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The air quality in your school can have a huge impact on learning
He finds that math scores went up by 0.20 standard deviations and English scores by 0.18 standard deviations, and the results hold up even when you control for “detailed student demographics, including residential ZIP Code fixed effects that help control for a student’s exposure to pollution at home.” Source: Air filters create huge educational gains…
People prefer pain instead of thinking hard
Thinking takes real effort. It requires sustained attention. Scientists have known for some time that focusing your mind consumes considerable metabolic resources. But in our day-to-day lives, we discount the effort needed to pay attention and think because it doesn’t feel as physically strenuous as, say, lifting a 50-pound weight. Source: To Avoid Thinking Hard, We Will Endure…
Create and share mini games on the web with Giphy Arcade
Source: GIPHY Arcade The games are pretty simplistic, and you have to watch out for inappropriate gifs, but the coding is pretty fun and easy!
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Why autofilling passwords in your browser is a bad thing
“If you’re not inconvenienced, then it’s not secure” – Ryan Collins What’s all this then? All of the major browsers have a built in password manager. The password manager allows you to store your usernames and passwords for sites you use. If you want to work cross platform then there are several password managers that…