by Kyle Jahner | Jun 7, 2011 | Politics, Science + Technology
Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICEBernie Sanders speaks in front of several hundred nurses at a National Nurses United-sponsored rally Tuesday.Two Democratic senators and hundreds of red-clad union nurses gathered on the Upper Senate Lawn Tuesday and made a lot of noise...
by Kelsey Sheehy | May 26, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Redouan Ait Chiit, 21, has no right hip, a prosthetic leg, and a right arm that stops at the elbow, but you should see him dance. Known as BBoy Redo, Ait Chitt is one-fifth of ILL-Abilities, an international break dancing crew that lives by the...
by Jacob Peklo | May 17, 2011 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
For students at the University of Maryland, the day of reckoning for their two-year investment in a new type of aviation had finally arrived. More than 50 students worked rigorously, some even sacrificing rest and holidays, in hopes of getting their human-powered...
by Eric Skalac | May 16, 2011 | Science + Technology
Before 8a.m. several days a week, Janice Gilsdorf leaves her life as a wife and mom. From then until 5p.m., she joins a team of paramedics on standby to deliver emergency care to patients during those critical moments when every second counts. She does it for...
by Jacob Peklo | May 16, 2011 | Science + Technology
Medical professionals feel confident in the progress of spinal research, but NFL players are wary that extending the season to 18 games could still put them at risk. Two players with ties to the Washington Redskins came out to support continuing spinal research and...
by Sylvia Hall | May 4, 2011 | Science + Technology, Topics
Could you do this? WASHINGTON-They scribbled out formulas, diagrams and then solutions to problems that would boggle most of our minds. And they did it in half an hour. “We were trying to determine the number to the power of ten to various questions such as how...
