Americans have been hearing the old adage that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" for more than 100 years, but kids seem to be taking the message to heart. Apples by far are the favorite fruit of America...

About one in every four undergraduate women have reported unwanted sexual contact, according to a new survey. The online survey received feedback from approximately 150,000 female students from 27 colleges a...

Even as several states have decriminalized recreational marijuana use and several others are considering it, many younger adolescents feel that pot is the pits. In 2013, nearly eight out of every 10 youth ag...

Homemade Clock Gets Teen in Alarming Trouble Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened: Are you glad school's back in session? Stressed? Wish it...

A growing number of kids are going to American emergency rooms after drinking hand sanitizer, according to experts. In Georgia alone, more than 16,000 children under the age of 12 were treated for ingesting san...

Kids who spend a lot of time outdoors not only tend to be healthier, they see better. That's the conclusion drawn from a recent Chinese study of kids in first-12th grades. Scientists followed a bevy of child...

The average American child gets about 12.4 percent of his or her daily caloric intake from fast food. On any given day, one out of every three kids will be eating at a fast-food joint. Experts consider tha...

Navigating Society's Ultra-Sensitive Times Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened Chris Rock doesn't perform at colleges anymore. Why? Stud...

Apple, the world's richest company, has more than $203 billion sitting in its cash reserves these days—enough green to fill 93 Olympic-sized swimming pools (if all the money was in dollar bills). (The Atl...

With no explanation, Intel, a maker of computer chips, has decided to end its sponsorship of the Science Talent Search after nearly 20 years. The Science Talent Search is one of the country's biggest, most i...