Math achievement scores have dropped, but some school boards are finding a teaching formula for student success ...

The act of taking notes—summarizing and putting ideas in your own words—improves retention by engaging different parts of the brain.

A team of researchers developed “parallel optical matrix-matrix multiplication” (POMMM), which could revolutionize tensor ...

For at least a decade, the quadruple axel jump was figure skating’s white whale. “It’s been this unreachable thing, like the ...

Enough similarities warrant contrasting, and the difference in magnitude can be seen as a blessing, dismissed in one-eye arrogance, or studied to avoid much worse magnitude .

A new 20-year study shows it’s possible to prevent an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. These results should usher in a new age in which dementia is seen as a preventable chronic condition.

One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later. Even a modest amount of mental exercise appears to reduce the risk of dementia for decades. NPR's John Hamilton ...

You don’t have to pine for spring. There’s also an affordable way to grow your indoor jungle without buying more,' gardening ...

If you play the placepot (or jackpot, quadpot or any other multi-race pool bet), you'll know the joys and frustrations of the bet. On the upside is the chance to cop a very tidy sum for a modest ...

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Neuroscientists are increasingly convinced that the fastest way to learn something new is not to grind longer, but to pause ...