May 3, 2016 Kid-friendly Fable tablet comes to public schools, will hit stores in March When long-time educator Janice Gauthier looks back on her years as a middle and high school English teacher, she said she wishes she had access to the kinds of technology — like tablets — that are currently playing an increasingly larger role in classrooms across the country. Now, as Director of Curriculum and Development at Everett Public Schools in Everett, Mass., Gauthier has been able to oversee a pilot program from Massachusetts-based consumer device company Isabella Products Inc. that has placed Fable, a new browser-free and child-friendly tablet, in one of her school’s classrooms.
May 2, 2016 Big 'Schrödinger's Cats' created The imaginary feline known as Schrödinger's cat, which is both alive and dead (or neither) until beheld, is the best-known representation of the real-life phenomenon known as superposition
May 2, 2016 It ain't got that swing: Putin's unusual walk shaped by KGB A long-standing peculiarity in Russian president Vladimir Putin's walk — with his right arm held almost immobile, while his left arm swings freely — has sparked speculation over the years about its origins, with rumors ranging from an in-utero stroke to a childhood bout with polio
May 2, 2016 IVF puppies: First litter born by in vitro fertilization The first-ever litter of puppies conceived through in vitro fertilization was born recently, unlocking a reproductive secret in domestic dogs that has helped researchers solve a decades-old canine biology puzzle
May 2, 2016 Gene gems: Ultrapersonalized jewelry encapsulates your DNA Diamonds may be forever, but what's more unique and rare than even the most precious stones on Earth? The code of life, said Swiss chemist Robert Grass, the mastermind behind Identity Inside, a project that aims to create ultrapersonalized jewelry embedded with a loved one's DNA
May 2, 2016 CERN in a shoebox? Tiny particle accelerators are coming Scientists could soon develop particle accelerators that can fit into a shoebox, experts say
May 2, 2016 Next Higgs? Atom smasher probes highest energies yet Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher have made a precise tally of the jumbled cascade of particles produced when two proton beams are smashed together.
May 2, 2016 Real-life 'tractor beam' can levitate objects using sound waves It may seem straight out of "Star Trek," but it's real: Scientists have created a sonic "tractor beam" that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air
May 2, 2016 16-year-old's DNA experiment will fly in space A 16-year-old New York City-area student will one day see her DNA experiment launched to the International Space Station.
May 2, 2016 Mysterious 'Population Y' may have bred with Amazonia peoples A number of natives of the Amazon rainforest may partly descend from peoples in the Pacific, researchers say
