The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2025

Emma Bittner considered getting a masters degree in public health at a nearby university, but the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped to spend. So she checked out masters degrees she could pursue remotely, on her laptop, which she was sure would be much cheaper. The price for the same degree, online, was just as much.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 15, 2025

The human skeleton has long been a resource for science, offering insights into disease, migration, and evolution. But behind every collection of bones stored in laboratories and museums lies a deeper story—one of power, consent, and ethics. A recent paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology urges anthropologists and anatomists to confront the legacy of human skeletal collections and calls for a new ethical framework that prioritizes transparency, community collaboration, an

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Living Geography

MARCH 15, 2025

British Antarctic Survey have released a brand new map showing the continent without ice, called Bedmap3. Known as Bedmap3, it incorporates more than six decades of survey data acquired by planes, satellites, ships and even dog-drawn sleds. The results are published this week (12 March) in the journal Scientific Data. The map gives us a clear view of the white continent as if its 27 million cubic km of ice have been removed, revealing the hidden locations of the tallest mountains and the deepest

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Life and Landscapes

MARCH 15, 2025

SURROUNDING THE STEAMBOAT CABIN THEATRE Time, like a river, flows with only one leaning. For time, like a river, there is only the future. And for water, all of its movement is always downriver. But rolling waters spin off on its edges, playing like errant children, creating swirls folding back on eternity. Seeking a moments hesitation within which water-based life can again be certain, before resuming its race to the final destination and obliterating its history.

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Living Geography

MARCH 15, 2025

Another Zoopla-style site offering which shows locational data and may be useful for providing secondary data for NEA style projects.

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Moler's Musing

MARCH 15, 2025

Sometimes, I get so caught up in trying to create the best learning experience possible that I hit a wall. My brain just shuts down, or I avoid the process altogether because the thought of planning one more lesson feels like too much. But today, I had a thought. I often turn on CBS Sunday Morning or scroll through random YouTube videos, not because I have to, but because I genuinely enjoy learning.

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