If kids don’t learn to love books from their parents when they’re small, they’re less likely to grow up to be dedicated readers. Why is that a problem? And what specifically should parents do to make ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

Twitch star Kai Cenat is earning widespread praise for openly sharing his reading journey online. Clips of him learning new words and improving his speech have gone viral, drawing supportive reactions ...

Modern armor systems do not do a good enough job of protecting humans from blast-induced neurotrauma (brain and eye damage). To improve them, we may have to look to nature. In particular, a tiny ...

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in upper elementary grades, they should be able to produce the answer to 6x3 ...

The fastest way into the gaps between gigantic blocks of a broken-up glacier is by lowering instruments from above, through ...

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

Water wells are simple things, but that doesn’t mean they are maintenance-free. It can be important to monitor water levels ...

The wind whips up embers as the Palisades fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, on January 7, 2025. (Reuters: Ringo Chiu) Extreme heat, droughts, storms and deadly ...

Two important things happened on January 20, 2025. In Washington, D.C., Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States. In Hangzhou, China, a little-known Chinese firm called DeepSeek ...