Across classrooms and kitchen tables, adults still talk about “gifted” children as if brilliance were a fragile heirloom that must be protected at all costs. Science points in a different direction.

In recent years, scientists have studied whether being bilingual may help ward off the memory lapses and reduced mental sharpness that come with an aging brain. Much of the research on the pot ...

Area Learning Center staff are raising concerns about inadequate space, unequal amenities and limited growth potential for their vulnerable students in the district's new education center.

Taylor Observatory and Norton Planetarium offers cosmic educational events from the Earth and beyond for all ages.

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Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

Early success rarely predicts greatness. Study of sports champions, Nobel laureates, and chess masters shows early stars ...

A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By analyzing nearly 35,000 elite ...

In this week's Press Run there is news about Ensemble Theatre's upcoming production of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey ...

A new study suggests that the people who reach the pinnacle of their fields typically dabbled in multiple disciplines when ...

I'm a mother of 2 who works in a research lab. These are the STEM-based toys my kids have played with the most over the years ...