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.

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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 ...

NEW YORK--Amid the madness of the 2007 American International Toy Fair here, a somewhat unexpected trend was visible: apparently, science rules. Sure, there were plenty of dolls, toy pistols, building ...

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, ...

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