Taking the Sting Out of Scorpion Venom

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/43922/title/FOR_KIDS_Taking__the_sting_out_of_scorpion_venom

The Arizona bark scorpion is quite small, about as small as a human finger, but it's sting can cause some major damage to a person, and even kill a small child. Every year, more than 200 children get seriously hurt from scorpion stings in Arizona and New Mexico.

There is no FDA approved cure for the poison in the venom of scorpions in the United States. There is, however, one in Mexico and scientists are working hard to get it approved for use above the border.

This article is good for kids because it includes "power words" like vocabulary, at the end of the article, explaining the meanings of the words to the children reading it.

How Down Syndrome Works Against Cancer

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/43950/title/How_Down_syndrome_works_against__cancer

People born with Down Syndrome have an extra chromosome # 21. Most people have only two, one from their mother and one from their father, but people with Down Syndrome are born with a third. Chromosome 21 carries 231 genes, including some that may suppress cancer. A recent study shows that people with Down Syndrome are 1/10th as likely to get a solid-tumor cancer as people without the syndrome.

How to Deal with Swine Flu

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1894129,00.html?xid=rss-healthsci-yahoo

In February, 1976, swine flu struck Fort Dix army base in New Jersey, killing one private and infecting hundreds of soldiers. The president at the time, ordered a vaccine to be distributed amongst Americans costing approximately $135 million. Then an outbreak of Guillain-Barré syndrome broke out caused from the vaccine. This caused 30 deaths by April, 1976.

This is an example of how President Obama should NOT handle the outbreak of Swine Flu. He should not rush into things and have his "experts" come up with a miracle vaccine that will eventually cause some other disease.

Health Benefits of Tea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/h/health_benefits_of_tea.htm

Some say tea can be beneficial during pregnancy and illness, while others say it can be harmful. This article suggests that consulting a doctor is a good idea before drinking large amounts of tea. This related article (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402212206.htm) suggests that drinking a lot of tea is beneficial to your health, but was only published in April, 2008, so was later proved wrong.

Engineered antibodies fight AIDS virus in monkeys

A new breakthrough may have been discovered in the fight against the AIDS virus. Scientists have created an artificial antibody that is carried into the body through a virus that fights against the spread of HIV. The synthetic immune system antibody protected monkeys against the animal version of HIV, SIV. Unfortunately, it will be years before this can be tested on humans. Nine monkeys were given this artificial antibody and than injected with SIV. Three of the monkeys never contracted SIV and the other six that did never developed into AIDS.

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54g20c-us-aids-vaccine/

New electronic ink display brings e-paper revolution a step closer

With the large mainstream success of Amazon's Kindle, there seemed to be only a matter of time before a new technology came out to surpass the Kindle and display an electronic reader in colored print. The University of Cincinnati has recently developed this technology. An electrofluidic display (EFD) creates a color and contrast ratio of 85% of what paper can display. This EFD display also allows the user to bend or roll up the display as if it was made of real paper.

http://www.gizmag.com/electrofluidic-display/11677/

Brain's Organization Switches as Children Become Adults

A new study has found that a child's brain is organized differently than an adults brain; however, the child's brain functions as capably as an adult brain. Steven E. Petersen, Ph.D., the James McDonnell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is studying normal brain development to further understand how developmental disorders and brain injury can affect mental capabilities. Petersen use resting-state MRI to scan the spontaneous activity that occurs in the brain. Petersen found that a child's brain's tightest connections are ones that are physically closest together as opposed to adults whose are distant from each other.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515093228.htm