Kindergarten readiness paves the way for future academic milestones like learning to read. Texas leaders want to see ...

At 22, the South Africa batter has rediscovered his best form by tuning out the noise and playing with freedom and instinct ...

The best-selling author grapples with big questions about A.I., consciousness and the distractions polluting our minds.

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On the flip side, sleep also may be used to supercharge your memories and improve your recall. “In part, while we are ...

After catching herself shuffling through the grocery store at 70, muttering complaints about her aching back, one woman's encounter with a vibrant octogenarian sparked a year-long transformation that ...

Ben Johnson walked past George Halas’ fedora, sitting inside a glass case in the main entryway at Halas Hall in Lake Forest.

Parents often tell their children to sound out the words as they are learning to read. It makes sense: Since they already ...

A border collie lying quietly in a corner while a family discusses dinner plans might not be just napping. Research shows that some exceptionally smart dogs can pick up the names of objects simply by ...

In many households, it’s a forbidden four-letter word. It can’t be uttered aloud, only spelled, so those within earshot don’t get too worked up. “Can you take the dog for a W-A-L-K?” Many dog owners ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

Dogs are renowned for their remarkable ability to learn human language via training—now a new groundbreaking study has just revealed that some are even smarter than that. Published in the journal ...