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Fish surveys in the 1960s detected what experts thought was a dead coral reef barrier off the country of Benin. Decades later, researchers set off in small fishing boats to investigate it using sonar mapping, underwater drone surveys and stationary video recorders
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A national study finds a 10-point rise in school leader effectiveness is tied to a 4% improvement in student learning outcomes.
Psychedelics, drugs that alter people's perceptions, mood and thoughts, have recently shown promise for the treatment of some psychiatric disorders. Yet many psychedelic drugs remain controlled substances in most countries worldwide.
Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. The prevailing philosophy of American higher education is simple enough: The best-funded…
Sophie Adenot has become the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk, joining NASA’s Anil Menon outside the International Space Station.
Climate change has brought the northern region’s longest dry spell for at least 1,200 years.
Gravitational wave astronomy has seen plenty of improvements since the original signal was captured in 2015. Despite that, it remains an engineering challenge to actually create the detectors needed for the precise measurements that gravitational waves require.
