Childhood Obesity Rates Drop in U.S. Cities
Healthier habits in school cafeterias may be reducing childhood obesity rates.
Month: February 2013
"Dead as a Dodo"
Learn about this extinct bird that could never fly.
Who Am I? (January/February 2013)
Can you name this civil rights leader?
Getting Wild with. . . the Giraffe!
Learn cool facts about the tallest mammal in the world, the giraffe!
Occupy Sandy: “Mutual Aid, Not Charity”
PHOTO: OCCUPY SANDY/NICHOLAS ISABELLA By GEORGIA REED-STAMM, age 10 Occupy Sandy is a mutual aid movement that grew out of Occupy Wall Street and started right after Hurricane Sandy. All the workers are volunteers. They help people who were left devastated by giving objects that are needed, raising money for the victims, and dedicating their …
Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano
The Arenal Volcano has had peculiar eruptions over the years.
College Science Teachers Biased Against Women, Study Finds
Teachers at American colleges did not think women were as qualified to work in science jobs as men, in a new study from Yale University. This study is only the most recent of many reports that show a bias against women in the sciences.
