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For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don't start in the kindergarten classroom—they happen first in ...

While air conditioning protects people from dangerous heat, it also significantly worsens global warming—by 2050, potentially ...

Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. Obtained with the Atacama Large ...

Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The ...

Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens. Given their ubiquity in the environment, these compounds are considered persistent pollutants, ...

Bottlenose dolphins usually live in small to medium-sized groups in coastal and open-sea waters, but every once in a while, a ...

Eastern Canada has seen a rise in the number of hurricane- and near-hurricane strength events battering its maritime areas, ...

Whether people follow a general trend when choosing a partner or consciously decide against it has a noticeable impact on the ...

After years of research, teaching, and service, a faculty member's tenure and future in academia hinge on the evaluations of ...

The world has far more bees than anyone realized. Scientists have, for the first time, estimated just how many species of ...

One of the best forms of heat relief is pretty simple: trees. In cities, as studies have documented, more tree cover lowers ...