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Science & Innovation
22-Year-Old Builds a Robotic Hand That Signs for Deaf Students
A 22-year-old engineer has built a $350 robotic hand that signs a teacher's words in real time, so deaf students can be taught.
Science & Innovation
First Drug to Target the Muscle in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Wins Approval
Regulators have approved the first drug that targets the muscle in spinal muscular atrophy, after children gained motor function in trials.
Science & Innovation
A High School Teacher Found the First T. Rex Trackway Ever Recorded
A high school science teacher has found the first T. rex trackway ever recorded – four prints from a walk 66.5 million years ago.
Environment
There Are 325 Kakapo Alive Now – the Most in 75 Years
The kakapo has reached 325 birds after a record 90-chick season – the most of the flightless parrots alive in about 75 years.
Inspirational
Woman With Down Syndrome Makes History as a Barre Instructor
A 22-year-old has become the first certified barre instructor with Down syndrome, and her first class drew a room of more than 60.
Heartwarming
Two Families Met Through a Transplant. Now They’re In-Laws
A woman who got a liver transplant at 18 months old is marrying the younger brother of the boy whose donation saved her life.
Animal Rescue
This Condor Chick Is Being Raised by a Puppet. There’s a Good Reason
A California condor chick is being fed by a puppet shaped like an adult bird after his father died of suspected lead poisoning at Pinnacles.
Heartwarming
Volunteers Will Plant 3,000 Trees – One for Every Life Lost on 9/11
A willow oak in New York City has started a year-long plan to plant 3,000 9/11 memorial trees, one for every person killed in the 2001 attacks.