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Kate Middleton and Prince William teach children to do this when travelling
Kate Middleton, 36, and Prince William, 36, usually travel together as a couple when abroad on official tours overseas. But on William’s recent trip to South Africa, Kate stayed at home, due to being on maternity leave. Their three children Prince George, five, Princess Charlotte, three, and Prince Louis, five months, will also usually join […]
The Top 21 Kids Websites to Teach Responsibility and Life Skills
Letting your children navigate the internet on their own is like throwing them into the Wild West for them to fend for themselves. The internet can be a dangerous place for children if they are on the wrong websites. We all want to protect our children, so knowing the websites that are safe for our […]
American shame: US has nothing to teach the world about justice or politics after Kavanaugh farce
Many outside the US watched Thursday’s hearing with open-mouthed revulsion at the bad faith, lack of due process and inhumanity on display. Dysfunction in the biggest Western democracy sets a poor example to the rest of the globe. The present does not own the monopoly on ugly scenes in Congress; the McCarthy interviews are on […]
MIT CSAIL uses AI to teach robots to manipulate objects they’ve never seen before
In few fields has artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact been more transformative than robotics. San Francisco-based startup OpenAI developed a model that directs mechanical hands in manipulating objects with state-of-the-art precision, and Softbank Robotics recently tapped sentiment analysis firm Affectiva to imbue its Pepper robot with emoti…Read More
Elon Musk’s secretive LA private school doesn’t just teach spelling and math — it also asks students ethics and critical thinking puzzles you usually don’t see elsewhere
RETURERS/Stephen Lam and ClassDojo & Ad Astra Conundrums Elon Musk‘s Ad Astra school and educational software developer ClassDojo are introducing a set of “Conundrums” for elementary and middle school students. The Conundrums involve open-ended critical thinking and ethics challenges. They address questions that children may not normally encounter in a standard curriculum. ClassDojo shared a […]
Kate Middleton to teach Meghan Markle secret travel tip she learnt from the Queen
Kate Middleton, 36, has travelled abroad frequently in her role as the Duchess of Cambridge. Some of her official visits with her husband Prince William, 36, have seen her visit Canada, Australia and India, representing the British Royal Family. The newest member of the royal family, Meghan Markle, 37, has also travelled with her husband […]
Why is macroeconomics so hard to teach?
LAST month Nick Rowe had a bad dream. It was five minutes before the first class of the autumn term at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he has long taught macroeconomics. But he could not find the classroom. Then he woke up and remembered with relief that he had just retired. Learning macro is a […]
When Bots Teach Themselves to Cheat
Even with logical parameters, AI programs can develop shortcuts and workarounds that humans didn’t think to deem off-limits. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b49327052d0ec7826416cac/master/pass/AP_AIBugCollection_web.jpg
What Venezuelan savers can teach everyone else
ASK the chief investment officer of a fund-management firm how to spread your investments and you will be told to put so much in stocks, so much in bonds and something in hedge funds or private equity. Chances are that white-elephant buildings, eggs and long-life milk will not feature. But in Venezuela, where the inflation […]
