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Studies Show That Teaching Gratitude in School Makes Kids Happier

Studies Show That Teaching Gratitude in School Makes Kids Happier

Research has shown that practicing gratitude has several benefits for children: it "increases their positive emotions and optimism, dec...

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US Gun Deaths--Interactive Visualization Tool

US Gun Deaths--Interactive Visualization Tool

Using data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and from the World Health Organization, the data visualization firm Periscopic cre...

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Restless America: Visualizing Interstate Migration Patterns

Restless America: Visualizing Interstate Migration Patterns

Independent data journalist Chris Walker used migration figures from the US Census American Community Survey (ACS) to create an interactive...

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

A new  report by the American Civil Liberties Union examines one of the fastest growing populations in the prison system: people sentenced ...

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Why Doesn't Concern Over Income Inequality Translate Into Support for Redistributive Policies?

Why Doesn't Concern Over Income Inequality Translate Into Support for Redistributive Policies?

Attitudes about inequality in the US present a puzzle for economists: according to some figures, three-quarters of Americans believe inequal...

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The Higher The Chocolate Consumption, The More ... Serial Killers?

The Higher The Chocolate Consumption, The More ... Serial Killers?

A recent article published in PLoS ONE  (an international, peer-reviewed, online journal) discusses the dangers of using Big Data inappropri...

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The American Health-Wealth Paradox

The American Health-Wealth Paradox

An Institute of Medicine report published earlier this year examined the American health-wealth paradox: while the US enjoys great wealth a...

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Adolescent Birth Rate Around the World

Adolescent Birth Rate Around the World

A new study by the UN Population Fund, " Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy ," reports that &qu...

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Digital Distractions in The Classroom

Digital Distractions in The Classroom

A recent study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher Bernard McCoy surveyed 777 students at six U.S. universities about classroom use...

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US Students Math Skills

US Students Math Skills

Across the world primary school students' performance in math and science is assessed using the international exam Trends in Internation...

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Supplemental Poverty Rate: A Different Way of Measuring Poverty

Supplemental Poverty Rate: A Different Way of Measuring Poverty

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released supplemental poverty figures for 2012 .  Supplemental poverty measures offer a different way of me...

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Views on Digital Privacy Differ Across Countries

Views on Digital Privacy Differ Across Countries

According to a survey by the Boston Consulting Group, views about digital privacy (social networking information, call records, website visi...

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1 In 4 Americans Say They'd Buy Pot If It Became Legal

A recent HuffPost/YouGov poll shows that nine percent of respondents buy marijuana at least on rare occasions, but 26 percent indicated they...

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Americans' Distorted View of China's Economic Power

Americans' Distorted View of China's Economic Power

A new poll by the financial website The Street suggests that Americans have a distorted view of the US' and China's respective eco...

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Educational Policies Linked to Epidemic of ADHD Diagnoses

According to a recent New York Times article, "The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the A.D.H.D Epidemic,"  the sharp increase in the nu...

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Early Exposure to the Arts Linked to Later Success in Science

Early Exposure to the Arts Linked to Later Success in Science

A study published in Economic Development Quarterly found a strong correlation between early childhood exposure to the creative arts and su...

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