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Canadian students' math scores are falling. What B.C. schools and parents can do about it

Near the end of sixth grade, Bronia DePedrina’s daughter became anxious and stressed about going to school.

Out of this World: Exploring Charleston’s first planetarium and Spartanburg’s library planetarium

Standing inside a dome in Citadel Mall, under a simulated sky, it’s easy to forget how remarkable that is: a city known for its past now helping shape curiosity about the future. The Charleston ...
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Scientists Turn Milk Protein Into a Biodegradable Plastic Alternative—Here's How

Researchers combined milk protein, starch, and volcanic clay to create a biodegradable packaging film that degrades in 13 weeks.
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Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 billion tonnes of CO2

Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but some researchers question where all that rock is going to come from ...