by Mary Beth Nevulis | Aug 26, 2010 | Science + Technology
Meet Sunday Stillwell of Owings Mills, Md. Her two sons, Sam, 7, and Noah, 5, are autistic. What would it feel like to be unable to find the words to verbalize what you wanted to say to someone? Or to be unable to understand expressions like “raining cats and dogs”...
by Mary Beth Nevulis | Aug 19, 2010 | Science + Technology
Mary Beth NevulisJoseph Califano, Jr., speaks Thursday at a press conference to release survey data. WASHINGTON — A survey released Thursday indicates a grim trend in schools: gangs and drugs are on the rise. The survey, which reached more than 2,000 teens...
by Mary Beth Nevulis | Aug 11, 2010 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin’s passionate about an effort to create national nutrition standards in schools—and he’s pushing for a funding increase that would result in healthier food options in school cafeterias. “There are certain things we ought to be...
by Mary Beth Nevulis | Jul 28, 2010 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — A new method of bone marrow transplantation has effectively reversed sickle cell disease, a researcher from the National Institutes of Health said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Complete bone marrow transplants have been successful for children but have...
by Mary Beth Nevulis | Jul 21, 2010 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Electric vehicles may still seem like expensive space-age technology to some drivers, but Senate legislation aims to make them as common as minivans in neighborhoods across the country. A bill to promote deployment of plug-in electric vehicles,...
