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Poor Women And Welfare Reform: Working Without a Net
Welfare and Unemployment Insurance, considered important parts of Americans’ safety net during difficult financial times, have provided little to no help for many low-wage earners who have the shortest distance to fall. Poor women in a study by...
Standard & Poor Confirms a Hypothesis
In my Saturday piece on the downgrading of our Standard & Poor (S&P) credit rating, I hypothesized “that S&P just wanted to take both the Legislative and Executive branches of our Government to task on the grounds that their handling...
Helping Children Learn to Understand Numbers: It’s All in the Way We Speak to Them
Most people know how to count, but the way we master this ability remains something of a puzzle. Numerals were invented only around four to five thousand years ago, meaning it is unlikely that enough time has elapsed for specialized parts of the brain...
Mozambique Launches Updated Version of Its Social Statistics, Demography And Economics Database
Mozambique´s National Institute of Statistics with the support from the United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF, on Thursday launched an updated version of the Social Statistics, Demography and Economics database, UNICEF revealed on Thursday.
Long-term Study Shows Students Must Know About Numbers At Beginning of First Grade
Psychologists at the University of Missouri have identified the beginning of first grade math skills that teachers and parents should target to effectively improve children’s later math learning.
Level Playing Field for Lorry, Bus And Coach Operators Across Europe
Roads Minister Mike Penning has announced a consultation on the implementation of new European Union (EU) rules covering the licensing of lorry, bus and coach operators.
Study Finds ‘law-like’ Patterns in Human Preference Behavior
In a study appearing in the journal PLoS ONE, Massachusetts General Hospital scientists describe finding mathematical patterns underlying the way individuals unconsciously distribute their preferences regarding approaching or avoiding objects in their...
Research Concludes There is No ‘simple Theory of Everything’ Inside the Enigmatic E8
The “exceptionally simple theory of everything,” proposed by surfing physicist Garrett Lisi, does not hold water, says Emory University mathematician Skip Garibaldi. He disproves the theory in a co-authored paper set to appear in Communications...
