Science Education

This blog is the sixth in a series of guest posts on technology and the brain to celebrate Scientific American Mind’s 10-year anniversary.

Baby’s first robot If  you could only learn a language with the innocent receptivity of a young child. That adage, repeated ad nauseam, once an adult has decided to learn French or Tagalog engenders endless debate.

A Halloween-themed activity from Science Buddies

The “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American that began in January 1957 is a legend in publishing, even though it’s been almost 30 years since the last one appeared.

Grab a favorite toy and turn its shadow into art that illustrates an ancient solar system secret

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, and math. If you’d like to read about women in math for the occasion, you're in serious danger of coming across an article about Hypatia, Emmy Noether, Sophie Germain, or Sofia Kovalevskaya.

Yes, the Cold War ended long ago, but we still live in a nuclear-armed world, in which the possibility of nuclear war, terrorism and accidents is all too real.

Learn how physics can help you build a faster toy boat

Mark your calendars. Set your clocks.is coming to Me and team of other zany public loving scientists will spend 2 whole days delivering fun hands-on science activities to families attending the ever awesome Geek Girl Con.

How one environmentalist made combating climate change part of every parents' job description

Stefan W. Hell, Eric Betzig, and William Moerner share the prize for developing new ways to see inside a cell.

A new interview series on the social news site this year allows scientists to answer questions whose responses are read by millions of readers