Every year, Black History Month has grown to mean more and more to me, however I feel conflicting emotions about how to ...

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A lack of exercise drives a good portion of the health problems faced by people with type 2 diabetes, a new study says.

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By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.

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So cosmologists feel confident in modelling the universe using the “maximally symmetric” description of space-time in Einstein’s theory of general relativity. This symmetric vision for the universe, ...