Equal parts educational, challenging, and entertaining, there’s nothing quite like giving a child a quality science toy with the hopes of sparking an interest in one of many useful scientific fields.

Before video games and robotics competitions, toys were much simpler: girls got dolls; boys got model trains and bicycles. Toys that promoted learning and experimentation were rare until one inventor, ...

Anyone who reads Giz with any sort of regularity knows that we don’t try to hide our affinity for toys. But for some brainiacs, toys like the Etch-a-Sketch aren’t just diversions, they’re launching ...

My high school physics teacher is a big part of why I went into physics. I've always been interested in science, back as far as I can remember-- the closest thing to a fan letter I ever wrote was to a ...

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With the holiday season in full swing, the toy industry is bustling with moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends buying gifts for their littlest loved ones. Toy buying used to be simple: ...