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What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 20, 2024
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
By The Learning Network
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
By The Learning Network
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
By The Learning Network
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
By The Learning Network
How have average summer land temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere changed over the past 72 years?
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What are the unsung jobs that make the world a better — and tastier — place?
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How involved are parents in their young adult children’s lives?
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There is a public and political push to criminalize homelessness. Is it the wrong approach to deal with the problem?
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Why is it so difficult and expensive for Americans to pay taxes every year? Should it be easier?
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How are the prices and sizes of some consumer items changing?
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What is life like for the Taiwanese people caught between two superpowers — China and the United States?
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What do you notice about how electricity generation around the world is changing? What do you wonder?
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What can a food cart in New York City tell us about the national problem of inflation?
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A Palestinian photographer has been documenting the war in Gaza while also trying to survive it. What can we learn from his story and about the role of photojournalists during wartime?
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Over the next quarter-century, what is projected to happen to the distribution of young people around the world? What benefits and challenges might result because of this shift?
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Directors walk viewers through pivotal scenes from their Academy Award-nominated films. What does it take to create a Best Picture nominee?
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What do some fourth graders think are humanity’s biggest problems? Do they think adults are doing a good job of running the world?
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A martial arts master traces the evolution of lion dancing. What can we learn from this physical and spiritual art?
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How is Americans’ love for hamburgers, chicken nuggets and cheese pizza affecting the environment — and specifically groundwater levels?
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A Times Opinion video explores why Republicans and Democrats have moved so far apart on immigration. Is there any hope for a political compromise?
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In 2023, what happened to migrants who attempted to cross the southern border?
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After the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, loved ones of the deceased political prisoner wrote him letters as an act of remembrance and hope. What can we learn from his life and story?
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What do brides in opposite-sex marriages do with their last names?
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Why are some many Americans feeling lonely?
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How has the temperature changed over the past decades?
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In a Times Opinion video, Jeff Seal, a journalist and comedian, makes a colorful case that there’s more than one way for workers to organize. Is he convincing?
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How are the chances of being admitted to an elite college affected by income and by being a legacy applicant?
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What can knitting teach us about embracing life’s messy imperfections?
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Congress has tended to be slow to respond to revolutionary technologies. How long do you think it will take to regulate artificial intelligence?
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What is the current state of local journalism?
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As a 21-year-old college student with a disability, Samuel Habib seeks out guidance from America’s most rebellious disability activists. What can we learn from his journey?
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How does Santa’s wage growth compare with other jobs?
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A coach’s son was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. Should parents allow their children to play dangerous contact sports?
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How do teenagers use social media, and what might be the benefits and risks of life online?
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The Colorado River is shrinking. What’s using all the water?
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A filmmaker’s animated ode to her 107-year-old friend. What can we learn from their remarkable friendship?
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What can be done to reduce the destructive effects of excessive drinking? A Times Opinion video proposes a simple but effective idea.
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How might declining fertility rates affect the world’s future well-being?
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In the Israel-Hamas War, social media demands that we have to choose a side. A Times Opinion video wonders whether we really do.
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What factors do high school students prioritize when selecting a college? How do these compare to the priorities of recent college graduates?
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A collection of mini-documentaries about young people’s coming-of-age.
By Jeremy Engle and Michael Gonchar
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What can we learn from the journey of this remarkable painting?
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What is the future for electric car sales in the U.S. and around the world?
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How does coming-of-age test the bonds between twin brothers?
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Could you have found the easiest words in the New York Times puzzle “Spelling Bee”? How about the hardest words?
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How are Ukrainian children dealing with the horrors and trauma of war?
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Why is the cumulative force of head hits in football so dangerous?
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