Proto-Knowledge

[Edited from NY Times article by Beat Schwendimann] Several recent studies show that young people tend to use home computers for entertai...

According to a poll in Seventeen Magazine among 10,000 guys and girls ages 16 to 21, Facebook plays an important part in how teenagers mak...

Researcher from Tokyo University used E.Coli bacteria to solve a 4x4 game of Sudoku. The key to the “solution” of the puzzle was in two asp...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) say only about 3,200 tigers remain in the wild, a dramatic plunge from an estimated 100,000 a century ago. E...

Tardigrades (False Color Image) Tardigrades, or water bears, are tiny invertebrates that are found pretty much everywhere, from freshwat...

What is the difference between a teacher , an educator , and a trainer ? Some use the terms teacher and educator synonymously, while ot...

#1: After Harry Potter became an instant hit in 1997, real British schools took note of Rowling's fictional Hogwarts academy, specifical...