Does listening to audiobooks improve learning?
Whether it’s documents in textbooks or fiction studied in literature classes, reading print remains a pillar in learning. But the audiobook craze opens up new possibilities.
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Large Hadron Collider gives scientists their best look yet at conditions right after the Big Bang
The ALICE experiment at the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, has given scientists their best look yet at quark-gluon plasma, the primordial matter that filled the universe moments after the Big Bang.
If you’re a perfectionist at work, your boss’s expectations may matter more than your own, research finds
If you’re among the 93% of people who struggle with perfectionism at work, new research suggests that your experience may depend less on your own high standards and more on whether those standards meet your supervisor’s expectations. Researchers from the…
‘The Expanse: Osiris Reborn’ has lots of ‘Mass Effect’ DNA, but its developers are teasing a far more grounded sci-fi RPG
Owlcat Games’ take on The Expanse is wearing its influences proudly, while also carving out its own hard sci-fi identity.
Unique double baptistery and mysterious marble block uncovered at Byzantine cathedral in Israel
In a new article published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, researchers Dr. Michael Eisenberg and Dr. Arleta Kowalewska describe a recently excavated Byzantine-period cathedral at Hippos. Archaeologists revealed a second photisterion (baptismal hall), making this the only known early cathedral…
Why some bosses reward ‘dark traits’ at work, and what it costs later
If you ever wondered why the most ruthless characters in corporate dramas, such as Succession, keep rising to the top, new research from the UBC Sauder School of Business suggests that dynamic is not just a TV trope. The study,…
Countries suffer when credit rating agencies lack data: How to fix the problem at source
Some developing country governments spend years making the reforms that international financial institutions want—only to find that their efforts are not rewarded. They may make budgets more transparent, publish their debt obligations, set up independent bodies to monitor government spending,…
‘Audible screams of delight’ from NASA scientists over micrometeorite impacts on the moon witnessed by Artemis 2 astronauts
NASA scientists are thrilled with the Artemis 2 astronauts’ moon flyby observations —especially the micrometeor impact flashes they saw.
Why some children with learning difficulties get identified, and others don’t
Two children sit in different schools. Both struggle to read. Both have similar low scores on national tests. But while one gets a diagnosis of specific learning difficulties and a package of support, the other is left to fall behind.
Can serendipity be harnessed? Reflecting on unplanned outcomes offers benefits
Superglue, penicillin, X-rays, the pacemaker: All are examples of “happy accidents”—inventions by individuals trying to do one thing, and winding up with something superior to the original objective.