A friend offhandedly told me recently, “It’s so easy to get my daughter to behave after her birthday – there are so many new toys to take away when she’s bad!” While there is certainly an appeal to such a powerful parenting hack, the truth is that there’s a pretty big downside to parenting with […] … learn more→

Psychologists have long considered how a tendency towards irrational thinking or particular personality traits might predict peoples’ interest in conspiracies. Yet these individual factors do not explain the group processes through which conspiracy theorists are extending their influence and impact. Over five years, we sought out and got to know people on the cusp of becoming conspiracy theorists. And […] … learn more→

If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to care for children’s food needs. Children’s health and nutrition outcomes are nurtured directly by family caregivers, but also by a broader “village” of policymakers and governments, health and education systems, social services and civil-society groups, as well as others working at both national and local […] … learn more→

Pick up an August 2025 issue of Vogue and you’ll come across an advertisement for the brand Guess featuring a stunning model. Yet tucked away in small print is a startling admission: She isn’t real. She was generated entirely by AI. For decades, fashion images have been retouched. But this isn’t airbrushing a real person; it’s a […] … learn more→

Skateboarding is about learning to perform difficult tricks in unfamiliar environments. And it can help young people master other types of skills, as experimented with in learning communities and, sometimes, even schools. At a school in Malmö, Sweden, skateboarding is part of the curriculum. John Dahlquist, vice-principal of Bryggeriets High School , teaches skateboarding lessons and integrates […] … learn more→

The healthcare landscape is poised for unprecedented transformation over the next decade. As we stand at the crossroads of technological innovation and medical advancement, the healthcare system of 2035 will be dramatically different from today’s model. From artificial intelligence revolutionizing diagnostics to personalized medicine becoming the standard of care, the next ten years promise to […] … learn more→

Every day, almost every hour, we use code from various programming languages. We do this when we use apps on our mobile devices to cook, entertain ourselves, listen to music, even navigate from one place to another using a map or get restaurant directions. We depend on them for the most basic activities of our lives, but […] … learn more→

A-level results in 2025 show the increasing popularity of Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) among students. For students taking three A-levels – the majority – the most popular combination of subjects was biology, chemistry and maths. The subject with the greatest rise in entries from 2024 is further maths, followed by economics, maths, physics and chemistry. Maths remains […] … learn more→

In 1917, Sigmund Freud described three “narcissistic insults” that had been caused by science. These were moments of scientific breakthrough that showed humans that we are not as special as we once believed. The first came with astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’s discovery%5D) that we are not at the centre of the universe, because the sun rather than the Earth […] … learn more→

Last year I attended a panel on generative AI in education. In a memorable moment, one presenter asked: “What’s the big deal? Generative AI is like a calculator. It’s just a tool.” The analogy is an increasingly common one. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman himself has referred to ChatGPT as “a calculator for words” and compared comments […] … learn more→