“The 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries Of 2024”
“Mathematicians have been extremely busy this year: they’ve discovered the biggest prime number yet, a new formula for pi, mysterious patterns in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and even a whole new kind of shape… Here’s a look at a few of the most exciting mathematical discoveries we wrote about this year.”
“How Does the World’s Largest Library Decide What Becomes History?”
New Support For The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis That Language Can Shape Thought
“All human brains are of course the same, Nordlinger emphasized. But when people are putting thoughts into words, their mental processes may be different, depending on the language they are using.”
Action-Oriented Feedback, More Than Praise, Helps Students Flourish
A.I. Facial Recognition Has Significant Racial Disparities
Sleep, School, And Suicide: A Stunning Correlation And Visualization
“Data published by the CDC and analyzed by emergency pediatric psychiatrist Tyler Black show a clear pattern: children die by suicide at much higher rates on school days than they do on weekends or during summer months… Like many of his peers in pediatric medicine, he calls for later school start times, among other measures, […]
How The Brain Labels Good And Bad Memories
More On Florence Nightingale’s Data Visualizations
Care In Early Childhood Matters So Much
“Two decades of child development research tell us that small kids need two things above all else to get off to the best possible start: nurturing interaction with caregivers and protection from toxic stress. Over the past five years a new wave of neuroscientific studies, highlighting the neurobiological effects of early experience, has strongly pointed toward […]