Många politiker har inte en vetenskaplig eller teknisk bakgrund. Ändå ligger just dessa områden till grund för utformningen av många policyer och viktiga beslut. I Storbritannien finns därför Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology som ska tillhandahålla fakta om den senaste vetenskapliga utvecklingen.
Technology leaders often take the reins on the path to digital transformation, writes John Connolly, chief technology officer for Consolidated High School District 230 in Orland Park, Ill.
Researchers analyzed more than 13,000 identical twins ages 9 to 15 and found that a child's learning motivation was influenced by genetics and the environment, with each factor accounting for up to 50% of a child's motivation behavior. The findings were published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
About 50% of middle- and high-school students who participated in a recent study admitted to engaging in social media abuse. Researchers found the problems were greater in wealthier school districts - likely because students have greater access to technology.
A Norwegian study of 32,662 pairs of mothers and children found that toddlers often had emotional or behavioral problems at the same age if they got less than 13 hours of sleep each night.
A UK study looked at more than 5,000 15-year-olds and found that those with the highest levels of exposure to alcohol use in films were 25% more likely to have tried drinking alcohol and were 74% more likely to have participated in binge drinking than their peers who were not exposed to these films.
Forskning resulterar ofta i vetenskapliga publikationer som enbart når andra forskare. Att istället involvera allmänheten, så kallad public engagement, kan ge fördelar både för forskningen och samhället.
Nu har Statens medieråd för sjätte gången presenterat sin enkätundersökning "Ungar och medier", som genomförts vartannat år sedan 2005. Årets undersökning visar att surfplattor i allt högre grad ersätter eller kompletterar datorer, skriver Stefan Pålsson, Skolverket.