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Cristine Russell: It's really a privilege of mine to have been able to get Professor Michael Mann, one of the leading climate scientists in the world, to come up to the Kennedy School. He's going to talk about his latest book, Our…

There have been concerns about screens making kids more sedentary and less active since TV was introduced more than half a century ago. “Screen use” and “not enough exercise” are (separately) among the top health concerns…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Connor Sawtelle has undergone more than a dozen brain and spine surgeries in just 11 years of life.More are on the way for the Hallowell boy who has dealt since birth with chiari malformation, a condition in…

Leaders are often encouraged to be open, authentic and vulnerable at work. Employees are similarly told their voices matter in the workplace and to speak up when they need to. But, being open and honest at work is not always as…

Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first to need two doses to keep their jobs. State and…

After deepfake pornography of Taylor Swift went viral on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Swifties sprung into action. They organized to report violations of X’s “Synthetic and Manipulated Media” policy and flooded…

A recent paper packed with delightful acronyms digs into where people report having seen UFOs, but finds no evidence of alien visitors, says Annalee Newitz

There’s almost no warning. A dark shape appears on the side of the road, then you feel a jolt as something goes under the car. Or worse, the shape rears up, hits the front of your vehicle, then slams into the windscreen. You have…

Global stock prices dropped across the board late last year, by between 10% and 15% in a matter of weeks. Fears of a recession took hold after a series of interest rate increases, stubborn inflation and geopolitical tensions in…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart…

In 2016, at the huge Houston energy conference CERAWeek, MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang found himself talking to a Tesla executive about a thorny problem: how to store the output of solar panels and wind…

Yes, it matters. Observed and anticipated increases in greenhouse gas emissions from China and other countries don’t let Americans off the hook for reducing emissions. From a purely physical perspective, any reduction in emissions helps…

INDIANAPOLIS — Not 20 seconds had passed since the end of Nikola Jokic’s news conference when the dark curtain behind Luka Doncic’s adjacent media session parted, revealing a 6-foot-11 figure. Jokic snuck up on his unsuspecting friend…

Usually when a usability test or evaluation is conducted, usability professionals provide a list of potential usability issues for designers to change. These are the issues that are most likely to cause the greatest problems for…

Dear Amy: Sometimes, I want some help with a skill. For example: skiing. I’m a perfectly competent skier, but I know I have some quirks in my form, and some one-on-one targeted work with an instructor might help me to straighten them…

It’s the time of year when parents and guardians across Denver can enter their students’ names into a school choice lottery to attend some of the best schools in the state. Denver Public Schools’ enrollment window for school choice…

Spatial skills are not affected by hormone fluctuations during menstruationParfenish_579/Shutterstock Verbal and spatial skills, like word memorisation and navigation, remain consistent throughout a person’s…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain You are walking back home. Suddenly the ground seems to open and a security drone emerges, blocking your…

1 Introduction Dance has the potential to be an effective, inexpensive, scalable and sustainable community-based activity that contributes significantly to healthy, active ageing (1–4). The unique combination of aerobic and anaerobic…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Numerous research studies have suggested that children from a single-parent family are worse off than…

President Obama's speech was closely followed by hi-tech companies, who have intensely lobbied for increasing the number of visas for highly-skilled workers. CCTV America's Mark Niu reported this story from Silicon Valley, California.…