Four decades ago, back in 1981, Elizabeth Carr came into the world and instantly became front-page news, the first IVF baby ...

Here’s the five-minute rainy Bank Holiday toy rotation hack quietly backed by UK child-development science Rain lashes the windows, the playground is a write-off, and your Bank Holiday lie-in dies as ...

It’s your civic duty — and maybe your fountain of youth. While there’s already a body of research showing the health benefits of altruistic acts like volunteering, scientists wanted to see if there ...

It’s April 13, and if you haven’t filed your taxes yet, you’re not alone — but waiting until the last minute could be one of the most expensive financial habits you have. The difference comes down to ...

Conducting research is hard; confirming the results is, too. And artificial intelligence isn’t yet ready to help, a major new study finds. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on replication in ...

The Government has today released its first official screen-time guidance for parents of young children. Children under five should be limited to no more than one hour of screen time per day, while ...

Ladera was the first project Joseph Eichler and the architectural firm Jones & Emmons worked on together and became an early testing ground for adapting modernist design to sloping terrain. This home ...

A new study from the University of California, San Diego, suggests a simple blood test could help predict dementia decades before symptoms appear. Researchers analyzed blood samples from more than ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Former elementary school teacher Matt Shurtleff — known to many students as “Matt the Mad Scientist” — demonstrated how sound waves move using water and lasers. Shurtleff, who ...

Parents of young children will be aware of the need to encourage early reading and maths skills in their kids. They know it’s important to make time to read with their children. Or point out that “cat ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Jason Lindsey, a meteorologist and educator known as America’s “Mr. Science,” demonstrated several St. Patrick’s Day-themed science experiments designed to engage children in ...

On a cold day in February, an Augustinian friar described his experiments breeding garden-variety plants — and gave rise to the field of modern genetics. Gregor Mendel was an Austrian priest who had ...