How I built a virtual reality for my students, and what I’ve learned along the way
Students can enter 3D spheres representing university’s three campuses in UK, China and Malaysia. Author provided We've been hearing a...
Cortez Deacetis
Lessons of COVID-19 underscore need for better teacher support
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When the COVID-19 pandemic forced New Orleans public school teachers to switch from in-person instruction to...
Kids, teens believe girls aren’t interested in computer science, study shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children as young as age 6 develop ideas that girls are less interested than boys in...
A new project to support student carers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Staffordshire University is leading a project to better support students with caring responsibilities alongside their studies....
Schools are surveying students to improve teaching. But many teachers find the feedback too difficult to act on
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Education departments have been investing in feedback-based tools to assess school performance. These include student perception...
‘Portable Oasis’ Extracts Water from Dry Desert Air
An ultraporous compound can extract water molecules from dry desert air, store them as tiny “icicles” and then release them...
Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Are Finally Coming into Focus
Nobody noticed when an Australian radio telescope captured a fleeting explosion of light coming from somewhere far beyond the Milky...
Weird Tracks in Texas Indicate Giant Sauropods Walking on Their Front Feet Only
They were the largest animals to ever walk the Earth: sauropods, a dinosaur clade of such immense size and stature,...
Life Is Complicated–Literally, Astrobiologists Say
The hunt for extraterrestrial life has always been bedeviled by false positives—those occasions where scientists think they’ve found life but...
Albatross ‘Divorce’ Rate Rises as the Ocean Warms
Few animals seem more affectionate than black-browed albatross. These large seabirds, whose dark eyebrows shadow their eyes like mascara, are...
Physical Activity Could Be an Evolutionary Adaptation for Grandparenting
Lifelong physical activity can help our span of good health run almost the length of a lifetime. In this way,...
