Federal Aid for Lead Cleanup Is Receding. That’s a Problem for Cash-Strapped Cities.
Halle Parker, Verite News Tighter regulations and an influx of federal money in recent years have helped communities across the U.S. initiate efforts to clean...
Month : March 2026
Lady of Elche: A 2,400-year-old bust of a mysterious ‘highborn’ woman from pre-Roman Spain
QUICK FACTS Name: Lady of Elche What it is: A limestone bust Where it is from: Elche, Spain When it was made: Circa 400 to...
Families Defend Disability Services Amid Medicaid Cuts
Families of Idahoans with disabilities say their lives could be upended as lawmakers in the state’s Republican-dominated legislature mull sweeping cuts. Services at risk include...
Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend.
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000...
Pain lasts longer in women, and immune cells may the culprit
Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain fades as the body heals....
Ancient Greek mystery cult priestesses may have chemically tweaked fungus to induce psychedelic hallucinations
Priestesses of a mysterious cult in ancient Greece and Rome may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during their rituals, a...
‘Equinox effect’ could supercharge auroras this March
This month could be the best time to spot the northern lights for nearly a decade, as the combination of the “equinox effect” and supercharged...
NASA telescope spots first alien ‘astrosphere’ around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week
quick facts What it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the “Moth” Where it is: About 117 light-years away in the constellation Puppis When...
Do you weigh more when an elevator goes up or when it comes down?
Elevators have a strange way of messing with your sense of gravity. The moment an elevator lurches upward, you feel it in your feet. For...