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Curriculum In North Texas Schools Could Pave Way To High-Tech Jobs
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – The nationwide competition to lure Amazon’s second corporate headquarters, HQ2, and it’s 50,000 high-paying jobs, has gained lots of attention in North Texas and nationwide. The...
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15,000 Scientists From All Over The World Issue ‘Warning To Humanity’
CBS Local — 25 years after a small group of scientists penned the first “warning to humanity” in 1992, a new letter has been created that says time is running out to save the planet. Over 15,000...
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American Scientists Try First Gene Editing Inside Of The Body
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person’s DNA to try to cure a disease. The experiment was done...
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Experts Alarmed By Alleged CDC Ban On Words Like ‘Fetus’&‘Transgender’
NEW YORK (AP) – Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget...
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5 Shocking Medical Stories From 2017
CBS Local — The field of medicine has made tremendous strides in 2017. Here’s a list of shocking stories from this year that shows just how far science has come and how unbelievable (and a little...
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Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys, But Are Humans Up Next?
NEW YORK (AP) – For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do...
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Sir John Sulston, Who Decoded The Human Genome, Dies At 75
LONDON (AP) — Sir John Sulston, a Nobel Prize-winning British scientist who helped decode the human genome, has died. He was 75. The Wellcome Sanger Institute, the successor to the cutting-edge genomic...
View ArticleScientists Find A New Organ In Humans: The Interstitium
CBS Local — Just like finding a long lost relative, scientists would like to introduce you to an organ you never knew you had: the interstitium. New research published in Scientific Reports has...
View ArticleChild Advocates Ask FTC To Investigate YouTube
NEW YORK (AP) – Read carefully through the fine print of YouTube’s terms of service and you might notice that you’ve affirmed you are old enough to watch it. “If you are under 13 years of age, then...
View Article85,000-Year-Old Fossil Found May Rewrite History Of Human Migration
CBS Local — The fossil of a finger that dates back over 85,000 years may end up changing everything the world knows about the history of the human race. Spurred on by the discovery made in the desert...
View ArticleScientists Say They Have Fixed The Gene Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease
CBS Local — A team in California has identified the gene that is the primary risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease. More importantly, the scientists have reportedly created a way to correct...
View ArticleScientists “Miserable” After World’s Oldest Spider Dies At 43
AUSTRALIA (CBS Local) – The world’s oldest known spider has died in Western Australia at the age of 43. The record-breaking arachnid was 15 years older than any other spider scientists have found. The...
View ArticleHormone Linked To Autism May Provide New Test And Treatment
CALIFORNIA (CBS Local) – A test and possible treatment for autism may be on the horizon after a new study finds a link between the disorder and one particular hormone in the human body. The Details:...
View ArticleRockwall Teacher Surprised With $5,000 Worth Of School Supplies
ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) – One teacher in Rockwall thought that she was showing up for a Career Day presentation on Wednesday morning, but she had no idea what was actually happening. Mrs. Traci Tatom was...
View ArticleElementary School Students Learn Science At iFly Indoor Skydiving
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – This is not likely how you learned about the science of gravity and air resistance in school when you were a kid, but a group of second-graders from Prestwick STEM Academy in the...
View ArticleScientists Bring A Severed Brain Back To Life, Sparking Ethical Debate
NEW HAVEN, CT (CBS Local) – Has science gone too far? That’s the question some experts are asking after Yale University researchers announced that they have successfully reanimated a pig’s brain, which...
View ArticleHumans Have Wiped Out 85 Percent Of Mammals On Earth, Study Says
(CBS Local) – Humans make up only a tiny minority of the life on Earth, however a new study claims people are responsible for wiping out more than half of the planet’s lifeforms. The Details: A study...
View ArticleStudy Says Sleeping In On Weekends Could Help You Live Longer
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) – Your pets may be pestering you to get up and feed them, and your spouse may want you to get started on that honey-do list, but tell them that you’re sleeping in this weekend....
View ArticleScientists Say Your Body Has A ‘Second Brain’ In Your Butt
AUSTRALIA (CBS Local) – You’ve probably had a “gut feeling” during your life, but did you know your gut is actually “thinking” too? According to scientists in Australia, the human body has a “second...
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Donald Elementary School To Be Lewisville ISD’s First STEM Academy
FLOWER MOUND (CBSDFW.COM) – Donald Elementary School in Flower Mound is proving that people of all ages can be engineers. Students as young as 6 years old are creating and experimenting with robots,...
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