by Erin Massey | Dec 10, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — NASA celebrates 50 years of space exploration this year — and the agency is already looking ahead to new frontiers. From landing on the moon to exploring life on Mars, it may seem that scientists and astronauts have thought of it all. But that’s not...
by TIFFANY CHINN | Dec 4, 2012 | Education, Politics, Science + Technology
Washington advocates at Generations United released a report on child hunger at a press conference Tuesday. Their findings were that 1 in 5 children in the U.S. are at risk for hunger. It was also in the report that 74 percent of Americans who receive...
by MICHELLE SALEMI | Nov 28, 2012 | Science + Technology
One non-profit organization helps women who are battling cancer feel beautiful, despite losing their hair. An evening at the National Museum of Women in the Arts honors one extraordinary cancer patient and leaves a lasting legacy of one mother’s name.
by Erin Massey | Nov 20, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON—Julia Child inspired it all. The acclaimed cook, author, and television personality of the early 1960s who pioneered the beginnings of French cuisine in the United States with her cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cuisine,” may have left us, but her...
by Erin Massey | Nov 1, 2012 | Science + Technology, Sports
Gunnery Sgt. Jerry Embry and his nurse, Agnes Sicat, know what it’s like to face hurdles. In 2011, Embry, a motor transport mechanic and 22-year Marine, was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer known as Non- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Since his diagnoses, Sicat, a nurse at...
by MICHELLE SALEMI | Nov 1, 2012 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Innovations in mobile devices are offering more than bigger touch screens and fancy colors: They’re connecting people from shore to shore on global health. The mobile phone is a powerful tool that about 83 percent of American adults carry around in their...
