Lego’s next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born.

If you’re always thinking about food, it may be true hunger from the homeostatic pathway or cravings from the hedonic pathway, which responds to cues and rewards. Common triggers for thinking about ...

Having just finished with his dairy herd, the farmer was checking some more of his animals late at night when he spotted an unusual sight - a bright yellow van in the middle of one of his fields. And ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

There are enviable individuals who acquire skills and knowledge effortlessly, others are more orderly and achievement-focused than are their peers, and still others who exhibit unusual talents. While ...