Scientists Teaching the Unexpected: Quiet Lessons from Unusual Experiments

Science is usually imagined as orderly—white rooms, careful notes, steady progress. In practice, it can be stranger than that. Curiosity has a habit of wandering off-script, especially when researchers try to teach animals ideas borrowed from human life: money, language, fairness, exchange. What follows isn’t a collection of punchlines. These are moments where teaching went … Continue reading Scientists Teaching the Unexpected: Quiet Lessons from Unusual Experiments

6 Mind-Blowing Facts About Nikola Tesla’s Unbelievable Life

Nikola Tesla’s genius was as boundless as his imagination, and his ambitions for the world were almost otherworldly. Had he received the limitless funding he dreamed of, he believed he could have transformed humanity—or perhaps even endangered it. Here are some other incredible, lesser-known facts about Tesla and his unusual life: 1. Tesla’s Lifelong Longevity … Continue reading 6 Mind-Blowing Facts About Nikola Tesla’s Unbelievable Life

Too much homework can cause stress, depression and lower grades, studies suggest

When the lesson is about to end and the teacher announces homework requirements, they might think that a three or four session stuck behind more books and writing after school has finished is going to further their education. But piling on the homework will not help children advance in school, in fact, it could well have the reverse effect entirely. A study by a group of Australian researchers found the average scores of relating to students’ academic performances against the amount of homework dished out at the end of the school day, showed clearly that when more time was spent