Just over half of the children born in 2020 will face unprecedented exposure to heatwaves over their lifetime — even under a conservative projection for how climate change will unfold over the next 75 ...

Brushes with death can have lasting effects, but very few studies bother to ask children about them.

Celebrate the Children's Hospital Los Angeles 125th anniversary! Discover a century of pediatric medicine advances and ...

Melatonin is now widely used to help children sleep, but scientists say the enthusiasm may be getting ahead of the evidence. A major review found clear benefits for children with conditions like ...

"Don't give him too much sugar or he will become unmanageable!" How many times have you heard this phrase at a birthday party or during a snack? The link between sugar and hyperactivity in children is ...

If American children could speak for themselves, they would say that education and healthcare are of paramount importance in their lives. If American children could vote, they would vote for […] ...

When your children ask to visit a science museum, but there are none in the local area - what is the solution? For one couple it was to create their own. Roy and Natalia Jones, from Delabole, Cornwall ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How a local program is changing the way ...