It’s conference season again. All over academe, thousands of unsuspecting papers will make their way to the front of the lecture hall, where they will be read badly by scholars to fellow scholars who, ...

Last fall, about a month into his first semester of teaching, a graduate-student instructor I mentor came to see me in my office. Before the semester began, he had participated in an intensive ...

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Hi, my name is Kim Epting, and I am a FWL (Faculty Who Lectures ™). In this essay, I’ll explore what I’ve learned about making lectures as effective as possible. But first, I want to say I’ve found ...

Every Christmas, the U.K.'s Royal Institution puts on a set of lectures, each exploring a fascinating subject in science. Here's how you can watch the Ri Christmas Lectures wherever you are. When you ...

Our understanding of the cosmos has come a long way since the early Mesopotamians described a flat, circular Earth embedded in a cosmic ocean. Now scientists build massive telescopes and use highly ...