We invite you to read the compelling story of one of the founders of modern neuroscience: Marian Diamond.

Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access scientific journal written by scientists and reviewed by a board of kids and teens.

The 54-page document might have been consigned to history were it not for a decision by one of the physicist’s friends.

Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access scientific journal written by scientists and reviewed by a board of kids and teens.

Women make up half of the world’s population. Yet for half a century, neuroscience has largely overlooked women’s health. Scientists who conduct research in animals primarily study males and exclude...

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You probably know that going to the gym to exercise is good for your body. Exercise keeps us fit and healthy. Did you know that you can also exercise your mind to keep it fit and healthy? Mindfulness...

Antarctica is our southernmost continent. It is nearly double the size of Australia. Antarctica is covered almost entirely by land ice called the Antarctic Ice Sheet and is surrounded by the Southern...

Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access scientific journal written by scientists and reviewed by a board of kids and teens.

Humans have been growing rice for thousands of years, but we have not been doing it alone this whole time. With over 7.6 billion mouths to feed on our hungry planet, would not you want to get as much...

Microbes, or microorganisms, are tiny living beings that cannot be seen by the naked eye. These little guys form one of the oldest living groups on Earth, and are extremely diverse in how they live...

Jacobs Foundation supports Dutch neuroscientists to spread knowledge about the learning brain to our international younger audience.

On a summer day in 2017, astronomers around the world received a message about an exciting collision of two stars far, far away. The message was sent by a team of astronomers from the LIGO and Virgo...

The organisms that live in the ocean range in size and type from microscopic plankton that use sunlight to produce energy to large whales that eat other microbes and animals for fuel. These organisms...

The Arctic Ocean is located at the North Pole, sometimes considered the top of the world. Yet this ocean has been called an “upside-down” ocean by famous oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen. Around most of...

Women make up half of the world’s population. Yet for half a century, neuroscience has largely overlooked women’s health. Scientists who conduct research in animals primarily study males and exclude...

We invite you to read the compelling story of one of the founders of modern neuroscience: Marian Diamond.

Because having a wide variety of species on earth is essential for human health and our economy, conservation areas have been established worldwide. These conservation efforts mostly focus on...

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It has caused a lot of suffering and devastation around the globe. No vaccines or medications are available to treat this disease to...

How do we determine the important characters in a movie like Frozen? We can watch it, of course, but there are also other ways—using mathematics and computers—to see who is important in the social...

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We invite you to read the compelling (forgotten) story of the first female oceanographer: Anita Conti.

Antibiotics are essential medicines used to treat diseases caused by bacteria. Bacteria are tiny organisms (microbes or “bugs”) that can be found in our bodies, in animals, and in the environment....

Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access scientific journal written by scientists and reviewed by a board of kids and teens.

World population and its urbanization is increasing worldwide. Combined with climate change, this urbanization threatens our food security as cities rely on regional and international food production...