Some of Pulaski County’s brightest students are ready to take on the problems of the world — and have already done so successfully. The Northern Middle School Middle Grades Future Problem Solving ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

I cut my teeth getting grounded in principles of design thinking when I launched a strategic design MBA during my university teaching years. Design thinking is essentially a problem-solving process ...

OpenAI claims its model solved a famous geometry problem that has eluded the world’s greatest mathematicians for 80 years — a breakthrough hailed as evidence of the bot’s creativity and “intuition.” ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

3 problems every student thinks require long division (but they don’t) Posted: May 17, 2026 | Last updated: May 17, 2026 In this video, we provide essential "math help" by focusing on complex ...

A grade-school math problem has left people perplexed, can you solve the simple-looking equation in just 30 seconds? The sum, posted to X by BreakTheSilos, that regularly shares brainteasers, is: 12 - ...

M indy Bernhardt teaches criminal justice to undergraduates at Kennesaw State University. In recent years she has found herself grading more easily and expecting less from her students. The reason?

The American workforce expects an unmet need for over a million employees to fill STEM-related jobs by 2030. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.