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Spina Bifida Kids Grow New Bladders with Scientists’ Help
A new procedure pioneered at Wake Forest University in North Carolina has given seven kids new bladders that were grown from the children's own...
Green TV Launches
We have a Food Network, a Style Network, a Shopping channel, why not a Green channel? The world's first online 'green' television channel launched...
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Belief in a Higher Calling Creates Health
An article by Serena Gordon lists many positive ways that "spirituality" can influence health and longevity. But the experts interviewed are defining spirituality to...
Rival Gangs in Jamaica Find Common Ground: A New Woman Prime Minister
"Portia Simpson-Miller, 51, who will be sworn in next week as the first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica, has prompted a rare dose of...
Polio Vaccines in Somalia
The World Health Organization has launched a five-day polio immunization campaign in Somalia to vaccinate nearly one and a half million children under...
Clicks Against Breast Cancer, and Hunger, and Deforestation, and…
My friend Katharine sent me a message that the Breast Cancer Site was having trouble getting enough people to click on their site for...
20 Muslim Inventions that Shaped Our World
1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World is an exhibition which began a tour of the UK this week at the Science...
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World (Hardcover) The researchers who wrote this fascinating book characterize a new group of...
Science Confirms Humans Naturally Helpful
What is human nature? Are we basically good, evil, or a little of both? Philosophers have debated this throughout the ages, but today science...
Poor Kids Can Figure Out Computers on Their Own
Children in Remote Villages in India Teaching Themselves to use Computers Instinctively – with No Help from Adults
An IT engineer in India was gazing...
Summer Vacations, Cheering Orphans, and Host Couples
To California, North Carolina, and Virginia, the Summer Miracles program brings orphans from Russia, Kazakhstan and Columbia for summer vacation with host families. Through...
Lower Lead Levels in U.S. Kids
Levels of lead have dropped dramatically. In 1976, 88.2 percent of U.S. children had elevated blood lead levels compared to 1.6 percent today. (Feb....
Honoring Youth Heroes
June 3, 2005 — Kids everywhere are helping out around communities. These children have done things such as volunteering, raising money for patients with cancer,...
Humanitarian Video Game Surprise Hit with One Million Players
Humanitarian Video Game Surprise Hit with One Million Players
Launched by the United Nations last summer, the first video game designed to teach children about...
Beating the Odds: A Tale Of A Single Parent
What do you do when the odds are against you? When statistics predict failure in spite of your best intentions, how do you react?...
Diet Linked to Hyper Kids
A revolution has turned around Central Alternative High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, and its ‘problem kids’, sent there from twelve area schools. Respect, achievement,...
A Special Group of Soldiers, Vietnamese Orphans and Their American Angel
Betty Tisdale has a special spot in her heart for veterans, especially Vietnam vets. She read a book that changed her life by renowned...
“Mom (or dad)… I Love You”
Past hurts stay in our minds and hearts. If we are lucky they can be healed while we are still alive.
Mom and I fought...
Special Knitting Forces Help Afghan Kids One Stitch at a Time
Susan Marcus Palau realized while knitting that she could bring a little comfort to the innocent victims of the “war on terrorism”, especially the...
A Million Books for Needy Kids
The goal for Scholastic Book Club’s ClassroomsCare initiative was for classrooms to read 100 books each, a total of one million books. The reward?...