Soils are alive!
Our Collection editors invite scientists and kids to help them fight misconceptions about soil. [...]
Young Minds
Socially apart, learning together
As schools across the world close during the Coronavirus pandemic, how will young people continue to learn? [...]
Never too young to learn
"I asked kids why they thought peer review would be important. They said: ‘because someone can lie, because they want to be famous.’" [...]
From microbes all the way to space with Young Minds
Come aboard our special Young Minds bus and discover the journey along 10 of our articles we have prepared for you. [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds Chief Editors honored at 2019 Society for Neuroscience Awards
Robert Knight and Sabine Kastner recognized for their outstanding contribution to neuroscience education and training. [...]
Happy World Rhino Day 2019!
“If we do not protect rhinos they will become extinct and then we will not know rhinos and what they are about." [...]
Secrets of the Learning Brain
Jacobs Foundation supports Dutch neuroscientists to spread knowledge about the learning brain to our international younger audience. [...]
What does it mean to have an invisible condition?
This article Collection will give kids an understanding about different invisible conditions and their support strategies. [...]
An Alien place on Earth – The Red Sea as model system
“From corals to microscopic life, our aim is for kids to discover all the characteristics that make the Red Sea a unique environment.” [...]
Introducing our new member – Pip, the pangolin!
Meet Pip the pangolin - our new character to follow us in our scientific journey. [...]
10 articles showcasing accessible science for kids
Find out how these 10 articles are a starting point for (young) readers to discover our journal. [...]
Exciting new partnership with Ecography
This partnership will help bringing the latest ecological research to the younger Frontiers for Young Minds audience. [...]
Diversity of the Microbial World
“We involve local kids and Science Mentors here in Mexico with the review process of the manuscripts." [...]
Understanding traumatic injury to the human brain
"We hope that with this article Collection, kids will understand how to protect themselves from Traumatic Brain Injury." [...]
Diversity and inclusion from a young age
"If more voices are present in the peer review process, then a deeper understanding of the science can be presented." [...]
Taking inclusion in peer review to a new level
Why we involve kids and teens in the peer review of scientific articles - Diversity & Inclusion during Peer Review Week 2018 [...]
Sharing an experience we all can relate to – our childhood
The Frontiers for Young Minds editorial team explains why we believe science communication should involve kids. [...]
Science for kids now available in Hebrew
In its quest to make science open and accessible for all, Frontiers for Young Minds is proud to announce that its first translation initiative is now online. [...]
Making your research accessible to school kids
Our authors talk about their experience communicating their research to a younger audience. [...]
Training the world’s youngest brain scientists
Shaking in their lab coats: young students of the Brain Explorer Academy give scientists feedback during a live peer review event. [...]
Are you brave enough to face the challenge?
Are you a courageous scientist ready to freely share your work and empower the scientists of the future? [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds has new look and feel
Our dedicated Frontiers for Young Minds team has been working hard to revamp the website for our growing community. [...]
5 science writing tips from our Young Experts
"It doesn't snow where I live, so I didn't understand what you wrote about snowmen." [...]
Comic books to get children interested in science
“It doesn't matter what your background, gender, ethnicity or socio-economic status is; if you can ask questions, you can do science.” [...]
Communicating advanced mathematics to kids
"I’ve often thought that we could do a lot better job of explaining “advanced” mathematical concepts in simple language for the benefit of a wider audience." [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds goes global
A new partnership with the Patrick & Lina Drahi Foundation will bring cutting-edge science to children in new languages [...]
Calling all astronomers and space scientists!
Calling all astronomers and space scientists! Can you take your most recent publications and explain it to kids or teens in under 2000 words? [...]
Tropical Biodiversity: Why should we care?
Frontiers for Young Minds announces the first Collection on Tropical Biodiversity and why we should care? Hosted by editors Ana Maria Almeida & Chelsea Specht [...]
Using Frontiers for Young Minds Articles in Your Classroom
Frontiers for Young Minds content of articles – both text and images – are free to access, download, and reproduce in educational materials. [...]
Introducing Collections from Frontiers for Young Minds
To highlight why each discovery is important with background and context, these collections of articles take non-technical readers through the core of a [...]
Communicating research findings outside of the scientific community is an important and challenging part of science
Frontiers for Young Minds takes this one step further, by asking authors to explain their published articles in a language that 8-15 year olds can understand. This is put to [...]
In trying to teach kids about the brain, researchers ended up learning about themselves
The research, published in Frontiers for Young Minds, focuses on early-life nutrition and how that influences brain development, using pigs as a human proxy. [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds celebrates the publication of its 100th article!
That’s 100 articles of cutting-edge science available – for free – for kids, teens, parents, teachers, and the young-at-heart. [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds and GLOBE: An exciting new partnership
Frontiers for Young Minds is excited to announce its new partnership with The GLOBE Program! [...]
Understanding Mathematics – newest section to arrive in Frontiers for Young Minds
Frontiers for Young Minds is expanding and we are pleased to announce the launch of its newest specialty section, Understanding Mathematics. [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds welcomes new Chief Editors for Understanding the Earth and its Resources
Understanding the Earth and its Resources aims to provide up-to-date research to the next generation who will live with, and study, these planet-wide questions. [...]
The art within Microbiology, and a coloring book
Frontiers in Microbiology specialty sections are turned into fun illustrations. Enjoy, download and color them! — by Chloe Schmidt Frontiers in Microbiology Art [...]
Facing Young Reviewers in a Live Review BASF 2016
In association with the Bay Area Science Festival, Frontiers for Young Minds hosted the second edition of our annual event, held at the Chabot Space and Science center in [...]
Young Minds: Science edited by kids for kids
Frontiers for Young Minds provides a collection of freely available scientific articles by scientists that are shaped for younger audiences by their own young peers. [...]
Autoimmunity: Why the Body Attacks Itself
Sometimes macrophages are given the wrong signals and they attack healthy cells. When this happens, your body develops a reaction that can lead to autoimmunity. [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds Live Review at the Bay Area Science Festival
Frontiers for Young Minds is excited to announce its second live review event which will take place at the Chabot Space and Science Center as part of the Bay Area Science [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds is delighted to announce our newest section – Understanding Biodiversity
Frontiers for Young Minds is proud and excited to announce the launch of its newest specialty section, Understanding Biodiversity. This new specialty will be led by the [...]
Understanding Marine Microbes, the Driving Engines of the Ocean
When you hear the word microbes, what comes to your mind? Something much too small to see and that makes you fall ill? Just because some microbes cause diseases that does not mean they are all evil. For example, in the marine (ocean) environment, the vast majority of microbes are good ones [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds celebrates its first papers in Understanding Health
Frontiers for Young Minds is growing and we are celebrating the first two papers in our youngest Specialty Section Understanding Health. This new specialty is led by our [...]
Reject or publish? Kids discuss peer-review
Is the paper fact or fiction? Is the paper boring? These are all things this panel of children look for when reviewing a paper for our journal for kids, Frontiers for Young [...]
Measuring the Methane Leaks to the Air from Three Large Natural Gas Production Regions
In the coming years, humans will have choices to make about where we get the fuel that powers our lights for us to see at night, our stoves for our hot meals, our water [...]
Autoimmunity: Why the Body Attacks Itself
The human body is made up of 37 trillion cells and billions of these die every single day. The body has special cells, called macrophages, which consume dying cells to [...]
Break it down! How scientists are making fuel out of plants
When you ride the bus to school in the morning, your journey is probably powered by diesel or gasoline, which is both made from petroleum. Petroleum is a fossil fuel, which [...]
What do “yellowballs” have to do with the birth of new stars?
Where do stars come from? Human beings have thought about this question for thousands of years and have proposed many different explanations, but scientists have only had the [...]
American Indian students first to review Frontiers for Young Minds article
by Amee Hennig, associate Editor for Frontiers for Young Minds When asked where the science in your text book comes from, students often don’t have an answer. It was no [...]
