Children

Margaret Lowman, who also goes by the nickname “Canopy Meg,” is chief of science and sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences.

When I was kid, I remember my dad scolding my brother and me when one of us decided to hold the other one upside-down. In that position, he reasoned, we could fall on our head.

Over the long term, limiting screen time brings substantial benefits

The fast growth of young brains may come at the expense of infant memories

Educators must do a better job of spotting talented kids early, encouraging them and challenging them

          // Editor's note: Brain Basics from Scientific American Mind is a series of short video primers on the brain and how we feel, think and act.

Letters to the editor from the March/April 2014 issue of Scientific American MIND

Babies whose moms lived within a mile of crops treated with widely used pesticides were more likely to develop autism, according to new research 

When we’re young, we quietly take stock of those around us and reject notions that we will eventually gain weight, deflate, wrinkle and sag.

We at Scientific American share several passions with the actor, producer and educator LeVar Burton: fostering children's literacy, science, social good and education.

Some say that the differences between boys and girls are just aping nature, but studies of primates tell a more complex story "Boys will be boys" is a popular refrain in schools.

Outlining, annotating and typing notes all improve understanding in high school and college