| By J. Robert Parks | Imagine you’re watching a quiz show, and the category “4th Century Events” pops up on the screen. How confident are you that you’re going to be able to get the answer? You might guess in the category for Rome, deeming it will be an easier question. If you remember … Read more
In April 2025, a new digital ID program was launched in three communities in New South Wales, Australia. Instead of flashing a driver’s license or pulling up a mobile pass, participants verify their identity using facial recognition technology integrated into the Service NSW app. Users take a live selfie to match against a government-held reference … Read more
| By Darren Person | As most students and many educators have embraced various academic applications of generative AI, some education companies have rushed to integrate the promising new technology into their products and services—whether it makes sense or not. As we’ve seen in the two years since the launch of ChatGPT, generative AI is … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The American Revolution arguably receives the most attention when students are taught U.S. history, beginning with Paul Revere’s ride and the Declaration of Independence in elementary school to Thomas Paine and John Locke in high school and college. That’s likely to become especially true over the next several years, as … Read more
| By Gale Staff | “I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” When Lou Gehrig spoke those words in front of a packed Yankee Stadium in 1939, he was announcing the end of his baseball career. He hadn’t missed a game in more than 13 years and had made more … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Once reserved for Santa Claus and starry-eyed explorers, the North Pole has become an increasingly urgent matter of political concern. Thawing permafrost and retreating ice have already spurred conflict regarding newly accessible shipping corridors and untapped energy reserves. As the ice recedes, what was once an isolated region draws the … Read more
Between 2015 and 2024, the United States experienced 190 separate billion-dollar disasters. Data from NOAA shows that, when adjusted for inflation, annual billion-dollar disasters averaged 3.3 events per year throughout the 1980s, but surged to 13.1 from 2010–19. So far, that number looks to be going up at an astounding rate, as the average has … Read more
| By Gale Staff | A century ago, in the summer of 1925, an electrical engineer named Francis Houdina debuted one of the first self-driving car prototypes. The demonstration, which occurred on Broadway Avenue in New York City, required two vehicles: a driverless sedan rigged with a radio antenna and a second car trailing behind … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Do your students recognize Mindy Kaling from The Office? Maybe they know Bowen Yang, the first Chinese-American comedian to star on Saturday Night Live, from his appearance in the movie Wicked. How about former presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Andrew Yang? May is Asian American and Pacific Islander … Read more
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