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The Life Scientific
BBC Radio 4: Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about what makes some people smarter than others and why he’s fed up with the genetics of intelligence being ignored. Born and raised in Chicago
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Children Want Factual Stories, Versus Fantasy, More Often Than Adults
NPR: Childhood is a time for pretend play, imaginary friends and fantastical creatures. Flying ponies reliably beat documentaries with the preschool set. Yet adults are no strangers to fiction. We love movies and novels, poems
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Is The Resilience Of Millennials Underrated?
NPR: I’m a member of Generation Y, or the millennial generation. People like me were born in the ’80s and early ’90s. But I don’t like to broadcast that fact. Millennials tend to get a
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Anxious About Math? Count an Elephant’s Toenails
Science Friday: A new study in the journal Science finds that an iPad app that prompts parents and kids to solve nightly number problems together greatly improves student achievement in math. The app, Bedtime Math (featured
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Hidden Perk to Telework: Healthier Meals
Telecommuting may be good for your diet. In a new comprehensive review on the science of telecommuting, psychological scientists Tammy Allen, Timothy Golden, and Kristen Shockley describe both the benefits and drawbacks of working from
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Researchers have discovered a surprisingly simple way to get kids to eat more veggies
The Washington Post: It seems like an age-old problem — kids not eating their vegetables — and it is. Little ones, more interested in macaroni and cheese than sautéed spinach, are still leaving the latter largely
