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The amount of homework teachers are assigning in many districts has declined over the past few years. And a deeper dive shows that educators in high-poverty school systems are less likely to give out ...

Gary Anderson was studying architecture at the University of Southern California when he saw the poster. It was 1970, and environmentalism was in the air, along with a broader antiestablishment vibe. ...

Hershey's (HSY) iconic Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is at the center of a controversy after Brad Reese, grandson of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor H.B. Reese, publicly accused the company of quietly ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

Parents are not just quietly signing reading logs anymore. When one mom told her child’s kindergarten teacher she was opting out of homework for the sake of mental health, the move hit a nerve with ...

The thermometer doesn't always tell us how cold it feels outside. An Erie man came up with a formula that does. Wind chill, or how cold it actually feels based on the combined intensity of cold and ...

Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “What is art?” Art is something people make to share ideas or feelings. It can make others think or feel something too. Art can ...

James Moylan, who thought up the little arrow on your gas gauge that tells you what side of the car your fuel filler sits, has passed away. Moylan was a Ford interior trim designer who came up with ...

The origins of nuclear power are complicated because it wasn't discovered by a single person. Nuclear power is a product of many scientists and engineers who worked across generations and borders.

When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than earlier light sources, and they made more activities, for both work and play, ...

NORWICH, Conn. (WFSB) - A display at Norwich Free Academy honors one of its most famous graduates, Dr. Edwin Land, who invented the Polaroid camera and founded the Polaroid Corporation in 1937. Land ...