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Editor's Choice
How long young cancer patients survive often depends on the insurance they have
Cancer is becoming increasingly common among young people, with cases slowly and steadily rising every year for the past decade.…
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Winter’s alarmingly low snowpack offers a glimpse of the changing rhythm of water in the western US
Winter is more than just a season in the western U.S. – it is a savings account to get farms…
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Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers − including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition
In April 2026, four astronauts are scheduled to fly around the Moon. As part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, they…
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You’re not going to be alone in national parks this summer – enjoy the company
On a summer morning a couple of years ago, we went for a hike on the fabled Bright Angel Trail,…
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Does AI mean more uni students are plagiarising their work?
People using other peoples’ ideas, words and creations without acknowledgement is a widespread problem. Plagiarism occurs everywhere from restaurant menus…
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Toxic blooms and invasive clams are forcing a rethink on the Waikato River
The Waikato is New Zealand’s longest river, central to the identity and practices of Waikato River iwi and a source…
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We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
In 1967, catastrophic bushfires in Tasmania killed dozens of people – and very nearly destroyed Hobart. A year later, W.D.…
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Today’s School Assembly News Headlines (02 April)
Good morning! Here are today’s most important news headlines for your school assembly on 02 April. We’ve compiled the latest…
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Psychology
Why Adding ₹10 to ₹20 Feels Huge But Adding ₹10 to ₹1,000 Feels Tiny: The Weber-Fechner Law
Seventeen-year-old Rohan was shopping for a new phone case and a new laptop. At the electronics store, he found a…
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Psychology
Why You Eat the Whole Bag of Chips Even When You’re Full: Understanding Unit Bias
During a psychology experiment at Delhi University, researchers invited students to a “movie evaluation study.” Each participant received free popcorn…
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Why School Committees Spend Hours Debating Cafeteria Menus But Rush Through Budget Decisions
The school management committee of Delhi’s Greenfield Academy was meeting to make three important decisions: approving a ₹50 lakh technology…
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Psychology
Why Everyone Thinks Advertising Works on Others But Not on Them: The Third-Person Effect
During a media literacy class at Mumbai’s Cathedral School, the teacher showed seventeen-year-old Priya and her classmates a series of…
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Psychology
Why Speeding From 80 to 100 km/h Barely Saves Time: The Time-Saving Bias
Eighteen-year-old Aditya had just gotten his motorcycle license and was riding to his friend’s house 60 kilometers away. Running late,…
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Psychology
Why Studying Only Successful People Gives You the Wrong Lessons: Survivorship Bias
Seventeen-year-old Rohan was frustrated. He’d read ten biographies of successful entrepreneurs—Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg—and noticed they…
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Psychology
Why Schools Chase Test Scores Instead of Real Learning: The Surrogation Trap
Green Valley High School in Delhi had a problem. For five years running, their Class 10 board exam scores had…
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