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Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what ...

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...