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Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.
The psychologist who fundamentally changed how teachers talk to children warns her message has been lost in translation.
My Tuesday post examined parents’ limited options in the age of the standardized test. But what is a teacher to do who is fed up with the testing regime? “I’d […]
nn This might not be directly related to a volcanic eruption, but it has been picked up by a lot of news sources, so I thought I’d give it a […]
By challenging your preconceptions, art offers a framework by which you can solve problems.
For centuries, the only way to travel between the Old and New World was through ships like the RMS Lusitania. Experiences varied wildly depending on your income.
"Oosouji" or "big cleaning" is much more than a chance to tidy up.
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
Nikolaas Tinbergen's concept of "supernormal stimulus" explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.
It could make enough drinking water for a family of four.
Germany finds itself once again allowing a murderous dictator to run rampant in Europe, though this time it is due to incompetence and technophobia rather than malice.
Think leisure is pointless?
Although many dinosaurs never left the ground, they still possessed the basic structural framework for flight.
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
On long-haul flights, some airlines show shipwrecks on their in-flight maps. The aim is to entertain; the result is often to horrify.
Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a 'fight or run' reaction.
Some mysteries take generations to unfold.
Robert Whitaker discusses the long-term impact of prescription medication.
'The Broad and Narrow Way' helped 19th-century preachers explain the consequences of virtue and vice.
Many renowned writers have revelled in the gifts of their non-native tongues.
The Pew Research Group conducted a survey on the most important life skills to several thousand Americans. Here's what they said.
Like sneaking veggies into dessert, these board games teach STEM, strategy, and executive functions through the joys of play.
LIGO, here on Earth, has exquisitely-precise distances its lasers travel. With three spacecrafts in motion, how could LISA work? Since it began operating in 2015, advanced LIGO has ushered in an […]
Almost 200 cognitive biases rule our everyday thinking. A new codex boils them down to 4.
Going mad with Christmas cheer? Try one of these alternatives.
It's an asteroid, it's a comet, it's actually a spacecraft?
A perspective from Brother Guy Consolmagno, astronomer and theologian.
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former senior aide to President Donald Trump, says she’s recorded multiple secret audio tapes at the White House, including one of her firing by Chief of Staff John Kelly.