Education

The ocean produces roughly half of the oxygen humans breathe — not the Amazon, not forests — through microscopic organisms called phytoplankton that most people have never heard of

What AI is teaching children unintentionally

Higher education enrolment hits 45 million, women gain ground in STEM: AISHE report

The AI education market is crowded with certificates - But industry wants builders

Manifesto written by children, for every child

Why business schools must teach AI collaboration

Stronger school-to-work pathways are an urgent education reform

Deep in the human inner ear sit tiny organs whose only job is to tell the brain which way is down — and in orbit, with no gravity left to measure, they fall completely silent for months at a time

In a Japanese preschool, the shoes line up by themselves, the snack bowls sit on a low shelf a four-year-old can reach, and a child walks in already knowing what to do because the room, and not the adult, has quietly done the teaching

In a cave 18 metres below the surface at Movile in Romania, sealed off from the outside world for 5.5 million years, biologists have found 48 species that live on hydrogen sulphide and have never seen sunlight

The States With the Best—And Worst—School Systems

Deep Learning Techniques Unveiled: The Secret Method To Remembering Knowledge For A Lifetime

Study abroad: Is Germany better than US for Indian students? Tuition fees and living costs compared

Self-Learning Mastery: The Essential 21st Century Skill For Taking Control Of Your Destiny

Chicago Public Schools lays off 760 teachers as officials look to close massive deficit

Gold, platinum and most of Earth’s heavy metals sank into the core as the young planet melted, and the gold we mine today likely arrived later in a rain of asteroids that struck after the core had already formed

Historian Bettany Hughes: ‘I had no idea I was a hun’

Many picture Everest as the last untouched wilderness, yet snow from near the summit contained microplastics — fibres likely linked to climbers’ clothing and equipment — at the highest altitude they had ever been found on land.

Commentary: California schools are on the frontlines of fighting homelessness. Now they have funding

Studying all night for exams? Medical educator warns it may actually backfire and hurt your answer writing