Researchers find a new way to measure flying baseballs
As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third most popular sport in the United States is how many homeruns they will see this season.
As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third most popular sport in the United States is how many homeruns they will see this season.
General Physics
Apr 6, 2022
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Since 2018, Norwegian schools and kindergartens have a statutory duty to co-operate on the transition from kindergarten to school and after-school care. Previously, the responsibility lay with kindergarten alone.
Education
Mar 22, 2022
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Most Australians have followed health advice to wear face masks and have COVID-19 vaccinations. Actions like these that benefit others are known in psychology as prosocial behaviors. In a COVID context, prosocial behaviors ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2022
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Teaching younger children through 'guided' play can support key aspects of their learning and development at least as well, and sometimes better, than traditional, direct instruction, according to a new analysis.
Education
Jan 12, 2022
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A new app is giving citizens the power to help scientists understand drying river networks. Developed by the EU-funded DRYvER project, the DRYRivERS app enables citizens to map and report drying cases in rivers and streams.
Environment
Dec 10, 2021
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Citizens can play a major role in helping scientists to understand drying river networks, by reporting drying events in rivers and streams. To do so, DRYvER has created the DRYRivERS app, which citizens can use to map drying ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 1, 2021
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Outdoor play is critical for child development—it decreases stress, increases communication and social skills, attention and physical activity, and enhances physical development.
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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Log on to any app store, and parents will find hundreds of options for children that claim to be educational. But new research suggests these apps might not be as beneficial to children as they seem.
Education
May 10, 2021
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Children in the UK are being held back from play independently outside until later childhood, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2021
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"Great app with a certain addictiveness," writes a user in the Google Play Store about BirdNET. The app was developed by Chemnitz University of Technology and Cornell University (USA) and can identify 3,000 bird species based ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2021
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