The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed just how inadequately the world is prepared for outbreaks of infectious diseases. Even many developed countries have been caught under-prepared even though ...

The pandemic has rolled back decades of economic progress and wrought havoc on public finances. To build back better and fight climate change, sizable public investment needs to be sustainably ...

In everyday usage, knowledge refers to awareness of or familiarity with various objects, events, ideas, or ways of doing things. But, as philosophers have noted for centuries, things get complicated ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. In everyday usage, knowledge ...

The study was published in the journal -- Psychological Science. “Background knowledge plays a key role in students’ reading comprehension. Our findings show that if students don’t have sufficient ...

A new study from a pair of Penn State researchers finds that passing the US Citizenship Test as a high school graduation requirement does nothing to improve youth ...

Would you know what to do if you were caught in an emergency situation? It is important for every adult to know how to perform basic first-aid skills like CPR, the Heimlich manoeuvre and more. It's ...