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For the first time in two decades, Massachusetts sophomores took the MCAS without needing it to graduate. The result: they did much worse than last year, and some state officials and others believe ...

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In addition to schoolwork and chores, the young protagonist of Consume Me experiences the pressures of disordered eating. By Shannon Liao In a video game landscape filled with fast-paced first-person ...

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Up to 98 percent of the energy of an earthquake goes into flash heating rocks, not shaking the ground, new research shows. The finding could help yield better earthquake forecasts The shaking produced ...

Two nutrition experts bust the common myths that people subscribe to when trying (but failing) to shed the pounds ...

There are times when counting calories feels like doing math homework you never asked for, and that’s when these 7 indulgent fall desserts come to the rescue. They are made for moments when a little ...