Equal parts educational, challenging, and entertaining, there’s nothing quite like giving a child a quality science toy with the hopes of sparking an interest in one of many useful scientific fields.

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The holiday shopping deluge is under way, and researchers are not immune to the rush. There are sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, grandchildren, and the kids of friends and colleagues to ...

Tim Rowett is an avid collector of science-related toys. Robert P Crease and son drop in to play with them The wow factor: Tim Rowett, collector of scientific toys. “I have a low boredom threshold,” ...

It's exciting to shop for kids, especially around the holidays, but it can be overwhelming with all the options available. I'm a mom to a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old, and I work in a scientific ...

Part of the beauty of childhood is that every new experience offers a lesson, making playtime an opportunity to learn and grow. But there’s one key ingredient that an educational toy must have and ...

A well-made educational toy can do a lot to foster curious young minds. But what if you're not sure where to start shopping, or wonder which toys are appropriate at your kid's age? Amazon is taking an ...

With a rocky year of pandemic-related educational disruptions ahead, many parents are looking for ways to help their kids learn at home. Toys advertised as teaching STEM might seem like one way to ...

With the holiday season in full swing, the toy industry is bustling with moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends buying gifts for their littlest loved ones. Toy buying used to be simple: ...

Sales in educational toys are booming, but often there isn’t much weight to their claims of teaching kids science and math. By Chavie Lieber Botley is a small plastic robot that makes a big claim.

[Jon Petter Skagmo] claims that the spaceship simulator he’s working on is for his daughter, but we think there’s an excellent chance he’s looking to fulfill a few childhood dreams of his own. But no ...