American Students Lag Behind Asian and European Peers

Ice Age struck indigenous Australians hard

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A NEW STUDY HAS revealed how indigenous Australians coped with the last Ice Age, roughly 20,000 years ago. Researchers say that when the climate cooled dramatically, Aboriginal groups sought refuge in well-watered areas, such as along rivers, and populations were...
American Students Lag Behind Asian and European Peers

Global Warming Hiatus

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Theories as to why Earth’s average surface temperature hasn’t risen in recent years include an idea that the Pacific Ocean goes through decades-long cycles of absorbing heat. It’s a climate puzzle that has vexed scientists for more than a decade and...
American Students Lag Behind Asian and European Peers

Student Loan Policy Reaping Profit

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Student Loan Policy Reaping $51 Billion Profit The Obama administration is forecast to turn a record $51 billion profit this year from student loan borrowers, a sum greater than the earnings of the nation’s most profitable companies and roughly equal to the...
American Students Lag Behind Asian and European Peers

Greenland ice loss may as severe

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Greenland ice loss may not be as severe as believed, new study suggests The ice melt from Greenland’s glaciers may not be as bad as originally believed. New research presented in Nature suggests that the recently seen rapid ice loss will eventually slow to...
American Students Lag Behind Asian and European Peers

Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Another Record

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Antarctic sea ice set another record this past week, with the most amount of ice ever recorded on day 256 of the calendar year (September 12 of this leap year). Please, nobody tell the mainstream media or they might have to retract some stories and admit they are...