Are Video Games the future of Education?
AdultsEducationGamingTechnology...Imagine a school where playing video games is encouraged during classes and may even replace exams. A new educational programme uses SimCity to test children on vital problem-solving skills.
How art can help you analyze
AdultsArtProductivityEducation...Can art save lives? Not exactly, but our most prized professionals (doctors, nurses, police officers) can learn real world skills through art analysis. Studying art like Rene Magritte's Time Transfixed can enhance communication and analytical skills, with an emphasis on both the seen and unseen. Amy E. Herman explains why art historical training can prepare you for real world investigation.
Train rescue: Commuters use people power to free man trapped
AdultsSocietyTransportationAutomotive...Scores of passengers, together with staff at Stirling station, managed to tilt the carriage so the man could free his leg which was wedged in the gap. The man was boarding a Perth-bound train at about 8:50am when he slipped and became stuck.
Can You Solve This?
AdultsCreativityMathPsychology...How do you investigate hypotheses? Do you seek to confirm your theory - looking for white swans? Or do you try to find black swans? I was startled at how hard it was for people to investigate number sets that didn't follow their hypotheses, even when their method wasn't getting them anywhere.
World's Roundest Object
AdultsPhysicsScienceProblem-SolvingThe world's roundest object helps solve the longest running problem in measurement -- how to define the kilogram.