NASA Pi Day Challenge: Celebrate the Mathematical Marvel With Stellar Math Problems
Pi Day is a day for people to celebrate and appreciate the importance of pi in our lives, and is often marked by various events…
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Teams Forge Forward in NASA Moon Metal Production Challenge
Seven university teams were selected to develop concepts supporting metal production on the Moon in NASA’s 2023 annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge:…
New Study Links Premature Birth to Worse School Grades
However, researchers note that variations in brain function may be primarily driven by the social environment rather than one’s birth age. According to a recent…
New Study Uncovers a Surprising Health Benefit of Education: It Protects Your Gut
Edith Cowan University’s groundbreaking research reveals strong genetic ties and protective effects of education on several gut disorders. The benefits of education are well known,…
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT’s Stunning Results on the US Medical Licensing Exam
The AI software was able to achieve passing scores for the exam, which usually requires years of medical training. OpenAI’s ChatGPT can score at or…
NASA Awards $11.7 Million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
NASA is awarding $11.7 million to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and…
Outstanding Results: New Method Allows Struggling Children To Crack the Reading Code
Children learn to read faster when they are given appropriate challenges. Reading is the foundation for many subjects, yet a significant number of children face…
Surprising Research Reveals Religion Is Not the Main Reason for Rejection of Evolution in Schools
A survey of 5,500 Brazilian and Italian school students aged 14-16 pointed to nationality, social perceptions of science, and household income as more influential than…
Not Effective? New Study Finds Little Objective Evidence Supporting Learner-Centered Teaching Methods
A new study indicates that there is a lack of concrete evidence supporting the effectiveness of learner-centered teaching methods. These methods, which are often promoted…
COVID-19 “Severely Ruptured” Social Skills of the World’s Poorest Children
Primary school pupils were less confident talking to others and found it harder to make friends after the pandemic. Two interlinked studies, involving 8,000 primary…
Wide and Lasting Consequences: Teachers Give Girls Higher Grades Than Boys
The study found that girls were often given better grades than boys, even if they had the same academic competency. According to a recent study…
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon
When Rose Ferreira first saw an image of a field of galaxies and galaxy clusters from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in July, she “went…
Lacking Diversity and Equality: Just a Handful of Universities Control Flow of Ideas, People in Academia
According to new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder), just five U.S. universities have trained 1-in-8 tenure-track faculty members serving at…
New Research Shows ADHD Medication Doesn’t Help Kids Learn
For decades, most doctors, parents, and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learn. However, in the first…
Science, Art, and Sustainability: How To Tie-Dye Cotton With Acorns and Rust
Tie-dyeing is a fun activity that can spice up clothing, such as t-shirts, with colorful patterns. Although tie-dye kits are available to buy in stores,…
Predicting Hidden Intentions: Algorithm Predicts Which Students Will Drop Out of Math Courses
Social science researchers at the University of Tübingen develops a statistical method for separating different levels of influence. In the subjects of science and technology,…
Learn Physics in Your Kitchen: Do-It-Yourself Fluid Mechanics
Home study projects of complex fluids in anyone’s kitchen, using readily available equipment and substances. Although the COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions across the educational…
Lunabotics Junior: NASA Names Winners of Lunar Robotics Design Contest
NASA has chosen two students as winners of the Lunabotics Junior Contest, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the agency’s Artemis missions. Contestants were…
