[ad_1] ‘Is it Safe?’: Dust Exposure from Treasure Island Navy Base Clean Up Raises Health Concerns Residents worry dust from Navy’s clean-up may contain chemical and radiological contaminants but often can’t avoid it in their day-to-day lives. As a child in the late 1970s, Alexandria Rockett liked to visit Naval Station Treasure Island to help ...

[ad_1] Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted an event to explore digital marketing for children. This is a rough transcript. If you have 5 hours to spare, you can watch the video that will be posted on the event page soon. The big question is whether the FTC will update its updated testimonials and ...

[ad_1] st. George —Fear or lack of knowledge about guns? Rustin Staheli stands in his military uniform. The location and date have not been specified. Photo credit: Rustin Staheli, St. George News Rastin Staheli, a National Rifle Association certified instructor, said he completed a nine-year military career that included everything from artillery to military intelligence ...

[ad_1] With more people shopping online in the business world, there was a need to train Bouch’s 30 business owners on digital business. This training aims to equip participants with the skills to run a business online and compete with other developed nations around the world. The training is facilitated by the Small and Medium ...

[ad_1] Giorgia Meloni is expected to become the next Prime Minister of Italy.Credit: Nicolò Campo/LightRocket/Getty Last week’s Italian general election saw a clear victory for the right-wing coalition, with far-right leader Giorgia Meloni becoming the first female prime minister in a country where political leaders were overwhelmingly male. But researchers have little hope that the ...

[ad_1] UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has dissolved Parliament’s Strategic Science Committee.Credit: Dylan Martinez/Getty The British scientific community is calling on new Prime Minister Liz Truss to appoint a science minister. The science minister, who has been vacant for nearly three months, is calling on him to recommit to the previous government’s policy of making ...

[ad_1] Credit: Shutterstock SciFri Findings is a series that explores new practices in journalism and science communication, and their impact on our audiences. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest reports! At the start of 2020, we had grand plans for C*Science programming, (often called citizen science, community science, or crowd-sourced science) “crowdsourcing” nonprofessional ...

[ad_1] DURHAM, N.C. — Disguising ’til you make it turns out to be true for children too: Young girls who embrace the role of successful female scientists like Marie Curie are more likely to play challenging science games. Lasts long. A new study published Sept. 28 in the journal Psychological Science found that scientific role-playing ...