Kids like new healthier meals
When it comes to healthy eating at lunch, marketing is much more important than finances, which are indeed suffering but could recover with some creativity.
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Aldrin asks, Can mankind establish residence on Mars?
On the 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, we pause to listen to the words of Buzz Aldrin as he reflects on our future.
Passenger jet shot down over eastern Ukraine
298 people died today as a Malaysian Airlines 777 was shot down over Ukranian airspace in a region controlled by pro-Russia separatists.
Memory helps academic progress in early childhood
Working memory plays an important role in early academic success, new research from Luxembourg and Brazil has shown.
Dinosaur said to be thousands of years old
A fossilized dinosaur skeleton has been donated to the Creation Museum so they can confirm that it is less than 5,000 years old.
Daily Math Puzzle — Two Trains
Two trains on opposite tracks ass each other one and four hours before arriving at their destinations. How fast are they going?
Flooding, winds, possible tornadoes in IL
Severe storms continue throughout the Midwest, including Chicago, and the storm system may be headed toward the East Coast early next week.
FCC modernizes E-rate
The FCC expanded the 18-year-old E-rate program to provide more Wi-Fi, especially for tablets and other modern devices, less for pagers.
Scientific reports retracted, some grant money withheld
A few big incidents of scientific fraud have made the headlines recently. One cheated the experiment itself, the other the peer-review process.
Should we build a cell tower near a middle school?
Cell towers give off radiation, but we still don't know how dangerous it is to build one near a school, where students spend several hours every day.