Suppose you observe this unlikely scene: A warm-blooded six-year-old is offered a plateful of droopy steamed broccoli or a luscious chocolate cupcake, and he chooses the broccoli. This curious ...

This curious incident violates our collective expectations about children’s food preferences, our “Childhood Taste Theory,” if you will. According to CTT, chocolate cupcakes trump everything green or ...

Jamie Jirout was not the sort of student who simply took a textbook at its word. In her first semester of college, she asked her psychology professor if she could assist in the professor’s research.

We all are born with curiosity. Children ask why, how and when, among many other questions. However, as we grow, we shift from curious learning to knowing and, as an adult, we can reach a learning ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Jamie Jirout was ...

In the new paper, researchers say that as the nonbiological sources they considered could not fully explain the abundance of organic compounds, it is therefore reasonable to hypothesize that living ...