Science

What new parents should know about chemicals and toxins

What new parents should know about chemicals and toxins

Having a baby can make you take a second glance at the products you use at home and what you put in your body. Here’s what new parents should know.

Delaney Seiferling

Donating my vaccinated breastmilk gave me hope during lockdown

Donating my vaccinated breastmilk gave me hope during lockdown

This simple act helps researchers learn more about breastmilk antibodies and makes me feel like I'm doing something that matters.

Laura Cockburn-Tulk

14 Fun Science Experiments For Kids

14 Fun Science Experiments For Kids

Your kids will discover and create all sorts of neat things with these fun kids’ science experiments.

Andrea Mulder-Slater

North West is the STEM advocate we didn't know we needed

North West is the STEM advocate we didn't know we needed

In Kim Kardashian's '73 Questions' video for Vogue, her eldest daughter's love of '90s fave Bill Nye The Science Guy stole the show.

Jessica Pollack

Build A Bot Unicorn

Build A Bot Unicorn

Build A Bot Unicorn is a unique STEM toy that teaches kids the basics of robotics as they build—and the finished robot is pretty cute!

Crayola Colour Chemistry Lab Set

Crayola Colour Chemistry Lab Set

The Crayola Colour Chemistry Lab Set includes basic supplies and instructions for over 50 colour-based experiments to encourage young scientists.

Create with Clay Dinosaurs

Create with Clay Dinosaurs

Create with Clay Dinosaurs is a fun DIY kit that comes with modelling clay, dino skeletons and the tools for kids to bring prehistoric creatures to life.

Manhattan Toy STEM Blox

Manhattan Toy STEM Blox

Manhattan Toy STEM Blox help teach young kids about stacking and building, letters and numbers, and even simple math problems and basic word building.

SmartLab Spa Soaps Forest Friends

SmartLab Spa Soaps Forest Friends

From flowers and acorns to cute woodland creatures, making soaps with SmartLab Spa Soaps Forest Friends is good clean fun!

Ravensburger GraviTrax Starter Set

Ravensburger GraviTrax Starter Set

The Ravensburger GraviTrax Starter Set gives kids a hands-on introduction to physics, with helpful quizzes and a user-friendly design.

STEM Amusement Park Set

STEM Amusement Park Set

STEM Amusement Park Set will have your kid deeply engaged into building sophisticated structures, all while learning the science that makes them work.

Snap Circuits Bric: Structures

Snap Circuits Bric: Structures

Elenco Snap Circuits Bric: Structures will keep your curious kiddo busy building their elaborate structures while learning about the basics of electricity.

Science experiment for kids: Exploding bottle rockets

Science experiment for kids: Exploding bottle rockets

Your kids can make their very own bottle rocket that can blast off into space. Lisa from Action Potential Lab shows you how to do this science experiment.

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The critical window for preventing obesity is earlier than you think

The critical window for preventing obesity is earlier than you think

A new study says your best bet for preventing obesity for your child is to ensure they maintain a healthy weight even before age six.

Liz Krieger

Emergency: Chocolate might be extinct by 2050!

Emergency: Chocolate might be extinct by 2050!

A world without chocolate is not a world we want to live in. No more chocolate cake, no more chocolate ice cream, no more brownies?! Say it ain't so!

Kevin John Siazon

Science experiment for kids: DIY sorbet

Science experiment for kids: DIY sorbet

Wait—you can make a delicious sorbet using a juice box and salt? That can't be possible. But it is. Watch how to do this cool science experiment.

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5 Earth Day crafts and activities

5 Earth Day crafts and activities

Celebrate Mother Nature and connect with your kids this Earth Day with five fun crafts and activities, including tie-dyeing, planting a tree and more.

Amy Baskin

Cherry-picking the smartest embryo

Cherry-picking the smartest embryo

Ian Mendes discovers that pre-selecting your child’s intelligence via embryo and gene mapping is on the horizon... and he's not on board.

Ian Mendes

7 super-fun science apps

7 super-fun science apps

Get all your little scientist's questions answered with these fun, mess-free, kid-approved science apps.

Amber Mac

Cool kids' nature apps

Cool kids' nature apps

These three new apps will delight kids who love animals and help build their knowledge of the world around them.

Today's Parent staff