The principle of inertia is a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force. We are ...

The other day I came across a higher ed tech experiment that I’d never before heard about. Coin-operated word processors. In 1983 Harvard, in collaboration with Digital Equipment Corporation, ...

Instead of repeating an experiment in a mouse model of disease in their laboratory, researchers used a coin toss to confirm whether a drug protects the brain against a stroke. Instead of repeating an ...

Working memory and attention: Two sides of the same neural coin? Experiments Credit: Courtesy of Timothy Buschman and Matthew Panichello Caption: Princeton neuroscientists Timothy Buschman and Matthew ...

There's a proud history of blowing things up as a part of science education. It's a great way to grab student attention and it shows how powerful chemical reactions can be. The reaction of white ...