Education

Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.

Science funders are pressuring publishers to make research papers free to read

Universities spend millions every year on academic journal subscriptions for their students and faculty. And while these costs may be manageable for some, they are prohibitive for many less wealth scholars and institutions around the world. That’s why a group of European science funders is going Read More...

How learning something new can help you cope with stress

There are typically two ways people try to deal with this stress. One is to simply “buckle down and power through” — to focus on getting the stressful work done. The other common tactic is to retreat — to temporarily disconnect from work and get away from the stressful environment. Both of Read More...

International online teaching is giving teachers an extra source of income

Teaching is no longer something that’s only done within four classroom walls. Technology now gives teachers the chance to tutor students internationally, allowing them to earn extra money outside of their regular workday. Online teaching help solve two issues; the first is that it makes up for Read More...

Why there’s an ethical obligation to treat individual animals in suffering

When calls are made to save animals such as the polar bear, we usually mean the polar bear species. Such advocacy is, of course, respectable, but there’s also a case to be made about helping individual animals in suffering. If it's us who are causing the global warming phenomenon that is Read More...

What social inequality looks like from the sky

Although the realities of social inequality are not always visible in our day to day lives, from the skies they are easily distinguishable. Social inequality manifests itself in the physical structure of our cities and nowhere is that more apparent than from above. Using aerial drone photography, Read More...

Choo-choo: ‘Baby words’ help infants build their vocabulary faster

Babies hear you better when you use a “y” at the end of a word. “Baby words” like “tummy” and “mummy” help them to build their vocabulary faster. “Choo choo” for train is also helpful to accelerate language acquisition. So, baby talk makes sense, according to this Read More...

Study: we want stability but we learn best in uncertainty

We don’t like change. But a new study shows that we learn more in volatile, uncertain situations. According to the research, there’s more activity in the brain’s prefrontal cortex when a situation is difficult to predict, and less activity when the outcome is more Read More...