Stories by Jordan Lite
Hesitant Speech Helps Kids, Um, Learn
Filled pauses direct toddlers' attention to new words
Money over Matter: Can Cash Incentives Keep People Healthy?
Losing weight or quitting smoking might just be a small bonus away
Less Sleep Linked to Blues in Teens
Earlier bedtimes set by parents protect against depression
How Can You Control Your Dreams?
The ability to manipulate our dream worlds goes beyond the science fiction plot of the movie Inception. A dream expert from Harvard University explains how it works
Kids' Smiles Predict Their Future Marriage Success
Childhood photos reveal happiness levels later in married life
News Scan Briefs: Hand Transplant Recipients Switch Handedness
Also: ending nerve damage from needles, "caveman" connection to humans, electromagnetic chatter, and laser beams that curve
Stephen Hawking still hospitalized, but "comfortable"
Physicist Stephen Hawking remained hospitalized today, a day after he was admitted with undisclosed symptoms.
Hawking, 67, has suffered from the neuro-degenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, for more than 45 years and is mostly paralyzed.
NIH issues new stem cell research guidelines
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today released draft guidelines that permit federal funding for research on stem cells from human embryos set to be discarded by fertility clinics.
Money for cheaper herb-based malaria meds
A subsidy program intended to drive down the cost of lifesaving malaria drugs called artemisinin-based combination therapies—now considered the most effective treatment against the parasitic disease—was unveiled today in Norway.
Epilepsy med linked to decreased IQ
Children born to women who took the epilepsy drug Depakote while pregnant had lower IQ scores than those whose moms took three other antiseizure meds, research published this week shows.
