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.
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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.
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.
Hopkins long-term study: family & income matter
Our thoughts on groundbreaking research out of Johns Hopkins: family & socioeconomic status play the biggest role in determining kids' future.
Variables defined in an equation to predict happiness
Scientists in London have discovered that happiness depends as much on our expectations as on how things are going.
Bill may kill the Eastern Shore wind farm
A proposed wind farm on Md.'s Eastern Shore could be stopped before it begins if a defense appropriations bill passes as it's now written.
Research says joining a gym will boost your college GPA
With caution, we run a press release from Michigan State, showing that college students who join gyms get higher GPAs and finish more often.
Kids like new healthier meals
When it comes to healthy eating at lunch, marketing is much more important than finances, which are indeed suffering but could recover with some creativity.
Aldrin asks, Can mankind establish residence on Mars?
On the 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, we pause to listen to the words of Buzz Aldrin as he reflects on our future.
Memory helps academic progress in early childhood
Working memory plays an important role in early academic success, new research from Luxembourg and Brazil has shown.