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The first SDG4 target is to both expand access to universal secondary school and to ensure that all children achieve minimum learning outcomes in primary school. To the extent that action must be prioritized, this article argues that achieving universal secondary education is both more feasible at scale and has clearer benefits than improving learning outcomes in primary schools in developing countries.

How effectively do workers perserve their position relative to automation?

NYU Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt makes a definitive case that social media is a major cause of mental illness in teen girls. Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational.

Background and purpose: It has been suggested that trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is related to Parkinson's disease (PD) in observational studies. However, the direction of this association is inconsistent. An exploratory Mendelian randomization study was conducted to investigate whether TMAO and its precursors have a causal relationship with PD. Methods: Summary statistics were obtained for single nucleotide polymorphisms related to circulating levels of TMAO, betaine, carnitine and choline...

Climate change will radically alter how poor countries pursue economic development—with ramifications for national development strategies, the field of global development, and the shape of international security.

Research suggests that families resettled in better areas will have better outcomes for generations.

Old Man Winter was late this time around, but he seems to be making up for lost time. Gusty winds will whip the snow around with the lowest visibility across the open fields of greater Minnesota. Travel will be slow with plowable snowfall amounts and winds gusting to near 40 mph. Be careful out there today.

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Adequate government policies can eliminate the health and death hazards that usually come with business shutdowns.

Creativity brings student performances to life in Virginia Follow Us Question of the Day By JENNY BAKER and The Winchester Star - Associated Press - Sunday, January 17, 2021 WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) - Rewarding and reaffirming - those are two of three words that Courtney Reilly, executive director of performances and engagement at Shenandoah Conservatory, used to describe the past 10 months. And it goes almost witho...