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Dogs Learn a New Routine with Puppy Sitters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYvsbWShCF0 When SSD Culligan goes to a sitter, she gains all sorts of new experiences. Maybe she meets the sitter’s cats, chickens, or chinchilla. Maybe she…

It’s easy to learn the metric system with the SI Units Card Deck (NIST SP 1297), an interactive educational activity that helps learners build their skills using the major elements of the International System of Units…

One of the priorities of the Closing the Gap reporting is that Indigenous cultures and languages are “strong, supported and flourishing”. It also calls for Indigenous students to “achieve their full learning potential”. These two…

A new group of young children has just started school for the first time, with many excited about new friends, uniforms and being at “big school”. But for trans kids, starting school can be a much more daunting process. They…

The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about just how much engineers can do to prevent such catastrophes from occurring in the future. Here, Michael…

The world of work is changing all the time. Technology is driving innovation and productivity, leading to the creation of new industries and employment opportunities. This means people need new skills to meet the demands of an…

March 27, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County, Pennsylvania to see…

Shifting Australia’s electricity sector to low-carbon technologies and closing coal plants is vital to tackling climate change. But such transitions are easier said than done. People and economies are often deeply connected to the…

Good handwriting is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a means to literacy that fundamentally transforms the human experience. Developing control over the shape of the 26 letters of the alphabet ultimately unlocks the ability to…

Design spans disciplines and schools at MIT as a versatile mode of inquiry. Whether software, furniture, robots, or consumer products, design classes at MIT guide students through the iterative process of…

​Long before any basketballs are dribbled through the streets of Phoenix or fans walk through the doors of the facility for the NCAA Men’s Final Four Fan Fest®, the team at the Phoenix Convention Center & Venues has already been hard…

​If you own a home or rental unit in Phoenix and are looking for consistent, reliable income, join the City of Phoenix Housing Department for an Owner Open House to learn about the benefits of the City’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)…

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Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: Debunking…

BOSTON, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tyton Partners, a strategy consulting and investment banking firm focused on the education sector, announces the release of Part 2 of their latest Choose to Learn K-12 initiative, The…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The nine victims were scattered across an area half the size of a football field, their bodies hurled by the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain "Low vision" is a term that commonly means partial sight, or sight that isn't fully correctable with…

1. IntroductionMany people who lived through the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (hereafter referred to as the pandemic) shudder at the memories. Italian hospitals humid with fear. The bulging Ganges River. Desperate doctors reusing N45 masks…

The number of people under 50 diagnosed with bowel cancer has been rising for three decadesMohammed Elamine ALIOUI/Alamy One of the most concerning trends in cancer is the rising incidence of several types of tumour…

The number of people under 50 diagnosed with bowel cancer has been rising for three decadesMohammed Elamine ALIOUI/Alamy One of the most concerning trends in cancer is the rising incidence of several types of tumour…

A white stork at its breeding ground in GermanyChristian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior White storks take increasingly quicker and more direct routes for their migrations as they get older, which…

A white stork at its breeding ground in GermanyChristian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior White storks take increasingly quicker and more direct routes for their migrations as they get older, which…

“My interest in DRR started really early,” Goma says. “I remember when I was in primary and secondary school, we had to walk an hour to get to school. And during monsoon season, we had to pass through landslides. Later on, I studied in…

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has a big ambition: to help decision makers across the globe better understand and act on risk.   At UNDRR, we envision a world where disasters no longer threaten the…

After U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports revealed that monkey exhibitors featured as organ-grinder acts at Ohio’s Sandusky County Fair have racked up numerous violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA)—including…

Life is stressful and sometimes the stress can overwhelm you, but there are steps you can take to learn how to relax.Normal everyday activities like grocery shopping or traffic jams can make you tense. You might find it hard to unplug…

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  The A.J. Meerwald docked in Bristol, Pa.Photo by DRBC.  Recently, members of the Pennsylvania Joint Legislative Conservation Committee (JLCC), Pa. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, staffers, and local leadership took…

The Mirowitz Center is unearthing a remarkable yet overlooked chapter of American history in honor of Black History Month. “It’s a fabulous story that’s under the radar and a lot of people don’t know,” said author…

NCBI Virtual Workshop Series: "Finding & Organizing NCBI Data for Your Research Project" and "Learn How to Report Your NIH-funded Publications Using My Bibliography". NLM Tech Bull. 2022 Jan-Feb;(444):b3. 2022 January 26…

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--MindSpark Learning®, a nonprofit organization that delivers extraordinary learning experiences for educators and professionals, launched three new AI resources for educators and others navigating AI,…

Please join NASA’s JPL EMIT Science Team and the LP DAAC for a 2-hour virtual workshop on the derivation of and how to utilize the methane data products (EMITL2BCH4ENH v001 and EMITL2BCH4PLM v001) from the Earth Surface Mineral Dust…

In PJM’s base case, they only plan to evaluate projects necessary to maintain reliability. But, as MISO showed,  , it is important that they evaluate benefits as broadly as possible. As explained in a report by the Energy Systems…

NCBI Virtual Workshop Series: Working on Your RPPR? Learn How to Report Publications Using My Bibliography. NLM Tech Bull. 2022 Sep-Oct;(448):b11. 2022 October 06 The National Center for Biotechnology Information…

The Florida Legislature recently passed Senate Bill (SB) 7024, bringing several important changes to the FRS Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). These changes aim to provide greater flexibility and benefits for eligible members.…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Army National Guard Soldiers from Virginia and North Carolina learned the finer points of rendering honors to military veterans during Level 1…

Using only one video or textual demonstration of a task, roboclip performed two to three times better than other imitation learning (il) methods. Credit: Sontakke…

Hampton, Virginia — Media is invited to learn about two technologies developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, that will launch to the Moon in the coming weeks aboard two flights under NASA’s Commercial Lunar…

Hampton, Virginia — Media is invited to learn about two technologies developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, that will launch to the Moon in the coming weeks aboard two flights under NASA’s Commercial Lunar…

 Join upcoming webinars or view recorded webinars to learn more about PAD-US.…

Students from Indiana University Northwest visited the Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station (GLSC, Chesterton, Indiana).…

The Miami-Dade County Workforce Housing Development Program is a voluntary program that provides density bonuses and other incentives for the development of workforce housing. New changes to the Miami-Dade County Zoning Code Ordinance…

State Fair Offers Opportunity to Learn About Delaware Agriculture - State of…

The Burchard Scholars Program pairs expert faculty with promising MIT sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated excellence in the humanities, arts, or social sciences. Launched in 1986, the program continues…

Americans want to know more about the Middle East, and they are taking matters into their own hands. Literally. Last week, two of the five best-selling books on The New York Times' nonfiction paperback bestseller list were about the…

Find out how the Environmental Justice Index (EJI) can provide a valuable national perspective to local or regional environmental justice challenges. Explore the EJI today at eji.cdc.gov. Environmental justice is achieved when everyone…

As firms like Google and Microsoft rewire their search engines with AI technology, they are likely to face increasing issues with data privacy.…

by Tejas Govind Indani, Kunal Narayan Chaudhury, Sirsha Guha and Santanu Mahapatra , Tech Xplore…

Reddit began in 2006 as an online bulletin board. Registered users post links to items on the Internet, start discussions and cast votes that control placement on the site. A simple structure and a live interview forum called AMA,…