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ICE Crackdowns Saved Money On Healthcare In California
A silver lining for California politicians panicking about the federal government no longer paying the state to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants is that there may be fewer of them using ERs
Hank Campbell Mon, 10/05/2026 - 11:34 Categories Public HealthNew global survey shines a light on the patients who rely on plasma-derived medicines—and the donors who make them possible
The Brothers Grimm Were Academics So Dark 34 Of Their Stories Were Banned
Imagine a fairy tale in which kids are playing outside and one is acting as a cook, one is a butcher, and one is the pig for dinner.
Hank Campbell Sun, 10/04/2026 - 17:48 Categories Science & SocietyUnderwater umbrellas for coral reefs could help protect against heat damage, study finds
KRICT clears lithium-ion traffic jams in thick electrodes for high-capacity batteries
Lattice parameter as a unified parameter governing magnetic ground states in Tsai-type compounds
Ultra Patchwork Food: California AB 2244 Is An Expensive Anti-Science Mess
California AB 2244 is law and marketing executives at Organic food companies are preparing to buy new mansions. Because if a grocery store carries an "ultraprocessed" food item they are now required to take up shelf space for a boutiquie alternative.
Hank Campbell Tue, 09/29/2026 - 12:26 Categories Science Education & PolicyKids Helping Kids Is Universal - But Cultures Help Differently
A simple game reveals a universal instinct in kids
News Mon, 09/28/2026 - 15:03 Categories PsychologyIs Coastal Flooding Now Predictable?
Flooding has long been an unpredictable event, as poorly understood as hurricanes or any weather. That may no longer be the case.
Hank Campbell Mon, 09/28/2026 - 11:41 Categories OceanographyFlying With Gamma-Ray Counters: Another Test Or Two Of The Radiacode Zero
Yesterday I traveled all day, moving my family back to Lulea from Padova. The trip is long because there is no direct connection from Venice to Stockholm (Norwegian has one, but I prefer to avoid them as they canceled my flight recently).
Tommaso Dorigo Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:24 Categories PhysicsWhy Oxygen, Not Time, Is What Makes Much of Our Food Go Bad
We tend to talk about food spoilage as if time itself were the culprit. Leave a bag of nuts, a bottle of juice or a packet of dried food on the shelf for long enough, the thinking goes, and age simply catches up with it. But for many foods, the more immediate enemy is not the clock. It is oxygen.
Mark Pierce Sat, 09/26/2026 - 20:20 Categories Microbiology