Across several studies, we asked 576 children, ages four to nine, to predict the behavior of two kids in a story. One of the characters genuinely wanted to be smart, and the other merely wanted to ...

Surprising results about kids' capacity for scientific literacy. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 03 / 140311123818.htm ...

Of course, we can simply compare kids who got phones at age 12 with those who got phones at age 17, but without random assignment it’s very possible that the kids getting phones at age 12 were ...

I love my kids. I also love the scientific method. They mix well. I don’t use the scientific method on my kids, though in truth parenting is just one huge uncontrolled, unfunded experiment ...

There are many ways to raise happy, well-adjusted kids, but science has a few tips for making sure they turn out okay. From keeping it fun to letting them leave the nest, here are 10 research ...

(Not everyone in the scientific community agreed that he had effectively aged, then rejuvenated, the mice.) He used a technique for which the Japanese stem-cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka had won a ...

Still, the amount of time mothers and fathers spend in child care has been climbing since the 1970s. Fathers’ time has nearly tripled from 2.6 hours a week spent with kids in 1965 to 7.2 in 2010.

Scientific conclusions and scientific methods can change: Understanding how and why these changes occur reveals why science is our best bet for getting the facts right, says Tania Lombrozo.