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Sugata Mitra

Don't teach kids – I've shown their hive mind can learn on its own

31 October 2018

Educationalist Sugata Mitra's pioneering experiments suggest teaching facts doesn't work in the internet age – fostering creativity and collaboration is the key
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Why Earth's water could be older than Earth itself

31 October 2018

How did water survive Earth's searingly hot birth? A radical new answer turns planetary history on its head – and could revolutionise the search for alien life

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