Samantha Gross

At first glance, sleep safety for your infant seems like it should be straightforward. The American Academy of Pediatrics issues safe sleep recommendations, and most of us understand that “back is best” and that the adorable blanket your best friend…

It seems like there’s a new recall every day — whether it’s for strollers or spinach — and it’s enough to make any parent or parent-to-be nervous. Is the world your little one is entering really that dangerous?There’s good news: It isn’t so much that…

When it comes to air travel with children, every parent has heard – or lived – some nightmarish stories. Most of us have a mid-flight diaper blowout or a tear-filled gate delay under our belts. But the recent high profile stories of real nightmares –…

NEW YORK — The local shelter may not always have enough beds, but the nation's unmarried and childless homeless haven't had to prove that it's their only option when they show up at the door. That could change under a policy proposed by New York…

Brian Greene works in a world where scientific reasoning rules all and imagination leads to the most unlikely truths. Greene and other "string theorists" are exploring a possible scenario in which people and the world around us…

By SAMANTHA GROSS NEW YORK (AP) — Step into Charlene Barton’s apartment, and the first thing you smell is mold. The air by the door is thick with a vile steam. In the bathroom, a broken tap never stops running. The holes in the walls are covered…

It wasn’t what anyone expected to see while perusing a news article.But there, in the final paragraph of an online story about the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Yahoo’s automated system was inviting readers to browse through photos…