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Warner Theatre show set for May 6, Watertown influencer interviews DJ and troubadour will perform at Mattatuck in Waterbury.
A new AI-powered system from Florida Atlantic University combines deep learning with precise hand-tracking to recognize American Sign Language letters in real time—bringing scalable, low-cost ...
Members of ASL4SJ were present at a recent 50501 protest in Austin, where they provided free American Sign Language (ASL ... Many of these interpreters are children of deaf adults who often ...
Recent airplane accidents have fueled concerns about whether young children are sufficiently ... a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, a nonprofit research and advocacy ...
Early-life exposure to antibiotics can disrupt the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas by altering the infant microbiome, increasing the risk of diabetes later on, according to new mouse ...
Racial inequality in US infant and child mortality rates have not decreased in 70 years, with Black Americans having nearly twice the risk for death compared to their White counterparts.
From 1950 to 2019, 5.0 million excess deaths of Black Americans could have been avoided if mortality rates were equal to those of Whites ...
A survey of more than 1500 children suggests that smartphones can be beneficial to their mental and social well-being – unless they start using social media. Justin Martin at the University of ...
Our earliest years are a time of rapid learning, yet we typically cannot recall specific experiences from that period—a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia. A new study published in Science on ...
In light of recent American foreign policy decisions, many U.S. travelers are concerned about how they will be perceived abroad. By Lisa Abend As Franck Verhaeghe and two friends planned a March ...
It seems like a simple question, but an answer has eluded scientists. Though infants and toddlers aren’t yet able to give detailed verbal feedback, studying their behavior has begun to shed light on ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has turned his attention to infant formula, with the goal of enhancing its safety and nutritional value. Kennedy said the U.S. Food and ...