This school year has been unlike any other. Effectively, students have been out of school since mid-March. But as we head into mid-June, it’s easy to forget that school is only now officially out. While juggling working from home and distance learning has proven to be...

It’s your first week back in the classroom and you’re attempting to have your students complete a chapter of “Number the Stars” by way of round robin reading. The activity takes more than double the amount of time you’d alloted due to students being disruptive, lack...

Love them or hate them, video games are only growing in popularity. The entire video gaming market is expected to be worth more than $503 billion by 2025. If you’re in the “hate them” camp, perhaps it’s because you’ve heard about how video games are shrinking kids’...

Given that kids will be returning to in-person school in September, we at Narbis wanted to help families and caregivers of remote learners from the 2020-2021 school year, now facing re-entry to an in-person learning situation, help their children make the transition...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been garnering headlines of late. Whether it’s virtual learning during the pandemic bringing children’s struggles with attention to light or the recent epidemic of adult diagnoses with the condition, ADHD has been...

This is part one of a two-part series on biohacking. Summary In the flurry of information that exists around biohacking, many fundamental questions go unanswered. This story breaks down the basics of human enhancement, including: - What is the history behind...

Consider the following scenarios: In the first, you’re about to jump out of a plane to skydive; the second, you’re drowsy and relaxing in bed after a long, exhausting day. As you might imagine, the electrical patterns in your brain would look wildly different between...

A new year can mean a fresh start for many people, including kids. Students who might have had a rough start to the school year in September may be ready to adopt a new mindset — or be open to starting new habits — and parents can take advantage of this time to help...

What do you do when you’re born completely color blind, but are desperate to enjoy a full range of color vision? If you’re Neil Harbissoh, you implant an antenna into your head. The device translates colors to sounds that he hears via bone conduction. It not only...