It may be that every child is born with the potential to be exceptional at something. But finding and cultivating ability is difficult, especially when a kid doesn’t just shine and display easily recognizable talents. This is true for all children but especially so for kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Slowly but surely, the Supreme Court is beginning to shape constitutional protections for a digital age.
More than 18,300 candidates applied to be astronauts in NASA’s latest class—beating the record of 8,000 applicants in 1978—and only 12 got the job. They found out on May 25. Today (June 7), they were presented to the world at a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Homo sapiens were hanging around and hunting gazelle in North Africa 100,000 years earlier than was previously believed—a new discovery that will dramatically change the story of the origin of the human species.
Back in the day, a US president didn’t communicate on social media and the people couldn’t tweet at the commander in chief. Now, government officials are vociferous on Twitter—Donald Trump especially—and free speech experts say that creates constitutional obligations in the US, including keeping followers who aren’t fans.
US Department of Justice lawyers have spent the past four months arguing that president Donald Trump is not trying to discriminate against Muslims with his executive order barring citizens of several majority-Muslim countries. He just undermined their argument in four tweets.
Donald Trump may have decided to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris accord—but America’s states are not willing to abandon the landmark climate agreement just yet.
Smiling in photos was historically frowned upon, but now even US Supreme Court justices are grinning.
Millions of people with severe asthma and allergies rely on the EpiPen. It’s made by Mylan, a drug company that’s unpopular despite its lifesaving product because it has increased retail EpiPen prices 600% in the last decade while also being accused of overcharging the US government for the device by improperly classifying the device as a generic treatment with the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program,
Mammals need water to survive, so it makes sense that they may be designed with a special taste for H2O.
If you’ve ever longed for a horse, now is the time to act. Make a dream come true and help save an American classic. The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) puts wild mustangs and burros up for adoption, and president Donald Trump’s new budget threatens their existence, say conservationists.
You’ve likely been asked how you see the proverbial glass: half full or half empty? Your answer allegedly reflects your attitude about life—if you see it half full, you’re optimistic, and if you see it half empty, you’re pessimistic.
National security does not trump the US constitution.
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is a big deal and the original’s worth big bucks. Written mostly by William G. Wilson—aka Bill W, co-founder of AA—and first published in 1939, it lays out the 12-step method for addiction recovery. It’s one of the bestselling books ever; over 30 million copies sold in 43 languages.
The fruits and vegetables we eat today are all genetically modified insofar as they are the result of thousands of years of selective breeding by farmers. Over time, cultivators have created plants that yield more fruit for commercial growing purposes, but in the process plants have developed undesirable mutations, too. Now, geneticists are using technology to isolate the precise genes responsible for excessive branching and flowering, characteristics which lead to less fruit and thus less yield for farmers.
Cancer care is changing. Someday soon doctors may not be so concerned with whether the disease originates in the colon, lungs, or breast. Instead of categorizing cancers by body parts, they’ll use biomarkers like MSI-H or dMMR to identify and treat the illness.
US president Donald Trump visited the Western Wall in East Jerusalem today (May 22) and left a note for God stuffed between the ancient bricks, a Jewish tradition. He was accompanied by a rabbi and his family. They recited psalms. In contrast to Trump’s usual bombastic style, it was a muted event, totally tweet-free.
The fighting monks of Shaolin Monastery in the Pagoda Forest on Song Mountain in China are globally adored. They’re real but have been made mythical in countless martial-arts movies and the Wu Tang Clan’s hip-hop.
Emojis have become an integral part of postmodern dialogue, so it’s only natural that the cute and convenient images are sneaking into lawsuits. For example, this symbol—😊—starred in a recent court case in Israel, perhaps foreshadowing the future of legal and linguistic interpretation.
The Palm Beach County Jail is not an exclusive club. Anyone can get in after an arrest. The cells are packed with over 1,500 involuntary visitors. It’s nine stories tall, sprawling, and tough to navigate alone—as attorneys must. But from parts of the jail, there’s a great view of the adjacent 27-hole golf course.
People become doctors to heal others, but because physicians’ pay in the US is linked to the treatments they recommend, doctors end up unwittingly having a fiscal interest in patient care.
Smoking marijuana when you’re young can dull your brain. But when you’re old, it may have the opposite effect.
Marine creatures may not seem like big talkers, but it turns out that humpback whale mothers have a secret language reserved only for their young, an intimate tongue that keeps calves safe.
A new study shows that the words we use to talk about time also shape our view of its passage. This, say researchers, indicates that abstract concepts like duration are relative rather than universal, and that they are also influenced rather than solely innate.
