Author: Diana Steele / Source: Science News The Shape of a Life Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis Yale Univ., $28 One of the first remarkable things that mathematician Shing-Tung Yau reveals in his memoir, The Shape of a Life, is that his name was not originally Yau. His family fled China to

Author: Sujata Gupta / Source: Science News Chicago’s mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot pledged in her victory speech on April 2 to “make Chicago a place where your zip code doesn’t determine your destiny.” But turning that pledge into reality will require addressing more than poverty, according to a

Author: Agence France-Presse / Source: VOA One in five deaths globally is linked to poor diet, experts said in a study released Thursday, warning that overconsumption of sugar, salt and meat was killing millions of people every year. The United Nations estimates that nearly 1 billion people

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network It has been one year since this cozy little home, which was built in just 24 hours, was unveiled as America’s first permitted, 3D-printed home in Austin, Texas. Now, the masterminds behind the house are beginning construction on 50 more homes

Author: Sujata Gupta / Source: Science News for Students In one high school biology class, almost four in every 10 low-income students were poised to fail the course. But with some simple practices to reduce test anxiety, researchers cut that number in half. And that could boost the chances that