One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.

If parents are the fixed stars in the childs universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.

The largest and most powerful computers are still no match for the smallest and weakest humans.

Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.

The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.

Being a grandmother is a wonderful thing, so my advice is skip the children. Go straight to the grandchildren.

The youngest children have a great capacity for empathy and altruism. There's a recent study that shows even 14-month-olds will climb across a bunch of cushions and go across a room to give you a pen if you drop one.