‘No more DACA deal!’ Trump rules out legal status for childhood arrivals

Donald Trump has said there will be no deal to give legal status to migrants who came to the US as minors. In a series of tweets on Sunday, he also told Republicans to take the “nuclear option” and eliminate the Senate filibuster. READ MORE: Trump suggests American military may pay for US-Mexico border wall […]

The NASA astronaut whose DNA changed after a year in space talks about his underachieving childhood, his identical twin and fellow astronaut brother, and how leaving Earth changes people for the better

Sarah Jacobs/Business Insider Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly had four missions in space, including a 340-day trip aboard the International Space Station in 2015-2016. On our “Success” podcast, he describes himself as a distracted kid who figured out his life later than his identical twin brother Mark, who also became an astronaut. He shared some […]

‘The Dangerous Book for Boys’ Trailer: Amazon Series Adapts the Ode to Childhood Imagination

It’s all well and good to romanticize the childhoods of the ’80s, when kids biked around freely and made complicated contraptions to prank unsuspecting adults. But what about the kids of today? You can warn them about the dangers as much as you want through episodes of Black Mirror, but maybe it’s not fear they need, […]

Apple snags drama series based on Kevin Durant’s childhood

Apple’s slate of original shows keeps growing and growing and the latest addition is a drama based on the early life of Kevin Durant. Swagger will focus on youth basketball players, their families and their coaches and will draw on Durant’s experiences playing basketball with the Amateur Athletic Union in the Washington DC area. Durant, […]

COPD: Keeping fit during childhood lowers risk of lung disease in later life

GETTY (STOCK) Being fit during childhood can help fight COPD and other lung diseases The study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, shows that keeping children fit – such as by playing sports, swimming or running – leads to better lung function in adulthood, which could reduce chronic lung diseases such as COPD.  Good lung […]

Childhood obesity warning: Number of overweight children on the RISE, shock numbers show

Shocking statistics released yesterday suggest little progress is being made to tackle the epidemic with one in four children in reception year also obese. The figures, published by NHS Digital, come from the National Child Measurement Programme which measures the height and weight of more than one million children in England annually. Obesity prevalence was […]