The mind of a young child is growing every day, testing boundaries, searching the world to see how it works, much like little scientists conducting experiments. Dr. Stephanie Ryan, from Ryan Education ...

THERE is a deep satisfaction to be had from making and throwing a paper plane. From the number I have had fly across my classrooms, I have been able to ascertain that most children over the age of 11 ...

Neutrinos are some of nature’s most elusive particles. One hundred trillion fly through your body every second, but each one has only a tiny chance of jostling one of your atoms, a consequence of the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...