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Open Science in Autism Research: A Chat with Amy Pearson and Daniel Poole | Spectrum
[ad_1] Amy Pearson Senior Lecturer in PsychologyUniversity of Sunderland Daniel Poole ResearcherUniversity of Sheffield For more than a decade, open research has gained widespread support from the scientific community, including autism researchers. However, few people in the field regularly use established open science methodologies. To solve this problem, a team of UK autism researchers ... -
Health officials say it’s too early to tell if monkeypox cases are declining
[ad_1] OLYMPIA – Provincial health officials say it’s too early to tell if monkeypox cases are declining, health ministry officials said Thursday. The risk to the general public remains low, Health Secretary Dr Umair Shah told reporters. “A monkeypox outbreak in the midst of COVID is a massive outbreak in itself,” said state epidemiologist Dr. ... -
Dust, Costumes, Weirdness, and Science: Burning Man is Back
[ad_1] The annual Burning Man Bacchanal in the Nevada desert returns on Sunday after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus. This time, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are conducting a scientific experiment that affects online social networks. Important reasons: About 80,000 whimsically costumed revelers arrive at a makeshift encampment called Black Rock ... -
The LGBTQ+ community needs a public health response to monkeypox
[ad_1] MeA 29-year-old gay man living in New York City during the first major wave of monkeypox infections in the United States. We are deeply involved in impacting public health. So I thought getting a monkeypox shot would be pretty easy. But it took me weeks to do it. It’s even harder for people in ... -
Title IX: The Age of Equality in Girls’ Education Has Arrived |
[ad_1] This article originally appeared in the July 16, 1978 edition of the Lewiston Morning Tribune. The era of equality in girls’ education has dawned. Light emanates from the East, Washington, DC, the birthplace of Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972. This law prohibits discrimination based on gender in all schools receiving ... -
Education: Survey shows need for reform in West Virginia.news, sports, jobs
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the West Virginia Community and Technical College Education Council met to discuss, among other things, West Virginia’s low college enrollment rates among high school graduates. Less than 46% of public high school graduates go on to college. National averages are hard to come by, but before the pandemic, 66% ... -
Making a difference in our country through education
[ad_1] Melina Tissopoulos Three years ago, Sybel Francois moved to the United States from Haiti. Her mission is to get the education needed to make a difference. His next first semester at Claremont McKenna College marks great progress towards that goal. For the past two years, Francois has studied at Union County College in Cranford, ... -
EPA Scientific Advisory Board Approves PFAS Drinking Water Standards
[ad_1] Relevant Practices and Jurisdictions Thursday, August 25, 2022 This week, the EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board issued a final report on the EPA’s assessment of risks associated with drinking water containing two of hundreds of permanent chemicals collectively known as PFAS. Unless you have a PhD in toxicology, most of that report will scratch your ...











