck drivers are overtired, overworked and underpaid

  • Written by Michael Belzer, Associate Professor, Economics, Wayne State University
More than half of all U.S. truck drivers exceed the federal limit of 60 hours per week.5m3photos/shutterstock.com

Research shows that economic pressure pushes drivers to work extremely long hours, contributing significantly to truck crashes.

A 2010 survey by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health showed that, on average,...

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A turbulent future may be in store for US-Turkish relations

  • Written by Doga Ulas Eralp, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service

Turkey’s June elections confirmed one important political reality in the country: The state always wins.

And that’s likely bad news for the future of Turkey’s long relationship with the United States.

I’m a scholar and practitioner of international conflict resolution who has studied Turkey and its relations with other...

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What exactly is the point of the border?

  • Written by Michael Blake, Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance, University of Washington
A 'no border wall' sign is held during a rally to oppose the wall the US government wants to build.AP Photo/Eric Gay

The past few weeks have seen widespread outrage over the Trump administration’s now-defunct policy of separating migrant families at the border. Four members of the president’s Homeland Security advisory council have...

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New Mexico case should serve as wake-up call on school funding

  • Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
A court has ruled that New Mexico isn't ensuring that its students get an adequate education.Lisa F. Young /shutterstock.com

A New Mexico trial court recently found that the state has been failing in its constitutional duty to ensure that all students receive an adequate education. The court ordered the state to come up with a fix by next April. In...

Read more: New Mexico case should serve as wake-up call on school funding

Artificial intelligence outperforms the repetitive animal tests in identifying toxic chemicals

  • Written by Thomas Hartung, Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
These rats are in special cages for urine collection. Every year, millions of animals are used for testing chemicals that are used in industrial products.By unoL/shutterstock.com

Most consumers would be dismayed with how little we know about the majority of chemicals. Only 3 percent of industrial chemicals – mostly drugs and pesticides...

Read more: Artificial intelligence outperforms the repetitive animal tests in identifying toxic chemicals

Why are there so many suckers? A neuropsychologist explains

  • Written by Stacey Wood, Professor of Psychology, Scripps College
Is it a scam?Tero Vesalainen/shutterstock.com

If you have a mailbox, you probably get junk mail. If you have an email account, you probably get spam. If you have a phone, you probably get robocalls.

Unwanted messages and solicitations bombard us on a regular basis. Most of us hit ignore or delete or toss junk mail in the trash knowing that these...

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AI more accurate than animal testing for spotting toxic chemicals

  • Written by Thomas Hartung, Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
These rats are in special cages for urine collection. Every year, millions of animals are used for testing chemicals that are used in industrial products.By unoL/shutterstock.com

Most consumers would be dismayed with how little we know about the majority of chemicals. Only 3 percent of industrial chemicals – mostly drugs and pesticides...

Read more: AI more accurate than animal testing for spotting toxic chemicals

40 years after the birth of IVF, researchers push boundaries to preserve fertility in women, men and children

  • Written by Marie Menke, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
New procedures are enabling men and women to preserve their fertility until they are ready or able to have children.By kristiillustra/shutterstock.com

Tears are a regular occurrence in a fertility clinic. Tears of joy, tears of frustration, tears of loss happen almost daily. For some, those tears are the tears of “what if.” What if I...

Read more: 40 years after the birth of IVF, researchers push boundaries to preserve fertility in women, men...

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