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While teachers may be educating the future leaders of the world and moulding young minds, they often don’t get the respect they deserve for doing a hard, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating job. Education may not be a glamorous profession in the strictest sense, but it does garner more respect — and often more benefits — […]

Bizarre footage has emerged of a snake devouring its own tail after mistaking it for lunch. The video, which was posted on YouTube, shows the female Albino Western Hognose biting down on her lower body. The snake – which usually consumes toads – seems unaware of what she is doing and as she continues to

  You may think a cheetah would be hard to beat, but researchers have found that, for its size, a tiny California beetle is actually the fastest animal ever found. Paratarsotomus macropalpis is no bigger than a sesame seed – however, it was recently recorded running at up to 322 body lengths per second. The

  Plenty of teachers might be scoring an A for effort but a U for their strategy of motivating pupils ahead of important exams. Teachers who use the fear of failure in a bid to get students to knuckle down and revise hard for exams may be having a negative effect on their success, according

Coming up with ideas could be as easy as a walk in the park. We think more creatively when taking a stroll than when sitting, according to a study. Surprisingly, it is not being outside that matters, it is the exercise itself. Researcher Marily Oppezzo said: ‘Many people anecdotally claim they do their best thinking when

(By Mayowa Adeyemi) The word “facetiously” contains all 5 vowels alphabetically. “Lollipop” is the longest word that can be typed using only the right hand. If you spell out every number from 0 to 999, you will find every vowel except for “a” you have to get to one thousand before getting an “a”. “Go”

Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to our own and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it’s not too hot and not too cold for life. The find, announced Thursday, excited planet hunters who have been scouring the Milky

 The brain is responsible for a wide range of behaviors and experiences throughout adolescence – both positive and negative.  During the teen years, structural and functional changes in the brain may contribute to many negative characteristics such as: difficulty planning organizing and setting priorities inability to foresee consequences difficulty postponing gratification poor impulse control heightened