On the job, autonomy brings positive rewards
In looking for a job, more research is starting to confirm that those happiest in their jobs are those with autonomy.
Academics
Do young people squander learning opportunities?
Teens sure do use technological devices a lot. The question is: What are they learning from them? And how can teachers learn what they're learning?
Special ed needs to focus better for reading
Reading and spelling difficulties could play an important role in determining what special education services young students may need.
After a painful break-up, a placebo can help
Sham therapy can affect how depressed you feel after breaking up; MRIs of the brain show increased emotion-modulating activity with a placebo effect.
High school should start later than 7:30
Evidence is overwhelming that teens need to sleep to a comfortable time, which makes starting high school before 8:30 problematic.
They come, 1 last time, to the greatest show on Earth
The greatest show on Earth, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is in Baltimore for its final run in a long history.
It works to teach reading by phonics
Young readers comprehend just as well by learning with a phonics-only approach, rather than whole-word meanings, new research suggests.
Gene-editing tool shows promise for vision disorder
CRISPR may allow researchers to deactivate a master switch gene in DNA to prevent the worsening of a blindness-causing condition
Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay is 200 years old
Pollution, resulting in high nitrogen levels in the Chesapeake Bay estuary in Maryland, did not start building after World War II but about a hundred years earlier.
Pokémon GO players are friendly people
People who play the wildly popular game are more physically active and likely to be experiencing positive emotions and nostalgia.