Noguchi sculpture added to Rose Garden
The First Lady announced the first sculpture by an Asian American artist in the White House collection. It's in the Rose Garden.
NSF decommissions a huge radio telescope
The large, iconic Arecibo scope can't be fixed safely. A big set of ears on the cosmos now hears only silence.
NASA sends crew to I.S.S. on SpaceX rocket
An international crew of astronauts launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday, headed to the International Space Station.
Weight loss should not be goal of P.E.
Staying active, rather than weight loss, should be the goal of physical education classes in school. a U. of Ga. study suggests.
IL announces Teacher of the Year
Justin Johnson, a band teacher at Niles West High School in Skokie, has been named the 2020-21 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
What makes SARS-CoV-2 so unique? Mutations.
Duke Univ. researchers have been able to identify thousands of "silent" mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome that help it spread in humans.
Distracted learning can be a big problem
Distractions can impair learning, drawing resources from the same brain regions as the mastery of course material. What to do?
Richard Gordon, national principal of the year
This year's national high school principal of the year is Richard Gordon, who works at a small West Philly school housed in an old garage.
School absences correlated with bad air quality
Even a little reduction in the quality of the air seems to be correlated with an increase in school absences in Salt Lake City.
Aspen’s Center for Assessment offers testing advice
What is the happy medium between no testing and all-out testing as if we weren't in the middle of a global pandemic? Is there a middle ground?