We found that college students who have children had significantly less time for college than their childless peers – about 4.3 hours less per week, to be specific – and that this “time poverty” is greatest for mothers of preschool-age children. That’s according to a 2021 study of 11,195 U.S. college students. Our study found other trends as well. Student […] … learn more→

Conflict is one of the main barriers to children’s play during school recess. Research has found students experience an average of one conflict at recess every three minutes. My own research shows how well-designed school grounds can reduce conflict and help vulnerable students take part in recess play activities. Clashes happen most often when children organise play themselves. Causes include difficulties […] … learn more→

What exactly is being a good teacher? It is first of all, of course, to master the discipline that one teaches, and to know how to transmit the knowledge which composes it – this aptitude to stage and in riddles the knowledge being what one calls “the didactic expertise. “. But, beyond these skills, it is […] … learn more→

Engineers spend much of their time absorbed in the technical aspects of problems, whether they’re designing the next generation of smartphones or building a subway. As recent news stories attest, this technocentric approach has some critical limitations, and the result can end up harming rather than helping society. For example, artificial intelligence algorithms designed by software engineers […] … learn more→

Many of us could happily fold a paper crane, yet few feel confident solving an equation like x³ – 3 x² – x + 3 = 0, to find a value for x. Both activities, however, share similar skills: precision, the ability to follow an algorithm, an intuition for shape, and a search for pattern and symmetry. I’m a mathematician whose hobby is origami, and I love […] … learn more→

Did you have a break over Christmas / New Years? I hope so. It’s summer here in Australia, so we are rolling into the quiet month of January. For the second year in a row, we have a low fire danger summer, instead of a repeat of the horror of 2019. In fact, it pretty much […] … learn more→

As much as it is important to keep your body fit, mental fitness is equally important.  What if we told you that a 3 min practice, 5 times a day, could change your life. Would you do it?  Mental fitness is a concept that is gaining a lot of popularity. When you are mentally fit, […] … learn more→

“The last star will slowly cool and fade away. With its passing, the universe will become once more a void, without light or life or meaning.” So warned the physicist Brian Cox in the recent BBC series Universe. The fading of that last star will only be the beginning of an infinitely long, dark epoch. All […] … learn more→

Whether owning your own home or dealing with an investment property, these ideas will help you increase the value of your investment for as little initial capital spend as possible. There are ways to increase the value of your home or investment property without stretching your budget too much. Any wise investor would consider these […] … learn more→

Getting the art world on a digital platform the duo have teamed up to give a unique product to people via the NFT sphere. We have seen people from various industries step into unknown territories and make it big. We have one such fine example of present time by the name of Steve Aoki, who […] … learn more→