Background music affects attitudes toward sharks
Music shapes our perceptions and emotions, even about sharks. It has long been a part of a well-rounded education in our schools.
Academics
College campuses are overrun with Pokémon Go
If you're on a college campus these days, there's a good chance you'll play (or see most students playing) Pokémon Go!
Mentoring group to take part in 15th 9/11 anniversary
A partnership has formed to develop plans for the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in NY, Penn., and Washington on 9/11/01.
Tech changes the experience in Md. schools
A near 1-to-1 technology initiative in Worcester Co., Md., aims to prepare students, by high school graduation, for college or the work force.
Helping ‘mean girls’ can also help the boys
Mean girls use gossip and social exclusion, not physical violence, to bully others. If schools can stop them, boys and non-targeted girls also benefit.
Melting Greenland ice could expose nuclear waste
Climate change is threatening to expose hazardous waste at an abandoned camp thought to be buried forever in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
‘The Electromagnetic Spectrum Song’ rides a wave
Few songs that describe the gamut of the electromagnetic spectrum can compare to Emerson & Woo's one, with 1.7 million views.
Students devise a tracheotomy device for soldiers
A team of students at Johns Hopkins invented a device that could make cricothyrotomies more successful on the battlefield and in civilian life.
Transgender bathroom access on hold legally
The US Supreme Court issued a stay, temporarily blocking enforcement of guidance from the Obama administration on transgender bathroom access.
Zombie bacteria detected in Siberia
Anthrax bacteria have surfaced as the permafrost in Siberia melts during the latest heat wave hitting across the Northern Hemisphere.