Before modern parenting culture made incessant scheduling the norm, kids used to spend their summers being unproductive — and occasionally bored. But even those who believe in boredom want to offer ...

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

Some 440 million years ago, trees quickly colonised the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea, and sucked up mega-tonnes of CO2 ...

Kids grappling with bullying can check out our list of relatable books for various ages, from picture books to tween and teen novels to memoirs. Some books deal with cyberbullying, while others ...

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Tragedy and hope vie for thematic supremacy in Philip Shenon's newest book, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church, a highly readable, character-driven ...

Glasgow-based Scotland's Home of the Year presenter Danny, 34, carried a book written by his younger brother Duncan, who died ...

olivia wise One of the great philosophical questions of all time, right up there with the chicken or the egg and the tree falling in the forest, is: What makes a beach book a beach book? Is it a pair ...

Animators could create more realistic bouncy, stretchy, and squishy characters for movies and video games thanks to a new simulation method developed by researchers at MIT. Their approach allows ...