Stuffed animals that talk back. Chessboards with pieces that move on their own. And a chatty holographic fairy in a crystal ...

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President Donald Trump is expected to sign the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 649/S. 222), which passed in the House ...

Inside the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gerry Gregg, wearing an A’s baseball cap and a U.S. Marine Corps shirt, ...

In that spirit, I’ve decided to go big and ask all the teachers in my life for ideas about gifts that will bring both joy and creative growth: What do they plan to give their children this year? After ...

How many times have we driven by a fondly remembered meadow and cursed the big yellow machines ripping it apart to make room for one garish enterprise after another? In due time we won’t even recall ...

Despite being paralyzed and unable to use sign language, Sara Jane Parsons quickly found a way to communicate with Jimmy ...

Cats are one of my favorite examples of this phenomenon: they’re usually aloof and anxious, yet they can be sweet and warm at ...

She worried that she was inadequate at love, until she became a mother. By Sasha Weiss ...

While the dairy industry on Monday celebrated the passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, allowing schools to serve whole cow’s milk rather than reduced-fat milk, advocates for non-dairy ...

AI-powered toys are arriving in kids’ bedrooms and playrooms with the promise of personalized learning, endless conversation, ...

List making is ultimately a forward, affirmative act — the wish to impose order on a chaotic world. In that spirit, we ...