As the 2016 presidential election nears, presidential candidates turn to the issues of preschool programs in their educational agendas. The debate over whether or not preschool programs should be made available to all children, no matter their social or financial status, is one of the most important issues for voters who are also parents. Research […]

Study after study has been dedicated to figuring out what children need to succeed in education. For example, a past study showed that kids who attend preschool are more likely to perform up to 21% better on subjects such as math and reading, as compared to children who do not attend preschool. More recently on […]

Reading aloud to children now has proven scientific benefits. According to a recent study published in Pediatrics, “MRIs revealed that children from more stimulating home reading environments had greater activity in the parts of the brain that help with narrative comprehension and visual imagery,” the Huffington Post reports. In addition to building stronger language and […]

Breaking up is hard to do, as the song goes — but it’s even harder on women, according to a new study published in the journal Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. The good news is, though, that women also heal better. “Breakups seem to ‘hit’ women harder at first, but they do recover, often in better ‘relationship […]

Each year, there are about 3,900 hotel and motel fires are reported to U.S. fire departments, most of which are caused by cooking. However, a recent fire in Fargo, North Dakota was caused by something small, ordinary and innocuous. A battery charger. According to a report from local news affiliate WDAY, the Fargo Fire Department […]

During a speech on July 26th, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton outlined her plan to increase the use of alternative energy sources in the United States. Clinton hopes to have every home in the country powered by renewable sources of energy by 2027, which would give her 10 years to implement the plan if she […]

Ah, the dream wedding. Can’t you just picture it now? Beautiful flower arrangements, a three-tier wedding cake, all of your closest friends and family…and an alpaca? The Hotel Epinard in Tochigi, Japan has recently begun renting out alpacas for the wedding hall’s special events. Surprisingly, the trend is taking off in a huge way. Alpacas […]

According to a recent report from USA Today, patients could expect an increase in fees at their local urgent care center. The report documents multiple patients claiming to share the same problem: deceptive fees. When visiting their local urgent care centers, patients usually could expect a short wait time (less than 20 minutes for almost […]

July is the peak of summer swim season, and around the country millions of Americans of all ages are heading to community pools to beat the summer heat. That means health and pool inspectors are working overtime, and they don’t always like what they find. Now, cities around the country are coming down hard on […]

The state of California reached a milestone during the end of the fiscal year on June 30th by grossing the most amount of money in lottery sales in its history. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that the California Lottery earned more than $5.5 billion last fiscal year, which was more than 10% higher than its […]