Allison Singer

The editors of TIME for Kids spoke with six innovators who are making the planet a more sustainable and acces…

Find out why Apollo Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center is one of TIME for Kids' coolest pl…

Find out why National Butterfly Center is one of TIME for Kids' coolest places in the world for 2019.

Find out why Deichman Biblo Tøyen is one of TIME for Kids' coolest places in the world for 2019.

The nation is in shock after two deadly mass shootings this past weekend. The first attack took place in El P…

On Tuesday and Wednesday night, 20 of the Democratic candidates will participate in the second round of debat…

Vatnajökull National Park, in Iceland, and 28 other additions were made to the UNESCO World Heritage List las…

The World Cup–winning United States Women’s National Soccer Team was honored in a ticker-tape parade today in…

At the start of the movie The Farewell, an intriguing phrase appears on the screen: “Based on an actual lie.”…

There have been massive protests on the streets of Hong Kong this month. It’s estimated that about 2 million …

The Women’s World Cup kicks off in France this weekend. Twenty-four teams from around the world will take par…

The Scripps National Spelling Bee usually ends with a single winner. Sometimes, it ends in a tie between two …

Most speakers at graduation ceremonies offer words of wisdom. But at Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony …

Tani, a Nigerian refugee, used to live in a homeless shelter in New York City. Then he became a chess champio…

As of December 2017, there were about 67 million smart speakers in households in the United States, according…

The National Military Family Association hosts Operation Purple camps across the country. Since 2004, more th…

“We’re called civil engineers because we engineer civilization.” These are the words of Yung Koprowski, one o…

While civil engineers specialize in different things and each type of civil engineer contributes to society i…

Monarch butterflies are not just beautiful insects, they are also amazing insects, and they love to travel! E…

Rocks, minerals, and gems are important because we use them every day. They make up much of our planet and ar…

The US Air Force was founded nearly 70 years ago on September 18, 1947. It is one of the five branches of the…

We celebrate our moms on Mother’s Day. We celebrate our dads on Father’s Day. But did you know there’s a spec…

National Coast Guard Day is August 4. On this holiday, Americans celebrate the members of the United States C…

Allie Singer has been a member of the DK editorial team since 2011. Her focus is on teen and children's nonfi…