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Jul 31

Here’s where climate change could generate toxic air pollution

By Nsikan Akpan

Climate-driven air pollution could cause 60,000 extra deaths annually by 2030 and more than 250,000 deaths per year by 2100, according to new research.

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Jun 26

Study retracted: Everyone is too distracted to stop sharing fake news

By Nsikan Akpan

New research shows that everyone is prone to sharing fake news when dealing with a never-ending stream of updates.

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May 18

Glass spheres forged by volcanic lightning offer clues about eruptions

By Dave Berndtson

Scientists have developed a new way to analyze volcanic eruptions -- with lightning -- that is cost effective, relatively simple and safe.

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Mar 14

This Pi Day, use math to beat your friends at classic toy games

By Kristin Hugo

On this most circular of pi days, we present three classic toys -- hula hoops, yo-yo's and Connect Four -- and explore their mechanics with mathematicians and physicists.

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Mar 14

Meet the farm boy from Wales who gave the world ‘pi’

By Gareth Ffowc Roberts for The Conversation

One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or “pi”, but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all.

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Mar 02

Click this linky and learn the secrets of the Slinky

By Andrew Wagner

A Princeton professor offers new math behind why a Slinky appears to hang in midair when dropped.

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Dec 06

Big antlers shouldn’t exist. This math model explains why they do

By Kristin Hugo

Mathematicians tackle a question that once stumped Charles Darwin: Why do animals have antlers, manes and other ornaments?…

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Dec 06

Math a concern for U.S. teens; science, reading flat on test

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — American students have a math problem.

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Oct 27

Gender gap in math starts in kindergarten, study says

By Vic Pasquantonio

Gender gaps in math achievement and teacher expectations that boys are stronger at math than girls start to form by kindergarten, according to a study released Thursday by the American Educational Research Association.

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Sep 06

Watch 6:52
Counting the benefits of teaching math to 3-year-olds

By PBS News Hour

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage very young children to think and talk about math concepts…

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