Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Often marketed as educational, electronic toys have the ...

EdSource · Trump's cuts to Hispanic-Serving Institutions hit community college student programs hard If parents want to help their babies learn to talk, they need to ditch the chattering electronic ...

Experts from Saratoga Springs' G. Willikers, Fat Brain Toys say skill-building is still big when it comes to playtime.

The image is a familiar one in the age of the smartphone. A bunch of teenagers with their heads bowed, completely transfixed by the electronic gadgets in their hands. In 1980, however, it was ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Given their huge potential, more than 60 nanotechnology research groups worldwide (see: "Proposed standards for triboelectric nanogenerators could facilitate comparisons") have ...

Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies. With the holiday season fast approaching, parents around the world are deciding ...

Walk down the children's toy aisle in any store these days and you will be greeted with a cacophony of noise. Instead of the excited voices of children that you might expect, however, much of the ...

The '80s and early '90s were a magical decade for gadgets for kids. Computing power and display technology were evolving and cost effective enough to penetrate the toy market in a big way. Purely ...

The holiday shopping season is underway, and the nation’s pediatricians have some advice for the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and others who plan to buy cutting-edge digital toys for the young ...

On her first birthday, my younger daughter and I went to a toy store to pick out a present. With nonstop grabs and insistent squeals, my daughter wasn’t choosy. But I had some reluctance as we stared ...