The Swellesley Report1h
Wellesley Public Schools students’ English MCAS scores remain lower post-pandemic; math & science mostly positive
State-wide MCAS scores show that Wellesley elementary and middle school students still have not recovered to pre-pandemic ...
Donald Trump, Kamala Harris are visiting Texas. Does that mean Senate race is in play?
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ trips to Texas signal a Texas Senate race that is in play, ...
What is fascism? And why does Harris say Trump is a fascist?
Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied, “Yes, I do.
Science Daily4h
No wasted effort: Effective wastewater surveillance methods for monitoring infections gleaned from COVID-19 case study in Japan
A research team analyzed wastewater surveillance methods for accurately tracking COVID-19 infection trends. Using wastewater data from Sapporo dating from April 2021-September 2023, they explored ...
Science Daily6h
ClinGen creates a robust, open-access platform to define the clinical relevance of genes and variants
The Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen), a resource that works to define the clinical relevance of genes and variants, has published data on more than 2,700 genes curated for relevance to genetic ...
Live Science8h
Keeping time: The history, origin and meanings of B.C. and A.D.
The use of "anno domini" and "before Christ" to mark time began in the early days of Christianity, and they're still used to track calendar years today.
Quanta Magazine9h
Why Is It So Hard to Define a Species?
The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 ...