Schools have a responsibility for the character development of their students. The UK school inspection body, Ofsted, is already implementing a system to reward schools that emphasize a child’s character development. A large part of a child’s life is spent in school, which for most starts when they are aged five years until they are […]
A team of scientists has created a hologram that can be felt. The hologram is a massive improvement to what is in the market. The hologram will be much faster, long-lived and will not rely on principles that cannot produce tactile and auditive content. Holograms have continued gaining popularity in all industries because of their […]
Researchers at Harvard University in ethnomusicology have found similarities in music from 315 cultures worldwide. What is ethnomusicology? Globally, music is used by different cultures for different reasons: like songs of love, lullaby songs, celebratory songs, and war songs. Music worldwide has the same patterns that can be found repeatedly in its structure. Research in […]
Data shows that the number of international students has been on the decline in the last three years. The numbers declined by 3% between 2015-16 and 2016-17, by 7% between 2016-17 and 2017-18, and by 1% between 2017-18 and 2018-2019. New data has shown that the number of international students coming to the US has […]
63 percent of Australian schools do not have musical classes. An ABC documentary has inspired people to donate over 7,000 musical instruments to donate to these schools. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary titled ‘dont stop the music’ that highlighted the crisis of lack of musical instruments and classes has led to kind gestures from people […]
Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University went into protest after a proposed increase in accommodation fees for university student housing. Increased fees in Jawaharlal Nehru University One of India’s most prestigious university is now paralyzed after thousands of students are staging a protest. Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University are voicing out their objection against the school’s new […]
Brain rewiring can now be proven by scientists. This is after observing the brain of individuals with hemispherectomy and comparing them with controlled subjects. Scientists have made a discovery on the changes that occur in the human brain when it is cut in half during childhood. They studied six adults who, during their childhood, had […]
The fifth force of nature discovery by researchers will revolutionize how scientists view and approach nature. The discovery was made when working with Lithium-7 isotopes which produce beryllium-8. Scientists in Hungary may have discovered a fifth force of nature. Hungary’s Atomki Nuclear Research Institute indicated that these findings are solid evidence of the existence of […]
Students in India are protesting the appointment of a Muslim professor of the Sanskrit department, claiming he cannot teach Sanskrit, the ancient classical language of Hinduism. The Muslim scholar has since gone into hiding as the protest escalates. Feroz Khan was the choice of a selection committee at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi amongst others […]
The research showed that math anxiety prevented people from improving their math skills. Students who had math anxiety and wanted to improve their grades ended up avoiding difficult problems. Researchers from the University of Chicago have established a link between math anxiety and math avoidance. Previous researchers in the area have always suspected that there […]
