Since early 2025, several large federal health grants to states have been suspended and then restored after legal challenges. On Feb. 13, 2026, for example, the federal government moved to…
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Telehealth is widely used by older adults insured by Medicare, new research shows
Americans age 65 and older who are insured by Medicare logged about 60 million telehealth visits annually between 2021 and 2023 – about 31 million for mental health and 29…
Understanding the evolution of individuality—Fruit flies may have an answer
As a Ph.D. student, I wanted to understand the evolution of individual differences in fruit fly behavior – the building blocks of personality. My experiments involved measuring how my tiny…
Board game that pre-dates chess discovered in ancient burial mound
Archaeologists working in southern Russia have identified the remains of an ancient board game believed to be a distant precursor to chess, shedding new light on cultural connections between Mesopotamia…
Is Nus Braka’s weapon in the latest “Starfleet Academy” a “Galaxy Quest” in-joke?
“‘Galaxy Quest’ is, without a doubt, the best ‘Star Trek’ movie.” So said Wil Wheaton in the 2019 “Galaxy Quest” documentary “Never Surrender”, and he should know a thing or…
Teen Aggression Speeds Up Aging
Summary: Adolescence is often a time of social friction, but a new longitudinal study reveals that these early behavioral patterns have deep physical consequences. Following 121 individuals from age 13…
A koala population’s rapid rebound may let it escape inbreeding’s perils
A rapid koala rebound in southeastern Australia is also boosting their genetic variation, showing one way out of an extinction death spiral. After nearly disappearing from the region over a…
Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID
In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was condemned by the god Zeus to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down, having to start…
Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem gambling − but few seek treatment
Nearly three times as many Pennsylvania adults gamble online today than just a few years ago. And as online platforms make gambling easier and more convenient, some Pennsylvanians are gambling…
