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Enlarge / Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt delivered the press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Photo by Cheriss May) (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) An independent review of ARPA-E and a graduate study program […]
The perfect songs to ease your blues include Chasing Pavements by Adele, All My Loving by The Beatles and Eternal Flame by The Bangles, according to research. And it’s the tempo that cheers us up rather than the words alone. We become contented when music is played at a speed of 80 beats a minute, […]
Noreen Rodriguez, an assistant instructor at the University of Texas at Austin, was nominated for the OZY Educator Award by Mazher Ali, who wrote: “Noreen isn’t just a great teacher, she’s an archetype for who the modern, culturally curious and emotionally intelligent teacher should be.” Noreen Rodriguez, Texas I hated social studies as a kid, […]
Foursquare/christian svanes k. For millennia, humans have enjoyed using alcohol as a social lubricant. The reasons seem obvious at first. Most of us have had a drink or two that’s put us at ease, helped us lose our inhibitions, lifted our mood. And yet, literally for decades through the last century, psychologists and other scientists struggled to […]
Yuri Gripas/Reuters Earlier this month, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as President Trump’s Secretary of Education — by the narrowest of margins. Her confirmation marked a win for parents looking for greater “school choice” — the ability to pluck a child from his or her public school and get a subsidy to place them in a […]
Federal scientists and others are exploring the possibility of sea urchin farming in Canada, using Norwegian technology that proponents hope will turn ‘zombie’ urchins which can denude kelp beds into profitable seafood — but there is a question about the ecological cost. CBC | Technology News
