Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

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In 1974, a geneticist named Marsha Jean Falco devised an ingenious research tool to help determine whether epilepsy in dogs was an inherited trait. She drew a series of symbols on index cards, where ...

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For children who find math difficult or frustrating, or who just like to be challenged, there are many cool math games online to play for free. But are they useful? Research shows that the brain’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sometimes, it's possible to have too much of a good thing. Educational iPad games have flooded ...

My iPhone has become my kids' occasional babysitter. Whenever we have to wait longer than 60 seconds, I hear the familiar refrain of "Dad, can I play a game on your phone?" I don't always indulge them ...

Like math? Like puzzles? Then meet Bojagi, a game created by David Radcliffe (@daveinstpaul). It looks simple enough. A grid has a few numbers in it. The goal is to draw a rectangle around each number ...

Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergarteners' arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense ...