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 ...

The Halton board’s focus on math goes all the way down to the physical layout of classrooms, and a teaching philosophy that ...

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 ...

Construction workers build a 52-unit housing development for students who attend the Edmonds School District and qualify for federal assistance for homeless students in Lynnwood, Washington. With one ...

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When Theo Baker arrived at Stanford University a few years ago, he joined the student newspaper, following the path of his journalist parents, Peter Baker, a White House correspondent for The New York ...

An Alabama family’s celebratory trip to Japan has ended in heartbreak. James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student, disappeared while on a family vacation in late May, and he ...

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 ...

Cincinnati Public Schools is facing a difficult financial moment. The district is working to close a $58 million budget gap, and district leaders have warned that balancing next year's budget could ...

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