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    Student solves decades long mystery regarding light and black holes
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 10

    Student solves decades long mystery regarding light and black holes

    In the vicinity of a black hole, space curves so much that light rays are deflected and may curve around them several times.
    How to motivate students during exam time, according to psychologists
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 15

    How to motivate students during exam time, according to psychologists

    As exam season begins, parents, caregivers and teachers will be looking for various ways to motivate students to do well in their studies.
    Student solves decades long mystery regarding black holes
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 13

    Student solves decades long mystery regarding black holes

    In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times visualizing multiple versions.
    Real-life Sheldon Cooper: 13-year-old physics prodigy set to graduate university
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 25

    Real-life Sheldon Cooper: 13-year-old physics prodigy set to graduate university

    As a fourth-year physics major with a math minor, 13-year-old Elliott Tanner is on the verge of graduating from the University of Minnesota.
    Student invents solar nanowire-nanotube water filter to clean drinking water
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 8

    Student invents solar nanowire-nanotube water filter to clean drinking water

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 1.8 billion people consume water contaminated with feces.
    Danish student solves decades long mystery regarding black holes
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 8

    Danish student solves decades long mystery regarding black holes

    In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times.
    Niels Bohr Institute student solves decades long mystery regarding black holes
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 11

    Niels Bohr Institute student solves decades long mystery regarding black holes

    In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times.
    Heroic police officer saves student from oncoming car, video shows
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 9

    Heroic police officer saves student from oncoming car, video shows

    A Maryland police officer is being hailed after saving a student from an oncoming car Friday, and instead taking a hit herself.
    Florida teacher surprises her class with a real snowman -- most had never seen snow
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 9

    Florida teacher surprises her class with a real snowman -- most had never seen snow

    A classroom of kindergarten students in Florida got a big surprise in late January when they received a snowman shipped from Kentucky.
    Is streaming video the key to developing scientific literacy for students?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 26

    Is streaming video the key to developing scientific literacy for students?

    The study finds video can clearly boost academic performance and in a form students wish to use and appreciate.
    STEM Student Experiments Win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech Contest
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 24

    STEM Student Experiments Win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech Contest

    The challenge aims to inspire students to seek a deeper understanding of Earth’s atmosphere, space exploration, coding, and electronics.
    California offers college students $10K for public service
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 21

    California offers college students $10K for public service

    The new public service program will subsidize tuition for students who do community service alongside their studies.
    Student helps spread kindness to kids undergoing surgery
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 15

    Student helps spread kindness to kids undergoing surgery

    5th grader William Hadfield had big dreams to spread kindness to children who are undergoing surgery for a cleft palate or cleft lip.
    Self-driving race cars zip into history at the Indy Autonomous Challenge
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 10

    Self-driving race cars zip into history at the Indy Autonomous Challenge

    A racecar with nobody at the wheel snaked around another to snatch the lead on an oval track at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
    New app helps track random acts of kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 30, 2021

    New app helps track random acts of kindness

    The team behind the Kindland campaign developed the “Just Be Kind” app to track all the good deeds that often fly under the radar.
    Compassionate student makes whole school feel special with kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 13, 2021

    Compassionate student makes whole school feel special with kindness

    A fifth grader from Pioneer Elementary in Vancouver is showing others how one small act of kindness can spread far and wide.
    Messages of kindness and peace from students around the world stretch 18 miles
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 7, 2021

    Messages of kindness and peace from students around the world stretch 18 miles

    Imagine unrolling a paper chain from Carlsbad more than 18 miles south. Now, consider that each link of that paper trail carries a message.
    Student solves decades long mystery regarding light and black holes
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 2, 2021

    Student solves decades long mystery regarding light and black holes

    In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times.
    The Helping Hand Project engineers prosthetic hands for children with upper limb differences
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 15, 2021

    The Helping Hand Project engineers prosthetic hands for children with upper limb differences

    Helping Hand Project is composed of students who work to design and 3D print prosthetic hands for children who have upper limb differences.
    Man earns Ph.D., fulfills dream of being physicist—at 89
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 14, 2021

    Man earns Ph.D., fulfills dream of being physicist—at 89

    An 89-year-old Rhode Island man has achieved a goal he spent two decades working toward and nearly a lifetime thinking about—earning his PhD
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