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Scientists created an artificial womb that mimics the environment inside of a womb, and tested the device on eight lambs that were born prematurely.
This week, the Compassion Collective, a group of writers including author Cheryl Strayed (“Wild”) and Elizabeth Gilbert (“Eat, Pray, Love”), initiated a campaign to raise $1-million for Syrian refugees, a goal they reached in just over a day
In Morrocco a CloudFisher technology is used to collect drinkable water through ‘fog harvesting.’ Essentially a series of steel poles are erected in the ground and covered with fiber netting to collect condensed fog from the Atlantic, near Ait Baamrane.
In the last decade and a half, the Movember Foundation has raised well over $750 million in funds for men’s health and has helped raise awareness of prostate cancer, testicular cancer, the importance of mental health, and suicide prevention.
‘NYC Men Teach’ is helping to increase the presence and retention of nonwhite male teachers in the city’s public schools.
Researchers at University College, London have discovered a way to detect key ‘trunk mutations’ in cancer cells.
The Planet World Museum – a museum for language – is set to open in Washington, DC in 2019.
Arizona recently passed a policy in favor of “school of choice” – which would allow students who withdraw from public school education to channel their share of state funding for the education of their choice, including for private institutions or online education.
A new project run by the Smithsonian and the Alliance for California Traditional Arts is picking up where the legendary Sidney Robertson Cowell left off in archiving music from different ethnic groups from across California.
The college admission processes face major changes, as new reports show that pursuing higher education has become a superficial, strategic and in-genuine ‘manic race.’
A unique art exhibit at The Met Breuer Museum in Manhattan looks at a collection of ‘unfinished’ art pieces created over 600 years.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released an urgent statement that calls to protect children from masses of available ‘virtual violence.’
How can we sensitively and adequately address teen suicide?
The California State Board of Education recently proposed a set of criteria that aims to keep “ineffective” teachers from classrooms.
Investigative documentary “Rape of the Night Shift” has propelled legislation in California to improve protection in companies against sexual assault and rape, especially for janitorial staff who are most vulnerable.
The United States Department of Education partnered with the Smithsonian Museum of Art to launch an initiative aimed at encouraging and supporting more young women into STEM.
A new study has identified a vital link in the relationship between child behavior and technology use.
A course scheduled for next spring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison titled “The Problem of Whiteness” has received much criticism from lawmakers who now want to “pull” funding from the University.
In Finland, unemployed individuals traditionally cannot earn additional income if they are collecting unemployment benefits.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 100 countries don’t keep accurate counts of births and deaths. More than 70 don’t have robust data on poverty. There’s a dearth of accurate, comparable figures on the number of disabled children in almost every nation, U.N. statisticians say.