Author Archives: Meg Rayborn Dawson

The Unexpected Connection Between Handwriting and Learning to Read Expert Corner blog post by Sheldon H. Horowitz, EdD  Sep 24, 2018 When I was a kid, writing meant one of two things: You either wrote by hand with a pen or pencil, … Continue reading →

  DESTINATIONSFOOD & DRINKPLAYSTAYVIDEO Search Norway island wants to be world’s first time-free zone Maureen O’Hare, CNN • Updated 17th June 2019 FacebookTwitterEmail 1/5 Sommarøy: Sommarøy — meaning Summer Island — is an island in West Tromsø, around 200 miles north of the … Continue reading →

Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: ‘Science does not kill God’ Theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser has been awarded the Templeton Prize (AFP Photo/Eli BURAKIAN) More Washington (AFP) – The annual Templeton Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension,” was awarded … Continue reading →

Comcast Launches Eye Control For The TV, An Aid For Physically Disabled Viewers By Dade Hayes June 17, 2019 7:53am 20COMMENTS Shutterstock Comcast has launched a feature enabling viewers with physical disabilities like spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the ability … Continue reading →

HISTORY MAG How monks helped invent sign language Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. 3 MINUTE READ BY INÉS ANTÓN DAYAS PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2019 FOR MILLENNIA PEOPLE with hearing … Continue reading →

  Entertainment Is the long tradition of cursive handwriting on the way out? Published March 17. 2019 12:01AM | Updated March 18. 2019 11:19AM By Rick Koster   Day staff writer  r [dot] koster [at] theday [dot] com   rickkoster Remember cursive? It’s that form of writing … Continue reading →

  From The Smithsonian NASA Considers a Rover Mission to Go Cave Diving on the Moon The deep caverns and pits that dot the lunar surface could hold clues to the moon’s history and perhaps provide shelter for future human … Continue reading →

From The Smithsonian: How Do Scientists Know What Colors Prehistoric Animals Were? Fossil expert Maria McNamara explains how paleontologists are starting to investigate the hues of the past Colors in nature can be produced by both pigments that absorb some … Continue reading →

 In the Dutch West Indies, the water is so salty it crystallizes into salt. The ocean contains a lot of sodium and chloride, which make salt. HUGHES Herve / hemis.fr / Getty Images Science, Tech, Math › Science Why Is the Ocean … Continue reading →