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13 October 2026Ten minutes of AI answers can make you give up sooner
A study of 1,222 adults found that a short session with an AI that gives answers left people solving less and skipping more once it was gone.Read it
10 October 2026Does AI help you learn, or just finish the job?
A three-month trial gave lawyers an AI drafting helper. Their work got better. Their own skill grew only for the experienced ones.Read it
5 October 2026Open now: 5 contests for students (October 2026)
Five contests students in India can enter now, from a one-weekend NASA hackathon to a 10,000 dollar environment prize. Deadlines from 29 October.Read it
22 September 2026The Arduino UNO Q, explained in five levels
The board you already know has a Linux computer in it now. Explained five times: to a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, an expert.Read it- 4 September 2026
Think Inside the Box
The least useful advice you can give a teacher with thirty children, one room and forty minutes. The argument for working inside the limits instead.Read it - 4 June 2026
5 Questions That Turn Any Lesson Into a Thinking Lesson
The difference between a lesson students forget and one that makes them think is often just the questions you ask. Here are five that work in any subject.Read it
4 June 2026Can creativity be taught? What decades of research found
Most people think creativity is something you're born with. The evidence disagrees. The four kinds of creativity, and how each one is built.Read it
4 June 2026Project-based learning fails for one reason. Here’s the fix.
Most project-based learning quietly fails, and it's not the projects. It's the missing scaffolding. Here is the one fix that makes PBL actually work.Read it
4 June 2026The Skills That Survive AI: What the Evidence Shows
Most "future skills" lists are guesswork. Here is what the actual labour-market data and cognitive research show about the skills worth building in 2026.Read it
1 June 20263 reasons why your school’s innovation lab quietly failed
Most school innovation labs go quiet within a year. The real reason is the kit, what the CBSE 2027 mandate wants, and how to build a lab that lasts.Read it