New study shows free, open-source textbooks are effective, grades don’t drop when switching over from traditional textbooks

Cryogenic system freezes up to 99% of CO2 emissions from coal power plants so carbon can be stored, potentially repurposed

New method to treat antibiotic resistant MRSA - Student targets MRSA after it costs father his leg

Most of America’s poor have jobs, study finds

Children recognize pride in others at age 4, in themselves at age 5

Believing in your child leads to better grades, and not believing in them leads to lower grades. Amounts to a .21 GPA swing.

Social isolation is a risk to longevity, even for people who prefer being alone

Teen brain scans show weight loss tied to "executive function," which can be learned

Kids eat 54% more fruits and veggies if recess comes before school lunch

5 m.o. babies remember yesterday's good times. Also, they can read dogs' emotions.

Having a sibling uniquely promotes selflessness

Why parents shouldn’t play favorites - Perception of favoritism linked to drug use in certain families: For families that aren’t very close to each other – so-called “disengaged” families – favoritism was strongly associated with alcohol…

Neuroscientists watch imagination happening in the brain - We can now know more about where and how imagination happens in our brains: Researchers devised experiments using MRI technology that would help them distinguish pure imagination from related processes like remembering

Neuroscientists find cause of withdrawal symptoms in addicts

Super waterproof surfaces cause water to bounce like a ball

Tiny nano-device is newest gene therapy advance; Nanoinjector is used to transfer genes and DNA to new cells

Tree rings reveal nightmare droughts in the West