Grants will now be awarded to trials conducted with real-world data, AI-driven simulation, or lab-grown human organoid-tech interfaces.

A music conductor with Parkinson's was fitted with a ‘pacemaker for the brain’ to control his tremors so he can lead his orchestra once again.

Beyond the lyrics of a certain John Denver song, West Virginia tends to get a bad rap for being impoverished and backward, but this small mountainous state has a secret to success concealed beneath it...

For his whole adult life, Bennett has been at the crest of the wave of para-surfing, which has undergone a revolutionary transformation.

Any major guitar retailer, will mention the same few words over and over: rosewood, ebony, mahogany. In California, that's changing.

The man's wife contacted Band of Builders—a charity which pulls together volunteers and donations for construction-industry workers.

Barby Keel Sanctuary is a nonprofit, runs entirely on donations and open to the public and will be free to visit every Sunday until October.

A 9-year-old boy was convinced something was amiss when he spotted a frantic cow and begged his mom to go back—then saved a calf.

HS teacher Kristina Ulmer’s 'Kindness Challenge' has raised $7,000 to teach teens empathy, giving them cash to create 350 acts of kindness.

Losing out on $6,750 for a new retaining wall astride their driveway, the couple was shocked when someone else offered to do it for free.

The mayor believes that by the time the work is finished, the birthplace of democracy will have shed 3 degrees off of annual temperatures

The lake weed is dried, shredded, enriched, and crushed before being sold for 25% less than chemical fertilizers imported from other states

To celebrate Earth Day, tune into KALW–91.7 FM, as the public radio station is playing the sounds of nature all day and all night.

LGBTQ Catholics and theologians said the late pontiff’s legacy teaches that change can happen when leaders are willing to listen.

A famous American conservation nonprofit is celebrating the acquisition of a very small piece of land with a very big role to play in protecting wildlife in New Jersey. Though 454 acres is hardly anyt...

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She vividly remembers the adrenaline of watching her brother racing cars. Now at age 83, her wish to speed around a track finally comes true.

"There were about 1,000 ways for that to go really, really bad, and one good way, and luckily it turned out to be the good way."

Their first son Griffin needed open-heart surgery at just 3 months old, and in hospital they learned about foster kids with medical needs.

Moved by Betty's plight, Konzier whipped out her phone and pressed record. "If I make one video go viral, let it be this one."

Watch a 9-year-old boy say goodbye to his local trash collector after greeting him every week on his driveway for years.

At the moment the firm is picking through a pair of homes that make up a group of 30 prewar houses near the city's train station.

The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families

Jails in cities like New Orleans are among the largest mental health care providers in the country. One facility aims to serve the people being held there.

Sri Lanka was able to launch the nation's first national emergency service—equivalent to our 911 or Britain's 999.

It allows women to fetch water and firewood, take family members to medical facilities, or bring and buy produce at local markets.

Captured on camera by NBC 6, it was difficult to tell who was happier, Avendaño or Dr. Zucker, who called the procedure his "magic track."

100-year-old Galapagos tortoises hatched 4 babies at the Philadelphia Zoo helping to ensure the survival of a critically endangered species.

Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the War on Voting"

Right outside Detroit a native forest has stood undisturbed for centuries—but now, the 300 year-old oaks are gaining recognition.

John required a 61-day stay in the NICU, and the AngelEye Camera was a lifeline for his mom and dad who could check up on him at any point.

An ancestral relative is offering the Kazakhs this amazing opportunity to restore a quintessential figure to the grasslands—truly wild horses.

After winning medals at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, Melanie retired from competitive swimming and wanted “something more.”

"You're coming into my house," Holms-Williams told ABC 6 WPVI in front of her trolley. "So you're coming into my house, I want to greet you."