Teacher Uses Music to Make Math Fun, Cool Making math fun The voice heard in the video belongs to mathematics teacher Jake Scott. Most of the performers are his students. Watching videos is not part of their daily routine but it is one of the essenti...
NGO Trains Teachers, Leaders in Nairobi Slums More than 18,000 children attend one of the 75 schools in Nairobis Mathare Valley slum -- operating without government support, trained teachers, or funding -- according to an organization called Dignitas...
Parasites, Trauma Causes of Epilepsy A new study said its possible to substantially reduce the number of epilepsy cases in Africa. The neurological disorder, which is characterized by seizures, is much more common in poor countries and rural areas. T...
Liberian Refugee Gets New Face After Devastating Acid Burn Henry Cole has lost count of how many times hes been wheeled into surgery. In the last two years, Cole has had more than a dozen procedures. And there are more to come. But he has no complain...
Senate Gun Debate Moves to Judiciary Committee Mass slaughters of children in Connecticut, movie-goers in Colorado, college students in Virginia, and congressional constituents in Arizona have amplified calls for action. First to speak at the hearing...
Guantanamo 9/11 Suspect Hearings Face Rough Start The case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 co-conspirators remains tangled in legal motions that are taking months to resolve - before conditions can be set for a trial to take pla...
Vietnam Vets Reflect on Obama Cabinet Picks Larry Varr stands at the Vietnam War Memorial and reflects on the comrades he left behind. See, theres two of my friends on that wall right there, he said. Those names are just a few among the thousands of...
BlackBerry Unveils Two New Smartphones Two brand new devices and perhaps a fresh start for a company that has seen its global market share plummet from 20 percent three years ago to just over three percent today. For BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, it...
South Africa Struggles to Reduce Road Fatalities Driving while intoxicated It's an ordinary Friday night in Soweto, a township in the south of Johannesburg. The officers in charge of taking blood samples to measure alcohol levels can barely keep up w...
AU Gives $50 Million for Mali Peacekeeping Heads of state who gathered at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa did something they have never done before. The world body unanimously approved $50 million to help fund an African military intervention...
Classical Sounds Invade Country Music Capital Naxos Records is located in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. The label has more than 7,000 recordings in its catalog, and stores more than four million CDs in the warehouse. Shrink-wrapped CD...
Washington's Focus Turns to Immigration Reform, Obama Cabinet Picks President Obama travels Tuesday to Las Vegas, Nevada to rally public support for reforming Americas oft-criticized immigration system. Nevada is one of many states with a substantial...
High-Tech Images Show How Viruses Infect Cells At the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Jun Liu uses a powerful electron microscope to examine E. coli bacteria and the tiny T-7 virus that infects them. Liu says until now, scientists coul...
9/11 Suspects Get New Hearings at Guantanamo More than 11 years after the attacks, the case drags on in a Guantanamo Bay naval base courtroom. The proceedings are best characterized by the defiance and antics displayed by alleged ringleader Khalid Sh...
Britain Could Be on Path to EU Exit Britain's economy relies on trade and financial services. The free flow of goods and services with the European continent has been a boon, but more and more Britons see the European Union as an unwelcome infringeme...
