With the help of multicolored Legos, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were able to express their creativity — an often challenging skill for those with ASD.
Children with autism spectrum disorder may often feel uncomfortable or discouraged when asked to replace usual repetitive activities by creating something original. However,...
The wreckage of the RMS Titanic may soon be lost, thanks to a newly discovered rust-eating bacteria.
Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada have been examining the bacteria eating away at the remains of the famous ship as it sits on the ocean floor.
Using DNA technology, Dalhousie scientists Henrietta Mann and...
Severe Alaskan wildfires have released much more carbon than was stored by the region's forests over the past 10 years, researchers report today. They warned that the pattern could lead to a "runaway climate change scenario" where larger, more intense fires release more greenhouse gases that, in turn, lead to more warming.
The northern wildfires...
As a metaphor for our troubled economic and financial era -- and the government's stumbling response -- this one's hard to beat. You can't stimulate the economy via the money supply, after all, if you can't print the money correctly.
Because of a problem with the presses, the federal government has shut down production of its flashy new $100...
The percentage of adult Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen steadily for the past 20 years, up to 8 percent of the population in 2008. In some regions of the country, however, the rate is nearly twice that. Since 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released estimates for each county, and mapping that data reveals that...
