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The best Montessori learning toys
By Kasandra Brabaw published
Here's a roundup of Montessori toys for the little ones in your life who love to learn and have fun while they're at it.

Do STEM toys actually teach kids science and math?
By Stephanie Pappas published
Toys advertised as teaching STEM aren't always proven, but these recommendations have science to back them up.

Read an excerpt from 'The Falcon Thief'
By Mindy Weisberger published
Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons' nests around the world, to sell to private collectors.

'The Falcon Thief' exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler
By Mindy Weisberger published
Wild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.

Useless Self-Help Guide Offers Ludicrous Solutions to Everyday Problems
By Mindy Weisberger published
A new book by Randall Munroe, author of the popular science webcomic xkcd, explains how to fix real-world problems by using science to find ridiculously complicated solutions.

Photos: Traces of an Ancient Ice Stream
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
300 million years ago, Namibia was covered in ice. Now, we see traces of it.

There's No Medical Reason Not to Bake Your Grandpa's Ashes into a Sugar Cookie and Eat It
By Rafi Letzter published
But, like, don't.

Perfectionism on the Rise Among College Students
By Rachael Rettner published
Today's college students have more perfectionistic traits than those of decades past, a new study suggests.
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