Edutopia

Teaching Middle and High School Students How AI Works

A computer science and robotics teacher explains how he teaches the science behind machine learning with a templated lesson ...
RealClearScience

The Authors of 'How Science Works' Don't Know How Science Works

Jessica Weinkle, who may have been the earliest critic of this chapter, focuses her critique on its citation of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer as an example of ...

Millions Use Antidepressants. We Still Don’t Understand How They Work.

For decades, the public understanding of antidepressants has been stuck in a narrative popularized by pharmaceutical ...
Harvard Medical School

‘Harvard Thinking’: How memory works (and doesn’t)

Many people have had the experience of smelling something — maybe a perfume or food — that triggers a memory, often from early childhood. Venki Murthy, a neuroscientist and director of the Center for ...