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There are dozens of instructional design models, but most learning designers rely on a select few. Here are four of the most common.
From Amazon to the US Army, everybody wants one (or 150).
We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!
The costs of such an endeavor would be extremely high, while the potential payoffs would be uncertain.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
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Where do you place precious brain resources?
There's a speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light in a vacuum. Want to beat the speed of light? Try going through a medium!
It’s not a huge leap to imagine we could target the biological processes that mediate our behaviours.
Deliveries of the $250k Lightyear 0 will start in November 2022.
Cement production currently accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions.
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People in the East and West really do think differently, especially when it comes to self-identity. Depending where you live, either associative or distinctive thinking will shape your sense of self.
John Templeton Foundation
More than 20% Americans live in a state with access to a medically assisted death.
Take a peek at the pre-release images used to calibrate and commission JWST's coldest instrument, now ready for full science operations.
A team of scientists hopes deep-earth lithium could sustain America's vast demand for batteries. But extracting it won't be easy.
The length of a day oscillates slightly every six years. This was a surprising discovery made last decade. We might now know why.
Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.
Deep learning AI has accurately created color images from night vision images.
Scientists have found three new examples of a very exotic form of matter made of quarks. They can yield insights into the early Universe.
Myrkl (pronounced "miracle") is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of "otherness." We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.