U.S lag in science, math a disaster in the making
Almost everyone, from educators to government officials to industry experts, laments the lackluster abilities and performance of our nations' students in science, technology, engineering and math (know as STEM education).
Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Is Great for Creativity
Here’s a brain teaser: Your task is to move a single line so that the false arithmetic statement below becomes true. Did you get it?
How to Solve the Teacher Pay Puzzle
Should teachers be paid more or less? The answer is: both. REUTERS/Julie Gordon Arguments about how to pay public school teachers have an unfortunate habit of focusing on big, blanket solutions. Unions ...
Wordplay Blog: Numberplay: Ordering in Circles
A puzzle based on a very simple idea of summing small integers arranged in a circle to magically generate all the numbers in order, without end.
Numberplay: Ordering in Circles
A puzzle based on a very simple idea of summing small integers arranged in a circle to magically generate all the numbers in order, without end.