Opportunities for learning these skills are everywhere – and there are simple, enjoyable activities that parents can lead to foster these skills. Continue Reading Five math skills your child needs to get ready for kindergarten
As we enter the traditional, post-Labor Day sprint in the campaign season, voters may want to consider how much their vote really counts. Continue Reading Your vote may not count as much as you think
The restoration of Maryland’s Blode Dam is a one-of-a-kind natural experiment that will help test how relatively inexpensive drones can help scientists understand the integrity of streams and rivers. Continue Reading Drones to track one of the largest dam removals on the Eastern Seaboard
Every day there are roughly 386,000 new mouths to feed, and in that same 24 hours, scientists estimate between one and 100 species will go extinct. That’s it. Lost forever. Continue Reading How to conserve half the planet without going hungry
Back in the day, most teens had some sort of job lined up for the summer. Recently, however, that seems to be no longer the case. Continue Reading Why fewer kids work the kind of summer jobs that their parents used to have
The Russian attacks on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the country’s continuing election-related hacking have happened across all three dimensions of cyberspace – physical, informational and cognitive. Continue Reading Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users’ minds
When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably a shark. Sure, sharks are OK, with their sleek, menacing shape and their gaping jaws with rows of jagged teeth. But if you were a fish living on a coral reef or cruising along the shore over the sands of a tropical island, you would fear a far more terrifying predator. Continue Reading A cooler ocean predator than sharks? Consider the mantis shrimps
Historic surveys reveal a deep, long-lasting and bipartisan dissatisfaction with the U.S. government that started over three decades ago. Continue Reading Americans distrusted US democracy long before Trump’s Russia problem
F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy University of Maryland, Baltimore County A federal school safety commission that formed after the Parkland, Florida, school massacre won’t be focusing on guns. That’s according to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who stated recently that firearms were “not part of the commission’s charge per se.” She made the remark in response to a U.S. senator who asked if the commission would consider the role of firearms in school violence. Of course, if the commission were to focus on just guns, they would miss the mark. But as a scholar who studies school… Continue Reading School safety commission misses the mark by ignoring guns
With 25 years of hindsight, “Jurassic Park” marks a pivotal point in the history of visual effects in film. Continue Reading Jurassic Park’ made a dinosaur-sized leap forward in computer-generated animation on screen, 25 years ago
The next big discovery in astronomy? Scientists probably found it years ago – but they don’t know it yet Continue Reading The next big discovery in astronomy?
Experts from UMBC’s School of Public Policy and Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering work together to understand how local governments practice cybersecurity. Continue Reading Local governments’ cybersecurity crisis in 8 charts
