When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).

Former Laikipia County Woman Representative Cate Waruguru during a past press conference in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Former Laikipia County Woman Representative Cate Waruguru is on the spot after the ...

The Trump administration is expected to make an announcement Monday linking pregnant women’s use of Tylenol to autism, according to The Washington Post. These Florida laws go into effect next week.

Elementary schools should make children fit to use digital media. A team at the University of Würzburg is developing a digital diagnostic tool to support teachers in this endeavor. The research is ...

Gen Z may be delaying having a family due to the economy, their personal finances and politics, but there's also another issue at play: climate change. In a new survey by renewable energy solutions ...

My recently widowed mother asked me if I think we should get a life-insurance policy (it was fresh on her mind as we handled everything for Dad). She is 72, in great health, and independently wealthy.

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

The members voted against the combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. Guidelines on vaccines given separately to prevent those infections remain unchanged. By Apoorva Mandavilli ...