If you weigh 100 pounds, 18 pounds of you is pure carbon. Plants are almost half carbon. Even pure carbon (that is, carbon not combined with anything else) comes in many forms, such as coal, charcoal, even diamonds. Carbon is versatile. Carbon moves.  Let’s follow a single carbon atom for a ...

If you're hoping for a Kindle or iPod Touch this holiday season, it pays to think ahead. Which applications will you buy? For $10 you could get a half-dozen new games. But with thousands of choices at the App Store, Amazon and Google Play, how do you know which ones are fun and which are a ...

Celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas this year with some of these great new children's books:BOARD BOOKS:-- Everyone's favorite monkey leads the way in "Happy Hanukkah, Curious George" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $7.99, ages 2-4). This board book, written in a lively verse by Emily Flaschner Meyer, ...

Mornings used to be pretty hectic in the Bennett household. Kids had to be woken up. Dogs had to be let out. Breakfast had to be eaten. And last but not least, teeth had to be brushed. Getting all of this done with two kids, three dogs and only two parents was very tricky. But somehow we ...

This is the fourth book in the Melonhead series, which focuses on Adam Melon (you can see how he got his nickname), his family and his friends. The Melons live in the Capitol Hill section of Washington. Author Katy Kelly grew up on Capitol Hill and still lives in Washington, so part of the fun ...

We’ve all heard that exercise is important … but do you know why? Exercise has all sorts of benefits. The occupational therapists at Primary Children’s have come up with a list of 10 reasons why exercise will help you and your family live a happier and healthier life. <ol ...