When Susan Engel, a developmental psychologist at Williams College, decided to spend a few months observing suburban elementary schools, she had a specific goal in mind: to study variations in rates ...

Kids are curious creatures. Spend a little time in any classroom and you’ll find yourself the recipient of countless questions ranging from the strange to the profound. From pondering the diversity of ...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...

Curiosity Conference 2026 brought together scholars, scientists, artists, engineers, and students to foster interdisciplinary dialogue. The event focused on curiosity as the driver of human ...

Your young infant lies in a crib staring endlessly at a ray of light passing through the window shades. At this moment, your baby is showing the innate curiosity that all children have when they are ...