New Scientist's popular Last Word series gives readers the opportunity to answer each other's questions about everyday science phenomena, from the shape of scones to the evolutionary history of ...

Learning is more effective when retrieval is varied and spaced over time, not repetitive. Variety strengthens memory pathways ...

Some Iowans are raising concern about new proposed state science standards. In the proposal, any mention of "climate change" was changed to the phrase "climate trends". Although the standards would ...