Audacity is a free application you can use for recording, editing, and mixing audio. It also happens to be incredibly versatile. People use Audacity for a wide range of different projects, including creating music, recording ringtones, and capturing conversations. If you aren’t sure what you can do with Audacity, this is the article for you. We list some creative ways to use Audacity, along with a few pointers on how to get started. Download Audacity If You Haven’t Already First things first, you need to download and install Audacity. It’s totally free to use on Windows, macOS, or Linux machines. All you need to do is download the latest version from the Audacity website. If you ever need help finding...
We have six nature walk activities for kids to do while out walking, hiking, or even just exploring the backyard. And 6 more nature ideas for kids to do when they get back home! So, you’re heading out on a nature walk with the kids and you want some ideas for adding a little extra fun, interaction, or education to the experience? Here are 6 activities you can do with kids during the nature walk. And another 6 that you can do with kids after arriving back home. 6 Nature Walk Activities for Kids (to do during the walk) These ideas include ways to learn about, explore, and engage with the natural world around you, including a scavenger hunt, sound...
Malou Aamund is the Country Director for Google Denmark—a role that’s typically associated with sales strategy, not fiction writing. But she recently became the author of a new bestselling novel. Called Maria, it’s about two women who share the name. One of them chooses her family over everything else, only to find that she’s sacrificed and given away so much of herself that there’s nothing left of her own personality. The other Maria puts her career before everything and, in her determination to become a successful business leader, also loses herself. “It’s about self help and personal development—this is fiction as a format for helping build your career,” Malou says. Typical career advice books—and there are plenty already—can be dry...
As the coronavirus global pandemic has resulted in widespread school closures and stay-at-home mandates, National Geographic is responding to the needs of families and educators with NatGeo@Home, a centralized digital resource for families looking to fill the gap with practical, educational, inspiring and entertaining content designed to keep families connected to the natural world and the science behind it. Developed by education and science journalists, NatGeo@Home offers a window to the world and a way to navigate the new normal of being parents and educators at the same time. “Juggling your work life and your kid’s school life is hard enough. When those two worlds collide, as they have for so many families, it adds so many layers of challenges,”...
Mathematician David Strütt, a scientific collaborator at EPFL, worked for four months to develop Matheminecraft, a math video game in Minecraft, where the gamer has to find a Eulerian cycle in a graph. Photo: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Minecraft is a sandbox video game released in 2011, where the gamer can build almost anything, from simple houses to complex calculators, using only cubes and fluids. These countless possibilities are what lured David Strütt into Minecraft's universe: "the game might be first intended for kids but I was studying for my Bachelor's degree in mathematics when I discovered it. I fell in love with the game when I realized there is all the necessary blocks to build a Turing machine...
