These new Girl Scout badges have real merit. The Girl Scouts of the USA kicked off its summer recruiting season on Tuesday by announcing 30 new badges that will get girls ages five to 18 building r… ...

Officials expect at least 10,000 of the nation's 2.7 million Boy Scouts to earn the new badge in the next year, compared with the roughly 500,000 who earn the most popular badge first aid each year.

A Girl Scout badge for learning how to program a robot is seen atop a sample of new badges focused on science, technology, engineering and math in Owings Mills, Md. The new group of 23 badges ...

CONCORD, N.H. – Can a robot pitch a tent? If so, a Boy Scout who builds one might be able to earn two merit badges at once. The Boy Scouts of America, which offers more than 120 badges ranging ...

Slowly, the Boy Scouts have developed into a real training ground for budding scientists and engineers. Of the 126 current merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America, 31 of them fit under ...

So you know how to build and program robots; what do you want, a badge? Now you can get just that, assuming you’re 11-18 years old and know all of the secret (or not so secret) handshakes, oa… ...

The Boy Scouts of America, which offers more than 120 badges ranging from archery to wilderness survival, next week will unveil a robotics merit badge meant to promote science, technology ...