Human beings also learn, to a large extent, through trial and error, a process that has been implicitly present since their earliest life experiences. Although it may seem like a slow or imperfect ...

By cranking up the difficulty on the test task, researchers found that children are capable of finding systematic solutions to complex problems far earlier than psychologists had believed.

I'm in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother's bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It's a chaotic—but functional—solution to the problem.

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

Zoomies have a fancy scientific name -- a 'FRAP' -- or a frenetic random activity period. These periods of activity are a completely healthy way for an animal to do a variety of things, whether it be ...

Everything was on display even before the trial of Cédric Jubillar, who is accused of killing his wife, Delphine. Yet impatience is growing as the October 17 verdict approaches.

Incorporating mistakes into your teaching can be transformative. Here’s how to introduce the idea of failing to your students in a controlled environment ...

Even techno optimists acknowledge that the skills children will need are evolving faster than schools can, and that the most utopic AI outcome will still be completely unrecognizable in its ...

A groundbreaking new study out of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute will offer free pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to 1,000 Alberta youth Each year, more than 30,000 youth in Alberta ...

Inarguably the most useful piece of technology widely used as an information gathering and sharing tool might be too distracting — perhaps even too mind-numbing — for students to use within the ...

(CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be sentenced Friday morning for his federal conviction on two prostitution-related charges. He’s been jailed in a federal detention facility in Brooklyn, New York ...