Mathematics olympiads teach students that struggling enhances learning, fostering collaboration and a deeper understanding of the subject.

Spread the loveThe rise of AI technologies like ChatGPT has sparked a heated debate in higher education. Are these tools enhancing students’ cognitive skills, or are they inadvertently undermining ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

I cut my teeth getting grounded in principles of design thinking when I launched a strategic design MBA during my university teaching years. Design thinking is essentially a problem-solving process ...

A study published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that the average adult should aim to get around nine to 10 hours of exercise a week—far above the World Health ...

Peloton became a household name during the coronavirus pandemic. Its connected exercise bikes allowed customers to feel like they were working out with a group. At a time when businesses like gyms ...

Abstract: Problem solving is a composite cognitive process, invoking a number of cognitive mechanisms, such as perception and memory. Individuals may form collectives to solve a given problem together ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...