Meta is attempting to encourage Instagram’s younger users to put down their phones in favor of a solid night’s rest. According to a January 18 Meta blog post, the company will begin showing “new nighttime nudges” for 13-to-17-year-olds after they spend more than 10 minutes scrolling through Instagram sections such as Reels or Direct Messages […]
From Medellín to Kiberia, dozens of young cities are tackling both local and global issues such as starvation, climate change, and lack of housing.
An innovative curriculum developed at MIT takes aim at eliminating the biases inherent in our algorithms—by teaching the concept to youngsters.
J0313-1806 is the farthest quasar and black hole ever seen by telescopes. Here’s what astrophysicist Feige Wang thinks it reveals about the age of our universe.
Creating the best play areas that foster young kids’ development requires a combination of creativity and science.
Before caterpillars can spread their wings as butterflies and moths, they have to fend off predators with mimicry, poison, and other clever adaptions.
The high-pitched gibberish that constitutes baby talk plays an important role in language development for kids—and other young animals.
Generations like Gen Z, millennial, and boomer get defined by history and time. But people who research them argue that generational divides are harmful and unnecessary.
The search for a fountain of youth has obsessed humankind for millennia, but a new wave of research is showing that the secret may have been running through our veins all along.
When you’re a kid, your stance on homework is generally pretty simple: It’s the worst. When it comes to educators, parents, and school administrators, however, the topic gets a lot more complicated. Collective educational enthusiasm toward homework has ebbed and flowed throughout the 20th century in the US. School districts began abolishing homework in the […]
