Attention space fans: The Vans x Space NASA collection is stellar!
Our space-loving kids — and their space-loving parents (ahem) — are going want to do zero-G flips for the newly launched collection of Vans x Space sneakers in partnership with NASA, released in advance of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing next...
Web coolness: A digital swear jar, the Twitter password breach, and tech Mother’s Day gifts!
Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you love them too! Turns out Siri can swear. Plus, the swear jar goes digital! (top) Pokemon designers finally come clean about the inspiration behind Pikachu. We love this cooking app for kids....
Web coolness: A free girls’ coding camp, the dangers of Facebook quizzes, and Mr. Rogers on Twitch.
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Hooray for this girls’ summer coding camp, run by Karlie Kloss, which will sponsor 1000 girls in 50 camps across 25 cities. Are you aware of the real dangers...
Web coolness: Violent video games don’t create violent kids, Best Buy spies for the FBI, and more.
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. There’s so much talk about violent video games (again), but the research is in: science shows violent video games do not cause kids to be violent. Worth a...
Web coolness: New emoji, geeky valentines, and medical apps you need on your phone.
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Here’s a fun geeky Valentine’s Day circuit card for your techy loved one. And these geeky valentines are adorable! Consult this list of romantic movies...
Celebrate the Super Blue Blood Moon with this fun DIY moon calendar
We’re pretty excited about the Super Blue Blood Moon that should hopefully be visible in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow. Fingers crossed! To celebrate, we’re thinking our STEM-loving kids would love to make this DIY Moon Calendar that will show them...
Web coolness: Women of NASA come to LEGO, why Tinder is good for families, the best parenting podcasts
Here are some of the coolest tech links around the web this week. We hope you like them too. All the details on the upcoming Women of NASA LEGO set! Finally! Online dating may be changing the American family in positive ways. Including Tinder. Whoa – Netflix is...
The Women of NASA LEGO set is coming! Because the present is female, too.
Way back in February of this year, we wrote about forthcoming the Women of NASA LEGO Set which proposed wonderful mini versions honoring software developer Margaret Hamilton; NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson; pioneering astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemison; and...
You won’t believe what these Total Eclipse of the Sun stamps can do.
In honor of the total solar eclipse hitting our skies on August 21 (that’s Monday!), the United States Postal Service has launched Total Eclipse of the Sun stamps. But the extra cool part? They actually change color. For real. Related: Everything you need to...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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