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 E-Mail IMAGE: From left, researchers Bin Jiang, Yi Lu and William Sullivan found that more green spaces in an area is associated with a lower racial disparity in coronavirus infection rates. Their... view more  Credit: Photos courtesy Bin Jiang, Yi Lu and William Sullivan CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A higher ratio of green spaces at the county level is associated with a lower racial disparity in coronavirus infection rates, according to a new study. It is the first study to report the significant relationship between the supply of green spaces and reduced disparity in infectious disease rat...

Three same-sex couples are suing for the right to adopt, with the hopes of reaching the Council of Grand Justices for a constitutional interpretation, a coalition of LGBT rights groups said yesterday. It has been two years since marriage equality was legalized, but same-sex couples still do not enjoy the same rights as mixed-sex couples when it comes to adoption, the groups told a news conference in Taipei under the slogan “do not make light of children’s rights.” The law governing same-sex marriage only allows a spouse to adopt the biological child of their partner, preventing the partn...

Marko Geber/Getty Images Kellogg School professor Nicola Bianchi says technology can help close the education gap between rural and urban students. A computer-assisted learning program tested in rural China showed students moving away from agriculture jobs to cognitive-skilled jobs. Technology-based education that's supervised in person is most likely to yield positive results. Where a child is born has enormous influence over their educational future. Even within nations, there tends to be a yawning gap between urban and rural education outcomes. For instance, a...