Kids today are more depressed than they were during the Great Depression. Here’s why.

When I first heard about how common it has become for some schools to withhold recess from kids as a disciplinary tool, my heart was heavy. Play is a very important part of childhood. I’m not even sure I realized how important until I heard this man, who makes his living studying play, talk about…

Skills

A teacher gave students a seemingly simple connect-the-dots test. Only one student got it.

Health

Scientists asked 19,000 Australians to log their farts each day. Here’s why it matters.

Pop Culture

A Missouri newscaster trolls her trolls by reading their comments aloud in her ‘news voice’

Mental Health

If you make unexpected connections between topics, you may be an ‘intellectual omnivore’