From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.

A University of New Mexico scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of dementia — damage in the brain’s tiny blood vessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to ...

“Do you know what a frog is?” Kimi Pu, 9, asks her dad with a grin, pointing at a fork. “Frog?” he repeats, sheepish but smiling. “Frog’ is an animal—this is a fork.” “Fork! Sorry!” he says. “Great ...

Magnet fishing’s meant to be relaxing, right? That is, until the magnet locks onto something the police have been looking for. What we found that day changed the whole tone of the trip. Zootopia 2 ...

The symptoms: The woman visited a clinic because she had long experienced bursts of uncontrollable laughter, which doctors described as "mirthless" in a report of her case. According to the patient, ...

Eating the whole animal isn’t shock value, it’s food sustainability through science. In Singapore’s Dehesa, each course reveals how collagen becomes silk, fat becomes flavor, and bone marrow turns to ...

Gaslighting, often seen as a form of manipulation, has now been reframed by researchers at McGill University and the University of Toronto as a learning process rooted in how our brains handle ...

Pound-for-pound, the human brain is the body’s most metabolically costly organ, consuming 20% of our energy and accounting for an outsize portion of our anatomy compared with most other animals.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools will lose almost $10 million in federal grants used for magnet programs because of civil rights violations. The $9.7 million Magnet School ...

Your brain isn’t built for endless stress. This overlooked emotion can hit the reset button. The northern lights, seen here over Tasiilaq Fjord, Greenland, in 2017, can trigger awe—a state scientists ...