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brain on screens
Science

This is your brain. This is your brain on screens.

By Jill Barshay / The Hechinger Report

Students testing ChatGPT AI tutor on computers
Technology

A version of OpenAI’s GPT-4 will be ‘teaching’ thousands of kids this fall

By Andrew Paul

Copy of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' behind glass case
Technology

School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books

By Andrew Paul

A notebook with Spanish verb conjugations, written probably in the process of learning two languages simultaneously
DIY

You should learn two languages at once

By Amanda Svachula

space shuttle endeavour blasts off
Technology

What it takes to display a 176,000-pound space shuttle in a launch configuration

By Rob Verger

Student at desk doing math homework during COVID-19 lockdown.
Health

US schools aren’t ready for another pandemic

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis/Undark

Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
Technology

Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs

By Rob Verger, Erik Olsen

Kids dressed in bright raingear during a forest school class in Sweden
Environment

Young kids learn the realities of climate change in forest schools

By Zayna Syed

Stem cells seen through fluorescence microscope
Technology

Scientists turned a smartphone into an affordable microscope

By Andrew Paul

Silhouette of bird in front of full moon
Science

Volunteer astronomers bring wonders of the universe into prisons

By Briley Lewis

Person lying on couch covering their face with a book about Spanish grammar
DIY

Learning a new language? Here’s how to perfect your pronunciation.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Born of eugenics, can standardized testing escape its past?
Science

Born of eugenics, can standardized testing escape its past?

By Deborah Blum / Undark

A young girl feeding a brown-and-white goat over a wire fence on a farm.
DIY

7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals

By Noah Lederman

Close up of library books on shelf
Technology

In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround

By Andrew Paul

Close-up of computer coding on laptop screen
Technology

Ransomware hackers hit a massive Los Angeles School system over the weekend

By Andrew Paul

notebooks on yellow background
DIY

The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them

By Karina Montoya

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying
Technology

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying

By Rob Verger

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.
Technology

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

By Charlotte Hu

Pack in more savings before it’s time to go back to school thanks to Amazon
Gear

Pack in more savings before it’s time to go back to school thanks to Amazon

By Amanda Reed

eliza-youmans
Science

The untold tale of Eliza Youmans, the daring educator in PopSci’s founding family

By Corinne Iozzio