You’re walking through the farmers market with a screaming toddler tucked under your arm football style. You’re tired, you’re leaving without the produce you came for and you’re embarrassed. You pass by an older woman…
A new study has investigated whether challenges faced by educators in teaching statistics could be reduced by changing how it is taught and revealed that there is no ‘right way,’ giving flexibility to educators to choose how…
To understand how societies might react to climate change, archaeologists look at social responses to extreme climate events in the past — and in some places, that included measures as drastic as human sacrifice. Mass…
Fukuoka, Japan—Food spoilage causes chemical changes that are not always easy to detect by appearance alone. To provide a clearer indication of freshness and quality, researchers at Kyushu University have developed a smart packaging film…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As grocery prices continue to rise, a study by researchers at Penn State found that in addition to increased spending, the price hikes also are associated with higher risk of food…
Date: November 6, 2026 Srinagar, India: A recent short communication published in Biological Diversity records the long?awaited return of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) to Kashmir Valley, where the species had been pushed nearly to local…
The world is a far louder and more distracting place than when humans first evolved. But there’s increasing evidence that experiencing nature can help restore attention lost to modern distractions, known as “directed attention fatigue.”…
Children who used a virtual reality (VR) headset before surgery showed reduced self-reported distress and fear, along with lower heart rate and blood pressure, according to a new study published November 5th in the open…
Children in some of India’s poorest families may be missing out on free school meals because the scheme does not match parents’ aspirations for their futures, new research has revealed. The study into the world’s…
People love to watch violent things. From slasher films to boxing, there’s some intrinsic appeal to watching people get pummeled. The dystopian thriller Squid Game, for instance, debuted in 2021 and in three years racked…