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.

For many families, coming to Colorado to enroll their child in a clinical trial gives them hope — and a feeling that they’re giving their child the best chance to beat their cancer. It’s also about ...

Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more efficient and paint a more honest picture of life as a researcher.

A groundbreaking technology developed by Heriot-Watt University has received funding to revolutionise how eczema is diagnosed and treated, potentially ending years of suffering for millions of ...

When the state dictates both the questions science asks and the answers it offers, it converts knowledge into propaganda and health into a matter of politics.

Nathaniel McLellan’s body was limp. His eyes were closed. He wasn’t responsive. His mother, Rose-Anne Van De Wiele, rushed the 15-month-old boy to Strathroy hospital from his daycare provider, who ...

The first explanation for autism was offered in the 1950s. The opinion of psychoanalysts was that cold, distant, career-oriented mothers were why some children developed severe emotional and ...

Age puzzles go back to antiquity. They challenge us to figure out how ages fit together into a pattern, using a blend of imagination and logic.

The University of Houston is co-leading a $25M national study, the first of its kind in the United States, exploring whether atropine eyedrops can delay the onset of nearsightedness in young children ...

Jane Goodall, the intellectual, soft-spoken conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking, immersive chimpanzee field research in which she documented the primates’ distinct personalities and use of ...