Select results from the European Society of Cardiology
AEDs in Paris, a pacemaker with no battery, energy drinks, and obese youth were on the agenda at the society's congress in Barcelona. [...]Read More......
Science
18th-century college students liked beer: archaeologists
US college students like beer. An archaeological find at the College of Wm and Mary may prove they liked it just as much before the...
School shooters victimized by rejection, peers, teachers
New research (a meta-analysis) shows that students who become school shooters are victims of rejection and conflict. [...]Read More... from School shooters victimized by rejection,...
Forensic evidence builds in hit & run death of teen
The search continues for a hit-and-run driver who killed a suburban Chicago teenager in March as he walked along I-88 in Western Illinois. [...]Read More......
Seismic activity seizes Iceland & northern Calif.
Earth's tectonic plates have been busy crashing into each other these past few days; Wine Country in state of emergency. [...]Read More... from Seismic activity...
Breadth of curriculum linked to race & class size
New research, again, links class size and race to a narrowing of the curriculum. Evidence is building the NCLB has caused some recent harm. [...]Read...
Some find no test score-GDP-productivity correlation
A report from ASCD finds no correlation between test scores and GDP, a result we would welcome if not for shoddy analysis by ASCD. [...]Read...
Kids' neurons shift for math
New research provides some insights into how young children memorize math facts and may lead to other research about recruitment of key brain regions. [...]Read...
Musical training may help disadvantaged students
We report, again, about ongoing research in how musical training may help disadvantaged students learn language. Use with caution. [...]Read More... from Musical training may...
Risk-taking teens have amplified brain connections
The brains of teens who are more prone to high-risk behavior reveal a little about the physical mechanisms underlying the behavior. [...]Read More... from Risk-taking...