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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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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It Bleeds. It Breathes. It's a Lifelike Artificial Human Corpse!
By Mindy Weisberger published
This isn't your typical medical model.
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Cyber Monday Deals on Science Books
By Jeanna Bryner published
Check out the best deals on Amazon for books about science, technology and more.
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In Photos: Thousands of Asylum Patients' Bodies Buried Under University of Mississippi Campus
By Mindy Weisberger published
Recent radar scans revealed as many as 7,000 bodies buried on the grounds of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where a formal state mental institution once stood.
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