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Ten weeks of intensive reading intervention was enough to help strengthen brain activity and reading comprehension for children with autism spectrum disorder, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently found. This research proves that the brain is a plastic, flexible organ that can be strengthened and whose function can be improved regardless of […]

Back and neck pain two of the most common health problems in the world, affecting billions of people every year. But many indigenous tribes report virtually no back pain at all, and statues from the ancient world depict men and women with perfect spine structure — leading experts to wonder just where modern civilizations went […]

A man in rural Manitoba, Canada, has been found guilty of gun-trafficking, allegedly selling guns for hunting out of his hunting and fishing store in Sakgeeng First Nation. Cory Seymour, 36, had been approached by an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in his store, with the cop pretending to be a hunter with a […]

Although many reports show that up to 79% of Americans read in bed, a new study finds that fathers do not read to their kids enough. A poll conducted by British organization Book Trust found that while 42% of mothers reported reading to infants every day, only 29% of fathers were. In addition, for three […]

A few weeks after the massive breach of private data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), some legal experts claim that federal employees affected by the breach can take action against the United States government. The Washington Post reports that despite the notifications the OPM is sending out to current and former employees who […]

Approximately six million car accidents take place in the United States each year, and teen drivers are three times as likely, per mile driven, to be in fatal car accidents than drivers aged 20 and older. But a new study in Massachusetts suggests that setting tougher rules for night driving can reduce teens’ risk of […]