Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When we ...

Engineering toys give kids the opportunity to learn STEM subjects through hands-on play. They’re an engaging way for kids to ...

TinkerBots is a new building set with easy-to-add robotics that enables boys and girls as young as five--and adults, too--to easily create all kinds of toy robots simply by snapping together ...

STEM-based schoolwork is a key part of your kid’s curriculum, but encouraging genuine enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and math that extends beyond the classroom requires more than a ...