The Program for International Student Assessment showed that 2012 math literacy data of 15-year[1]old students in 21 countries have higher averages than U.S. students. National Inventors Hall of Fame ...

Many researchers think that science policy is a total snoozefest. They imagine policy workers churning out boring white papers that sit idly at the bottom of a drawer, never to be read. But behind the ...

Researchers developed a machine-learning-guided technique to solve complex, long-horizon planning problems more efficiently than some traditional approaches, while arriving at an optimal solution that ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new ...

It was previously thought that children younger than 7 couldn't find efficient solutions to complex problems, but new ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Right now, quantum computers are small and error-prone compared to where they'll likely be in a few years. Even within those limitations, however, there have been regular claims that the hardware can ...

You’re trying to solve a big problem. Nothing seems to work. Hold up! Before you waste more time, you should consider a problem-solving framework called “the monkey and the pedestal.” It comes out of ...

For Ghanaian scientist Aaron Boakye, science is more than just experiments; it’s a mission to solve real-world problems that affect everyday lives. His journey began with a deep concern for neglected ...

I spend a lot of time on the Internet; it’s become my second home in the 20 years I’ve communicated science online. And recently I came across an image that stuck with me: a cartoon of a sad, crying ...