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Why overwatering kills more gardens than drought ever will

Drought gets all the attention. News coverage, water restrictions, and alarmed neighbors with crispy lawns all point the ...
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How to teach 4th graders who struggle with 'long division by 2-digit numbers.' It's not the multiplication tables' fault [16-year former elementary school teacher]

The long division notebook is covered in eraser shavings. Writing and erasing, then writing and erasing again. It takes 5 minutes for one problem, and it's still wrong. I am a former elementary school ...
Popular Mechanics

The Japanese Way to Multiply Is So Much Cooler Than Ours

A TikTok video of a novel, ancient multiplication method has gone viral. While the user, jesslouisec, calls the method Japanese multiplication and some mathematicians say it’s “Vedic multiplying,” its ...

‘Clicky Ponting’: How a cricketer snapping his fingers sparked a global sporting scandal

Saltburn Cricket Club are being investigated by their local league after video emerged of a fielder apparently trying to fool ...
ZME Science

Your Fingers Are Different Lengths for a Surprisingly Useful Reason

It was one of those rushed mornings when I was already running late for work. In my hurry to grab my keys and head out the door, I knocked a few things off the counter, scattering loose coins onto the ...