Governor Greg Abott signs bill into law but challenge expected from critics who consider it unconstitutional Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate. The bill, which was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, is expected to draw a legal challenge from critics who consider it an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state. Continue reading...

TV, tablets and smartphones ‘hinder and alter brain development’, open letter says Children under the age of six should not be exposed to screens, including television, to avoid permanent damage to their brain development, French medical experts have said. TV, tablets, computers, video games and smartphones have “already had a heavy impact on a young generation sacrificed on the altar of ignorance”, according to an open letter to the government from five leading health bodies – the societies of paediatrics, public health, ophthalmology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and health and environment. Continue reading...