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Helping kids learn how their brains work

Educators present lessons on neuroscience and mindfulness, from the youngest learners all the way up to fifth graders.
Orlando Science Center is retooling its adults-only Science Night Live event, and that includes adjusting the minimum age for participants to 18 years old.
These eight shows didn’t just entertain—they planted seeds of curiosity, empathy, and wonder. They blurred the line between ...
Have your kids come home singing their ABCs to a familiar tune - but one that somehow sounds just a bit off? You're not imagining it: the alphabet song is changing. The original song most of us grew ...
What could be in this mysterious package? Credit: Ira Flatow Back in 1998, comedian and author Steve Allen, first host of The Tonight Show, joined Ira on Science Friday to talk about the importance of ...
In what seems like something out of a sci-fi movie, scientists have plucked the famous Pink Floyd song “Another Brick in the Wall” from individuals’ brains. The new study, published August 15 in PLOS ...
If you were to tell Rishi Srinivasan, MCAS ’23, that his experience teaching STEM through BC Bigs would evolve into a STEM-centered organization serving over 500 students, he wouldn’t have believed ...
Things have changed a lot since I was a kid. Science is actually cool now, for example—my kids actually want to learn as much about the world around them as they can, and they can do so in their home ...
These simple, DIY science experiments for kids will help combat "summer slide" — and your kids will be having so much fun, they won't even notice that their brains are getting a workout. The best part ...
Finding an activity that adequately keeps kids entertained can be challenging, but the best science kits for kids help stave off boredom, all while being relatively easy to use and educational. The ...
It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...