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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

There isn't any definitive study showing that giving a child certain toys will guarantee he or she will grow up to be a rocket scientist. But there is evidence suggesting that simple toys -- think ...

Tim Rowett is an avid collector of science-related toys. Robert P Crease and son drop in to play with them The wow factor: Tim Rowett, collector of scientific toys. “I have a low boredom threshold,” ...

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