Lesson of the Day: ‘How Fast Can a Human Run?’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Fast Can a Human Run?” with text and illustrations by Randall Munroe.“Two legs are good. Four legs might be better,” Randall Munroe writes in today’s featured article.In this lesson, you’ll explore why there is a limit to how fast humans can run, and what…
‘Cultural Appropriation’ Is Critical to Human Progress
This essay, by Maggie Strauss, age 17, is one of the Top 12 winners of our Sixth Annual Student Editorial Contest, for which we received 10,509 entries. We are publishing the work of all the winners and runners-up this week, and you can find them here as they post. Excerpts from some will also be…
Learning With: ‘Emperor Akihito, Who Gave Japan’s Monarchy a Human Face, Abdicates Throne’
Add to your chart: What else have you learned about Akihito and Japan’s imperial family? What else are you still curious about? A royal engagement typically unleashes breathless headlines and frenzied efforts by the press to learn of the wedding details. All that is happening in Japan, where Princess Mako, the eldest grandchild of Emperor…
