• 8 things you didn't know about Orville Wright

    8 things you didn't know about Orville Wright

    Aug 20, 2015 12:29 PM EDT

    ... called the “The Great Aerodrome” cost $70,000, but failed to fly without crashing when tested in 1903. 2. Some say Orville was on the autism spectrum Both brothers possessed a singular determination and focus when it came to their pursuits, but neither enjoyed celebrity after becoming internationally famous. Both ...

  • Scientists say fetal tissue remains essential for vaccines and developing treatments

    Scientists say fetal tissue remains essential for vaccines and developing treatments

    Aug 11, 2015 03:35 PM EDT

    ... has been used to study Huntington's disease, "bubble boy disease" and juvenile diabetes. Fetal brain calls are now being used there in research on autism and schizophrenia. After the release of the undercover videos, Colorado State University conducted an ethics review and suspended its dealings with one vendor. But ...

  • Review finds Trump's charity donations are modest

    Review finds Trump's charity donations are modest

    Aug 02, 2015 05:05 PM EDT

    ... 2010, Trump's foundation gave $10,000 to Generation Rescue, a nonprofit run by Jenny McCarthy to champion the widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Trump also gave $1,000 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, an organization confounded by Tom Cruise that offered free Scientology-based ...

  • Kids with disabilities, behavior problems illegally segregated in Georgia

    Kids with disabilities, behavior problems illegally segregated in Georgia

    Jul 31, 2015 11:22 PM EDT

    ... 000 of them. They are students who have -- of varying ages who have behavioral issues, who have mental health issues, who maybe are in the autism spectrum, but they are children who have been deemed difficult to control and difficult to educate by their home schools. JUDY WOODRUFF: And how ...

  • Can Denmark solve its Islamic extremist problem?

    Can Denmark solve its Islamic extremist problem?

    May 11, 2015 11:50 PM EDT

    ... he was killed? KAROLINA DAM: There's no evidence. MALCOLM BRABANT: Lukas had attention-deficit disorder, and, according to his mother, suffered from relatively serious autism. After dabbling in petty crime, he was put in a home for vulnerable teenagers. He became a Muslim a year after this video was ...

  • What does Hillary Clinton believe? Where the candidate stands on 12 issues

    What does Hillary Clinton believe? Where the candidate stands on 12 issues

    Apr 10, 2015 10:13 PM EDT

    ... to raise it now. Finally, Clinton would invest $2 billion a year into Alzheimer’s research. She would also create an early-screening system for autism. During the PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate in February, Clinton said she supports “the goal of universal health coverage,” but thinks it has to be ...

  • The Internet's hidden science factory

    The Internet's hidden science factory

    Feb 11, 2015 05:50 PM EDT

    Sarah Marshall has completed roughly 20,000 academic surveys. Clay Hamilton has finished about 40,000. Marshall and Hamilton are part of a small but highly-active community of paid online study participants who generate data at break-neck speed to fuel modern scientific research. But can a person who's completed thousands of surveys still provide good data? Here's...

  • Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

    Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

    Feb 06, 2015 03:23 PM EDT

    DENVER — As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans.

  • Vaccine debate tests first-time presidential hopefuls

    Vaccine debate tests first-time presidential hopefuls

    Feb 04, 2015 02:48 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — For a pair of first-time presidential hopefuls, the sudden injection of the childhood vaccine debate into the 2016 campaign is a lesson in how unexpected issues can become stumbling blocks. Long-held positions can look different under the glare of the national spotlight.

  • Why shutting down Homeland Security won’t affect Obama’s immigration executive action

    Why shutting down Homeland Security won’t affect Obama’s immigration executive action

    Feb 04, 2015 02:26 PM EDT

    Today in the Morning Line: If DHS shut down, 85 percent of the agency’s workers would still work That includes the agency tasked with carrying out the president’s immigration executive action Some things would stop, including FEMA disaster planning, new border surveillance, or hiring presidential campaign Secret Service agents Republicans distance themselves from Rand Paul...