12 January 2023
School districts and universities are banning the ChatGPT AI that writes in a human-like fashion, but some teachers say a better approach may be to incorporate it into the curriculum
17 November 2022
In a study of more than 330,000 people, five genetic variants and being educated to university level were together linked to short-sightedness
31 August 2022
Giving a TED talk wasn't easy, but I wanted to make sure my audience came away with a better understanding of dark matter, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
17 August 2022
Rather than helping, lessons may be encouraging pupils to dwell on negative feelings without the necessary support to address them
3 June 2021
University students tend to get lower grades if their classes and lectures begin early in the morning, because they struggle to wake up early enough to attend them
4 November 2020
Home schooling in the coronavirus pandemic has been the time for educational technology to shine, but flaws have meant it hasn't lived up to its promise, says Justin Reich
3 July 2020
Many of the people behind world-changing medical discoveries wouldn't have got into medical school by today’s standards, thanks to poor grades or misbehaving
10 January 2020
It is claimed so-called polygenic scores for education could help teachers, but a large study shows they don't reveal anything useful about individuals
13 June 2019
Schoolchildren in the US who are from poorer or ethnic minority backgrounds are much more likely to be exposed to noise pollution from cars and planes
20 February 2019
Tega is a cute, fluffy robot that appears to boost language skills in young children. Soon it will be trialled in a dozen classrooms in the US
