When students learn to read in the early elementary years, developing phonemic awareness, decoding skills, and blending typically take priority. Another essential component of fluent reading, however, ...

Micah Altman received research funding from the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation to conduct research related to the science of science, and related to open science.

A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically. While 77% of Americans have at ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Micah Altman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Philip N. Cohen, ...

Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words. Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words. Miso, a ...

Research shows money can make you happier. (Duh.) For example, a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that people who were willing to spend a little money to buy a little ...

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Emotions may be a necessary ingredient to bring about a truly conscious AI, some scientists believe. A tech company is working on creating “micro-emotions” within AI to see how it effects their ...

In this interview, AZoMaterials speaks with Professor Sarah Haigh, Professor of Materials Characterization at the University of Manchester, about her pioneering work in electron microscopy and its ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Lots of people love their to-do lists. Take my wife: She has several going at any given time. Task lists keep her focused, on track, and for want of a better word, reassured: Writing tasks down ...

Professor Michael Barresi has long been exploring that question in his research in development biology. Now, he’s taking up the topic in a new way: via visual art. Barresi, who is professor of ...