In 1999, the Indian computer scientist and educational theorist Sugata Mitra created a small, if audacious, learning ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

Two important things happened on January 20, 2025. In Washington, D.C., Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States. In Hangzhou, China, a little-known Chinese firm called DeepSeek ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers. OpenAI just revealed what its new in-house team, OpenAI for Science, has been up to. The ...

Learn how to analyze motion graphs in physics, including position-time and velocity-time graphs. This video explains slopes, areas, and motion behavior to help you clearly interpret real physics ...

Florida lawmakers are considering bills to expand the state's swim lesson voucher program. The proposed expansion would make children aged 1 to 7 eligible for free swim classes. Florida currently ...

The cost of child care is at an all-time high. The typical American family with young kids now spends more on child care than housing. In most of the developed world, the government pays for child ...

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Questions are swirling among golfers in the D.C. area about what will happen to the District’s three public golf courses, after news Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s administration terminating ...

Have you ever fantasized about going back in time to relive a moment — or change it? Maybe you’re more interested in traveling to the future where cars fly and the code to immortality has been cracked ...

Some students in Ana Belen Abadias’ and Kimberly Ramacho’s second-grade classes at North Elementary School never experienced being in a swimming pool or Lake Michigan, but they got their chance as ...