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1### [Call for Healthcare Leaders to Ensure Women and Girls Have Access to Safe and Affordable Menstrual Products and Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210825143037.htm)
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3Aug. 26, 2021 - A new commentary reinforces the need to engage the public in understanding the importance of menstrual health. This includes sufficient funding and more research to educate young people, their ...
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7### [College Drinking Declined During Pandemic](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210816081420.htm)
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9Aug. 16, 2021 - Researchers say social distancing contributed to a decline in drinking among first-year college students. But the downward trend could change with the return to ...
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13### [Assigned Classroom Seats Can Promote Friendships Between Dissimilar Students, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210811162826.htm)
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15Aug. 11, 2021 - A study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends -- both for pairs of similar students and pairs of students who ...
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19### [Most of UC San Diego's COVID-19 Cases Detected Early by Wastewater Screening](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210811131552.htm)
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21Aug. 11, 2021 - Part of UC San Diego's Return to Learn program, wastewater screening helped prevent outbreaks by detecting 85 percent of cases early, allowing for timely testing, contact tracing and ...
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25### [Women, Early-Career Academics More Likely to Feel Like 'Impostors' in Disciplines That Prize Brilliance, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210805124605.htm)
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27Aug. 5, 2021 - The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or 'brilliance' for success, the more both women and early-career academics feel professionally inadequate -- like ...
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31### [New Research Infuses Equity Principles Into the Algorithm Development Process](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210730104308.htm)
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33July 30, 2021 - Researchers have found a new approach to incorporating the larger web of relevant data for predictive modeling for individual and community health ...
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37### [Older Adults Just as Good as Younger People at Learning to Help Others](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210721102345.htm)
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39July 22, 2021 - Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviors that benefit ...
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43### [Regular Rapid Testing Detects COVID-19 Soon Enough to Stop Transmission in Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210708143931.htm)
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45July 8, 2021 - Proactive, frequent rapid testing of all students for COVID-19 is more effective at preventing large transmission clusters in schools than measures that are only initiated when someone develops ...
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49### [New Study Shows Mathematical Models Helped Reduce the Spread of COVID-19](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210707133016.htm)
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51July 7, 2021 - Researchers have published new findings that take a first look at the use of SARS-CoV-2 mathematical modeling to inform early statewide policies enacted to reduce the spread of the coronavirus ...
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155### [Adolescent Marijuana, Alcohol Use Held Steady During COVID-19 Pandemic](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210624135526.htm)
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357June 24, 2021 - Adolescent marijuana use and binge drinking did not significantly change during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite record decreases in the substances' perceived availability, according to a survey ...
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55109### [Online Learning Doesn't Improve Student Sleep Habits, Research Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506163618.htm)
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57111May 6, 2021 - New research suggests that students learning remotely become night owls but do not sleep more despite the time saved commuting, working or attending social ...
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61### [Targeted Methods to Control SARS-CoV-2 Spread](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505113718.htm)
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63May 5, 2021 - Researchers analyze more palatable alternatives to the kind of social distancing mandates that threw a wrench at how businesses, schools and even family gatherings ...
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67115### [New Guidelines for Schools Recommend Against Food Bans](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505075043.htm)
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69117May 5, 2021 - Schools and child care centres should train staff on food allergies and have epinephrine available to treat anaphylaxis, but new guidelines do not recommend food ...
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73### [New Approaches for Teaching Science Remotely Arise from the COVID-19 Crisis](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427110657.htm)
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75Apr. 27, 2021 - A new paper on college science classes taught remotely points to teaching methods that enhance student communication and collaboration, offering a framework for enriching online instruction as the ...
123- [Call for Healthcare Leaders to Ensure Women and Girls Have Access to Safe and Affordable Menstrual Products and Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210825143037.htm)
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79### [Individualized Training Is Key for Autistic Adolescents Learning to Drive](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210420092849.htm)
127- [College Drinking Declined During Pandemic](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210816081420.htm)
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81Apr. 20, 2021 - A new study identified clear strengths and a series of specific challenges autistic adolescents experience while learning to ...
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131- [Assigned Classroom Seats Can Promote Friendships Between Dissimilar Students, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210811162826.htm)
132- [Most of UC San Diego's COVID-19 Cases Detected Early by Wastewater Screening](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210811131552.htm)
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85### [Researchers Use AI to Empower Environmental Regulators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210419182101.htm)
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87Apr. 19, 2021 - Monitoring environmental compliance is a particular challenge for governments in poor countries. A new machine learning approach that uses satellite imagery to pinpoint highly polluting brick kilns ...
136- [Women, Early-Career Academics More Likely to Feel Like 'impostors' In Disciplines That Prize Brilliance, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210805124605.htm)
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91### [Reliable COVID-19 Short-Term Forecasting](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415170735.htm)
140- [New Research Infuses Equity Principles Into the Algorithm Development Process](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210730104308.htm)
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93Apr. 15, 2021 - Researchers have developed a new model for making short-term projections of daily COVID-19 cases that is accurate, reliable and easily used by public health officials and other ...
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144- [Older Adults Just as Good as Younger People at Learning to Help Others](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210721102345.htm)
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97### [Objective Analysis of Stress in the Classroom](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415114105.htm)
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99Apr. 15, 2021 - Is it the difficulty of a task that determines whether or not students are stressed when working on it? Biologists working in biology didactics set out to find out the answers; to this end, the team ...
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103### [Lower COVID-19 Rates Seen in U.S. States With Higher Adherence to Mask Wearing](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210414154949.htm)
152- [New Study Shows Mathematical Models Helped Reduce the Spread of COVID-19](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210707133016.htm)
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105Apr. 14, 2021 - A new state-by-state analysis shows a statistical association between high adherence to mask wearing and reduced rates of COVID-19 in the United ...
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109### [COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Linked With Six Unhealthy Eating Behaviors](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210412114740.htm)
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111Apr. 12, 2021 - A new probe into the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviors, according to a new ...
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115### [For Girls, Learning Science Outside Linked to Better Grades, Knowledge](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407143824.htm)
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117Apr. 7, 2021 - A study suggests outdoor education could be a promising tool to help close gender gaps in ...
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157- [Targeted Methods to Control SARS-CoV-2 Spread](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505113718.htm)
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211243- [Study Suggests Teacher-Student Bonds May Be Especially Important for Homeless Kids](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210222124638.htm)
212244- [Focus on the Positive to Improve Classroom Behavior](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210222124522.htm)
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248- [Most Teen Bullying Occurs Among Peers Climbing the Social Ladder](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217151139.htm)
216249- [Foreign Language Learners Should Be Exposed to Slang in the Classroom and Here's Why....](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217121727.htm)
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253- [Limited Transmission of COVID-19 from Open Schools but Teachers Were Affected: Swedish Study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210212101842.htm)
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257- [Learning by Observation Reduces Cognitive Bias, Research Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210211113902.htm)
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402443- [Failure to 'flatten the Curve' May Kill More People Than We Thought](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200824105538.htm)
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410- [New Study Calculates Alarming Lifetime Risk of Death from Firearms and Drug Overdoses in the United States](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200819133709.htm)
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414- [School Flu Vaccine Program Reduces Community-Wide Influenza Hospitalizations](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818142139.htm)
415- [Smartphones Are Lowering Student's Grades on Closed-Book Exams](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818114941.htm)
416- [Women Less Likely to Receive Pay for College Internships](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818094024.htm)
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418Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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420- [Engaging Undergrads Remotely With an Escape Room Game](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812144012.htm)
421- [Soldiers Could Teach Future Robots How to Outperform Humans](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812144008.htm)
422- [Teens' Social Media Use Does Not Raise Risk for Depression, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812094844.htm)
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424Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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426- [Machine Learning Can Predict Market Behavior](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811142913.htm)
427- [Experts Recommend Strict, Costly Approaches for Reopening Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811120131.htm)
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429Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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431- [COVID-19 Study in Australia Confirms Low Transmission in Educational Settings](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200804100225.htm)
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435- [Young Kids Could Spread COVID-19 as Much as Older Children and Adults, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200730141324.htm)