A good reason for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to eat their fruits and vegetables is it may reduce inattention.

Children learn demonstratives that call others’ attention to objects – such as ‘this/that’ and ‘here/there’ – at extremely young ages.

Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by motor and verbal tics, which are repetitive movements and vocalizations.

A novel class of bed net kills mosquitoes resistant to traditional insecticides by making them unable to move reducing malaria infections.

A genetic map of an aggressive childhood brain tumour called medulloblastoma helped researchers identify a new generation anti-cancer drug.

A person’s appreciation of nature and their tendency to visit natural spaces are heritable characteristics, according to a large-scale study

An artificial pancreas developed by a team of Cambridge researchers is helping protect very young children with type 1 diabetes.

Schools around the world are implementing lessons that teach empathy and compassion, and science is increasingly focusing on their benefits.

Researchers suggest that a 2.5-year regimen involving ibrutinib and chemoimmunotherapy can provide deep, and lasting remissions.

Study suggests that teaching children to understand other people’s perspectives could make it easier for them to learn how to forgiveness.

More than half of parents worry that they overindulge their children; many report different ways of teaching them to be thankful.

Penicillin may be one key to turning the tide on the deadly impacts of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) for children in developing nations.

A new study finds a visit from human-controlled robot encourages a positive outlook and improves medical interactions for hospitalized kids.

A couple has adopted two sets of twins in one day in order to keep siblings together while "spreading the love."

After building an amazing replica of a Space X module for his grandson, Southampton's 'Grandpa Patrick' has been hailed a 'genius'.

Young people now have access to a free collection of scientific articles written by winners of science’s most coveted honor, the Nobel Prize

Ava Cabral, 15, witnessed Thor and Spider-Man outside her window. And her description of the day is not what you’d usually hear from a child

Though writing by hand is being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away pencil and paper

A genetic map of a childhood brain tumour called medulloblastoma has helped researchers identify a new generation anti-cancer drug

The theory that modern society is too clean, leading to defective immune systems in children, should be swept under the carpet