Today's college students have more perfectionistic traits than those of decades past, a new study suggests. The study is one of the first to examine generational differences in perfectionism, which is defined as having excessively high standards for oneself and being overly self-critical. In the study, researchers analyzed data from...

It appears that a high school student in Davis, California, baked her grandfather's ashes into sugar cookies and gave them out at school on Oct. 4. Yes, people ate them. And, yes, this is a real news story. It was reported in the Los Angeles Times. Apparently, some of the...

Finding eroded hills (Image credit: Copyright 2019 West Virginia University)West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews (shown in picture) and Sarah Brown, discovered glacier-eroded hills called drumlins, and their larger counterparts whalebacks and megawhalebacks while journeying through northern Namibia. Measuring the structures (Image credit: Copyright 2019 West Virginia University)West Virginia University...

NEW YORK — Have you ever wondered how to predict the weather, land an airplane onto a moving train, or knock a drone out of the sky with sports equipment? Randall Munroe, creator of the popular science webcomic xkcd, has a new book that presents outrageous solutions for a broad...

Two grinning men pose for a video camera in front of a helicopter: We're going on a tour, one of them says and laughs. But what they were about to do was no joyride; it was both dangerous and illegal. They were attempting to steal the eggs of rare falcons...

Below is an excerpt of The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer, published by Simon & Schuster on Feb. 11, 2020. Read more about the amazing true story of the man who spent decades smuggling and selling wild...

With a rocky year of pandemic-related educational disruptions ahead, many parents are looking for ways to help their kids learn at home. Toys advertised as teaching STEM might seem like one way to fill the gap. But do they really work? The answer is yes, research shows that toys can...

Maybe you've heard the word Montessori before. Maybe not. Either way, you've likely run across some Montessori toys. Back in the late 1800s, Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, noticed that children naturally learn through the intrinsic motivation to pick something up and explore how it works. She developed a teaching...

For 60 years, medical students have practiced CPR on a dummy doll — dubbed Resusci Annie — compressing her chest and breathing air into her plastic mouth. The face of that dummy, it turns out, isn't made up. It's based on the face of a teenage girl found dead in...

If your youngster is already interested in computers (and other mobile gadgetry), now is the perfect time to seek out the best coding toys for kids. There are myriad apps, toys and games available to teach coding skills to children of all ages and jumpstart those future techie careers. These...

Your pupils might be able to count … sort of. New research suggests a person's pupil size can change based on the number of objects an individual observes in their visual field. Pupils are holes located in the center of the eye, which change size to regulate the amount of...

Explore our list of some of the best free museums you can visit both in London and across the U.K. The cost of living in the U.K. is on the rise, but an entertaining and educational day out doesn’t have to break the bank. Whether you want to broaden your...

A child science prodigy has wowed his professors and classmates by becoming a college graduate at the age of 13. Elliott Tanner recently graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in physics, with a minor in mathematics. I feel ecstatic, Elliott, a Minnesota resident, told Live Science....

The fall semester is fast approaching and college will be starting up again soon, so now is the perfect time to upgrade your kit and get a new laptop during the Prime Day deals. While Amazon has some fantastic deals over the next few days, this pair of Dell XPS...

The best science book will not just educate; it will also enlighten and entertain. It has the power to transform a dry subject that you dreaded in school into a mind-boggling and captivating story. And it will give you a different perspective on the world around you. However, there are...