Thought of the Day Today December 30: Understanding B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning This perspective is deeply aligned with Skinner’s scientific work. In operant conditioning, behavior is shaped ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...

PARIS — France's latest political controversy isn't about taxes, retirement or even cuts to summer vacation. It's about air conditioning. As European summers get hotter, some say: Turn it on. Others ...

Nine months after voters approved a mill levy to provide Poudre School District with $49 million a year for school improvements, 32 of those schools still remain without air conditioning. PSD, which ...

Air conditioning can feel heaven-sent on hot summer days. It keeps temperatures comfortable and controls humidity, making indoor environments tolerable even on the most brutally warm days. But some ...

As heat waves batter Europe, the need (or not) for air-conditioning has become part of the political tug of war in France between the right and the left. By Aurelien Breeden and Josh Holder Aurelien ...

PARIS—Rising summer temperatures have softened Europe’s resistance to air conditioning and touched off a new political fight about the wisdom of installing the technology everywhere, U.S.-style. A ...

The Miami Hurricanes stayed in-house to fill their top strength and conditioning job, promoting Ervin Young to the position vacated by Aaron Feld’s recent resignation. Young returned to UM as ...

Operant conditioning is a theory that explains how behaviors are influenced by their consequences or results. It’s often used today to help people adopt new behaviors or change old habits. If you’ve ...

Everyone knows that when an anime villain is named after a real life person, they are going to be an amazing character. Such is the case with Lazarus's villain, Dr. Skinner, who has been named after ...