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Easing test anxiety boosts low-income students’ biology grades
Wealthier students outperform their less advantaged peers in math and science. Decreasing test anxiety may help even the playing field.
By Sujata Gupta | 3:00pm, January 14, 2019
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News in Brief | Science & Society
Your phone could reveal your radiation exposure after a nuclear disaster
By Maria Temming | 6:00am, January 14, 2019
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Here’s how the record-breaking government shutdown is disrupting science
By Laurel Hamers | 8:00am, January 12, 2019
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A new app tracks breathing to detect an opioid overdose
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, January 09, 2019
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Known as the ‘mother of Hubble,’ astronomer Nancy Roman dies at 93
By Cassie Martin | 5:11pm, December 31, 2018
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Year in Review | Science & Society
What will be the big science stories of 2019? Here are our predictions
By Kate Travis | 6:00am, December 28, 2018
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Year in Review | Science & Society
The #MeToo movement shook up workplace policies in science
By Kyle Plantz | 12:14pm, December 20, 2018
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Feature | Science & Society
Top 10 stories of 2018: Climate change, gene-edited babies, hidden craters and more
By Science News Staff | 8:36am, December 17, 2018
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Year in Review | Science & Society
Half a degree stole the climate spotlight in 2018
By Carolyn Gramling | 8:36am, December 17, 2018
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Year in Review | Science & Society
News of the first gene-edited babies ignited a firestorm
By Tina Hesman Saey | 8:34am, December 17, 2018
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