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Naperville's Junior First Lego League drew over 16 teams for the Waste Wise challenge — plus a recycling lesson from a seven-year-old and X-rays turned into

ParentsMatterToo: free 6-week Parent Conversation Circles in Naperville starting April 4 — trained facilitators, practical strategies for resilient kids.

Cleveland Clinic performed the nation's first uterus transplant: a nine-hour surgery on a 26-year-old woman using a deceased donor uterus, to enable pregnancy.

A mouse study: adaptive chemotherapy — high dose first, then dialing back — so the body's immune system can fight the cancer. Early days, but promising.

Dutch psychologist Merel Kindt found that propranolol, given after a fear memory is reactivated, can blunt the anxiety attached to it — a possible future

Azim Premji flies economy. Warren Buffett eats at Burger King. Carlos Slim keeps paper ledgers. Five billionaires who chose to live frugally — and the

Rosemary Johnson, a former Welsh National Opera violinist with severe brain damage, composed music for the first time in 27 years — using software that

Chicago-area theater group Dramatech.in seeks male actors for a one-act Hindi satire by Harishankar Parsai, 'Inspector Matadin Chand Par.'

Loneliness now rivals smoking and obesity as a mortality risk. The biology — from gene expression to inflammation — and what actually helps.

Japanese company Spread is building the world's first robot-run farm: no human farmers, 30,000 heads of lettuce a day, 98% of water recycled.

Pittsburgh OB-GYN Dr. Carey Andrew-Jaja has sung to thousands of newborns right after delivery — 'Happy Birthday' and 'What a Wonderful World' for their

Five phrases to say to your child every day — I believe in you, you can do it, you are beautiful — and why small words build big confidence.

Chronic stress is associated with faster cognitive decline and higher dementia risk — through cortisol, inflammation, and the hippocampus.

Communications professional Monika Prasad on why Facebook is really Fakebook: highlight reels that spark jealousy and depression — and the pressure to

An Arkansas mother put bourbon in her 10-month-old's bottle instead of rubbing it on his gums. The baby recovered — and she faced felony charges.

A 28-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with terminal cancer held a wedding ceremony with a life-size inflatable doll — and the photos went viral around the world.

Radhamma, a Dalit head cook at a Karnataka school, writes 'No one ate today' in her midday meal diary every day — because parents won't let her cook for

Uber's arrival is squeezing London's black cab tradition: the oldest Knowledge training school closed as enrollments fell from 350 to 200 a year.

Mosaics Community Café served the Chicago area with no prices on the menu — pay what you can, or nothing at all. How one café fought hunger while preserving

Sureshbhai Patel, 57, of Gujarat, was left partially paralyzed by a 2015 Alabama police encounter. Officer Parker was acquitted; Madison settled the civil suit.