We should be teaching them critical thinking. We should be teaching them to engage with AI as a partner, challenging its outputs, and layering their unique perspective on top of what it provides.

Back in December, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking was announced as Google’s first reasoning model and an updated experimental version is now available to test. We’ve also enabled code execution as ...

Or as private catharsis. Information or opinion is incidental. To write an essay is to erect an architecture of thinking, to build a place where a certain thought is possible. I don’t know who ...

The increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has been linked to diminishing critical thinking abilities among students, a new study has found. Analysis from more than 650 people aged 17 ...

Quantitative data collection involved a 23-item questionnaire measuring AI tool usage, cognitive offloading tendencies, and critical thinking skills, utilizing scales like the Halpern Critical ...

With an endless array of emojis at our fingertips—and new ones constantly popping up—knowing when and how to use them is more important than ever. This is especially true for the emoji we use ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message, and when you throw emoji in the mix things get even more complicated. A " " or " ️" are easy to understand ...

The good news is that there are lots of researchers out there testing interventions that can help parents encourage critical thinking — for both kids as young as three to pre-teens and adolescents.

Hey everyone, I’m Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, where this week I’ll answer questions posed to me on social media, but not the ones I get asked most often (“How ...

In an era where information flows instantly, and workplace dynamics constantly shift, the question isn't whether to be transparent—it's how to make transparency a competitive advantage in the ...

Magical thinking—the need to believe that one’s hopes and desires can have an effect on how the world turns—is everywhere. Spirits, ghosts, patterns, and signs seem to be everywhere ...

Patients in Auckland's Ōtara are queuing in the cold from 6am to see a doctor. Video / Ben Dickens / Michael Morrah / Corey Fleming Opinion by Art Nahill Dr Art Nahill is an Auckland-based ...