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Beyond Play and Phones

Peter Gray, a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College, argues in his book "Restoring Childhood" that the loss of unstructu…

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The bottleneck in every classroom: Working memory, cognitive load, and the conditions for learning

Working memory acts as the bottleneck in every classroom. When students absorb new information, their working memory capacity determines how much they…

Oct 26, 2026
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10 Ways to Teach Students About AI and Energy Use

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Oct 18, 2026
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Treating depression during pregnancy may benefit baby’s brain development – new research

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Oct 17, 2026
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Can my health records be used for medical research?

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Oct 15, 2026
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The Metrics-Driven L&D Function: How to Prove Learning Actually Moves the Business

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Oct 11, 2026
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Let’s work to keep our students while we still have them

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Oct 6, 2026
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Kauri dieback threatens more than trees: it could change how much carbon forests store

# Kauri Dieback Threatens Forest Carbon Storage Forests affected by severe kauri dieback shift from accumulating carbon to losing it, according to ne…

Oct 5, 2026
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Access Isn't Enough: A Data-Confident Culture Needs Guardrails, Not Just Dashboards

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Oct 2, 2026
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Scientists predicted Friday 13 November 2026 will be ‘Doomsday.’ Should you be worried?

# When a 1960 Population Forecast Predicted 'Doomsday' in 2026 A 1960 scientific paper published in the journal Science made a stark prediction: huma…

Sep 30, 2026
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Alien life? Why the possibility of exoplanet LHS 1140b emitting helium gas is so exciting

# Exoplanet LHS 1140b Shows Signs of Potential Habitability, Sparking Fresh Interest in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Scientists have identifi…

Sep 29, 2026
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Exercise before surgery improves outcomes and shortens recovery time – new research

# Exercise Before Surgery Improves Recovery and Shortens Hospital Stays, Research Shows Patients who exercise before surgery experience faster recove…

Sep 29, 2026
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Even the best telescopes have blind spots. This fix can help us build better maps of the universe

# Tiny Robots Are Helping Scientists Map the Universe More Accurately Ground-based telescopes struggle with a fundamental problem: they cannot observ…

Sep 28, 2026
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One of Canada’s worst invasive species may have arrived naturally

# Long-held assumptions about Canada's invasive spiny water flea face scientific challenge Canadian researchers have overturned a core assumption abo…

Sep 27, 2026
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What does it mean to ‘control’ for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explains

# What "Controlling" for Variables Really Means in Research When scientists publish findings about education, health, or technology, they often claim…

Sep 27, 2026
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An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos

# Early Universe Research Reshapes Scientists' Understanding of Cosmic Origins Cosmologists are turning renewed attention to the early universe, a pe…

Sep 27, 2026
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Email Pitch Examples: 15 Templates For PR, Partnerships, And B2B Outreach

I appreciate you sharing this, but I need to flag something: this article isn't about education policy, practice, research, or institutional change. I…

Sep 26, 2026
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Curious Kids: does music affect how plants grow?

# Does Music Really Help Plants Grow? Here's What Science Shows The claim that playing music accelerates plant growth has circulated for decades, cap…

Sep 25, 2026

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