Nation Sep 01 Watch 9:49 Can a longer school year help students recover from pandemic learning loss? More than three years ago, schools received the first installment in the biggest ever one-time infusion of federal money dedicated to education, about $190 billion to protect against COVID and reverse the academic setbacks that followed the pandemic. One district… By Geoff Bennett, Layla Quran
Education Jun 20 Watch 6:34 District extends school year to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss The school year is either already over or is wrapping up in most places around the country. As another year finishes, there are still real concerns about learning loss dating back to the pandemic and the ongoing struggles to catch… By Laura Barrón-López, Dorothy Hastings
Nation May 12 Why 1 million dead from COVID is so hard for our brains to understand Humans are so ill-equipped to process large numbers – nevermind large-scale suffering – that it’s nearly impossible to grasp the toll of 1 million dead. By Laura Santhanam
Science Feb 15 How Galileo’s groundbreaking works got banned Born on this day 458 years ago, Galileo refused to be silent about how the solar system worked. By Dr. Howard Markel
Oct 24 Ransomware and data breaches linked to uptick in fatal heart attacks By Nsikan Akpan Another unintended consequence of electronic medical records has been revealed. Continue reading
Oct 22 How more organic farming could worsen global warming By Courtney Vinopal Organic agriculture is billed as better for the environment, but a wholesale shift to this farming practice could increase net greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reports. Continue reading
Sep 26 Only 2 countries are meeting their climate pledges. Here’s how the 10 worst could improve By Nsikan Akpan Here’s how the top-10 polluters are succeeding and falling behind on reducing carbon emissions -- and how they can improve. Continue reading
Sep 18 Science journal walks back claim that smartphones make millennials grow horns By Nsikan Akpan The publisher issued a major correction to a study claiming smartphones make millennials grow horns. But here's why this move won't kill the myth. Continue reading
Aug 22 ‘Old Town Road’ defied a 20-year trend in hit music. Math explains why By Nsikan Akpan A new study shows the average lifetime in the charts for singles and albums has dropped dramatically since the 1990s. How did "Old Town Road" buck this trend?… Continue reading