Daily Archives: 03/26/2017


US Charity Brings Hearing Aid to Syrian Refugee Children

There are an estimated 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, 500,000 of them are children. For many of them, getting enough food and water are their biggest challenges. Children who are hearing impaired face even bigger obstacles. But some of …


In Age of Keyboards, US Kids Learn Cursive Handwriting

These days, the only words most people see are typed. Many young people never learn cursive handwriting, but it is making a comeback. Thousands of school students around the country are learning to write in longhand. At one elementary school …


Mini-Drone Guided by Smartphone Takes Selfies

One day you may be carrying your own drone everywhere you go. A drone has been developed to take selfies that is so thin it can be put into your pants pocket. The Selfly, as it is called, is attached …


Monuments, Countries Douse Lights for ‘Earth Hour’

It was lights out in about 170 countries on Saturday as millions of people and thousands of cities took part in Earth Hour, a global effort to draw attention to climate change. The World Wide Fund for Nature organized the …