SMU study finds more screen time linked to smaller vocabularies in young kids

Screen time has long been a concern for parents, child safety advocates and others, particularly in the early years when a ...
Futurism

AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds

A months-old but until now overlooked study recently featured in Wired claims to mathematically prove that large language models “are incapable of carrying out computational and agentic tasks beyond a ...
KSTP-TV

Several school districts switch to remote learning amid ICE activity

UPDATE: Columbia Heights and Fridley school districts have joined Minneapolis Public Schools to offer remote learning Friday. MPS had previously closed Thursday and through the weekend out of an ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Beat the Winter Blues by Learning How to Fly Smithsonian Paper Airplanes With Your Kids

This illustration features three of the paper airplanes based on planes in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum's collections. Smithsonian Books Looking for ways to keep the family ...
WDAF-TV

Missouri bill promotes paper-and-pen-based elementary learning

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri legislators have introduced House Bill 2230, which mandates that 70% of elementary school assignments be completed using paper and pencil to enhance student learning. The ...
The Conversation

Australian students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers – does this need to change?

Anabela Malpique has received funding from The Ian Potter Foundation and currently receives funding from The Collier Charitable Foundation. Deborah Pino Pasternak has received funding from the ...
Printing Impressions

New Research on Screens, Learning, and the Role of Paper

Back in 2019, industry voices were already asking whether a “digital backlash” was on the horizon as people began to question the impact of constant screens and social media on their own lives and ...
San Francisco Fed

What Is a Tariff Shock? Insights from 150 years of Tariff Policy

In this paper we exploit 150 years of tariff policy in the US and abroad to estimate the short-run effects of tariff shocks on macro aggregates. A careful review of the major changes in US tariff ...
C&EN

Development of Pesticide-Likeness Scores and Models for Predicting Pesticide Activity of Molecular Scaffolds with Machine Learning

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Non-Commercial (NC): Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted. No ...