Offbeat: Open-access video curriculum improves comprehension of human behavior and motivations —
Ethics Unwrapped, a video-based behavioral ethics curriculum created at The University of Texas at Austin and adopted by educational institutions around the world,...
Offbeat: How the brain decides what to learn —
In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs...
Offbeat: Citizen science programs provide valuable data on intermittent rivers in southwestern US —
A University of Oklahoma-led project is showing how citizen science programs provide valuable data on rivers in southwestern United States. The datasets of...
Offbeat: How experience changes basics of memory formation —
We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar with a particular task, like cooking for...
Offbeat: Pretend porpoise sounds are helping conservation efforts, research shows —
In a first study of its kind, Dr Hanna Nuuttila, currently at Swansea University's College of Science -- together with scientists from the...
Offbeat: Models show that the implementation of the Paris Agreement is critical to avoid...
The world needs to keep global temperatures in check by meeting the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, or more people could...
Offbeat: Political and business interests don’t appear to align with public’s view —
Just about any news story about the Endangered Species Act includes a prominent mention of the controversy around the 45-year-old law.
But when you...
Offbeat: Study shows maternal ‘gatekeeping’ plays a role —
A new father's views on his changing relationship with his wife or partner may depend in part on how much support he feels...
Offbeat: Initially threatened by change, people adapt to societal diversity over time —
President Donald Trump recently introduced immigration reforms that would prioritize education and employment qualifications over family connections in selecting immigrants and nominated immigration...
Offbeat: Protect key habitats, not just wilderness, to preserve species —
Some scientists have suggested we need to protect half of Earth's surface to preserve most of its species. A new Duke University-led study,...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
