As the pandemic has progressed, so has scientists’ understanding of why masks matter and how best to protect against COVID.
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Scientists have been using art to illuminate and share their research with the public for centuries. And art could be one way to bolster K-12 science education and scientific literacy in the public.
All 197 countries represented at COP26 signed the pact.
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Want to observe native bees? Or seek out invasive species? There are many ways to get hands-on science learning. An expert on adult STEM education suggests four places to start.
Some institutions publish information about their mishaps, while others do not.
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A centralized reporting system for laboratory incidents involving dangerous pathogens in biological research does not exist in the US or internationally.
Many valuable scientific breakthroughs were originally published in a non-English language. New research shows more effort is needed to transcend language barriers to improve conservation science.
The banded rubber frog. Biodiversity research is heavily regulated in South Africa.
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The work of Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi has helped predict the unpredictable, from changes in the climate to the movements of flocks of starlings.
A closer look at how ice cover changed through the months offers some important insights into the role of climate change and why every year isn’t a record.
Today’s science standards encourage teachers to base lessons on real-world phenomena rather than textbook facts and definitions.
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Effective science teachers use everyday natural events to get students to explore their world. Here’s how they do it, according to an expert who prepares elementary school science teachers.
Science can observe these various phases of fetal development but cannot determine when human life begins.
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Some people seeking to influence public opinion about abortion rights claim the science is clear. It’s not, and that means abortion remains a political question – not a biological one.
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Lyme’s controversy offers four lessons on how parents, school districts, elected officials and scientists can find a path forward in the 2021-2022 school year.
Teachers are right in selecting age-appropriate scientific models and teaching these in age-appropriate ways – even though the science they present isn’t the whole story.
What might seem like small changes, like a degree of warming, can have big consequences.
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Some of the climate changes will be irreversible for millennia. But some can be slowed and even stopped if countries quickly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, including from burning fossil fuels.
With wildfires, droughts and extreme storms in many parts of the world, climate warnings are starting to feel personal.
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Emily Parke, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Dan C H Hikuroa, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Ambiguous language and a rush to judgment have defined the debate about mātauranga and science. It’s time to slow down and stop talking past each other.
Scientists have been consistently documenting environmental changes at research sites like this one in the Cascade Mountains for decades.
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan