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Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (624+ words) Southern California's Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and '60s. Today, those resorts are long gone, replaced by a drying and increasingly toxic landscape. As the…...
Kratom poisonings surged 1,200% over the past decade, and regulators are struggling to keep up with the dangers
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (674+ words) Proposals to ban or regulate kratom, a plant-based substance sold in gas stations, convenience stores and vape shops, are making headlines in local newspapers across the United States. But as lawmakers debate whether to regulate or ban kratom, public health…...
How California’s war on smog and its ambitious car pollution rules made everyone’s air cleaner
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1123+ words) Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the air were 50 times higher in the…...
Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1044+ words) Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully understand and verify. On March 24, 2026, a Santa Fe jury ordered Meta to pay US$375 million for violating New Mexico's consumer protection…...
R Ashwin Makes History as First Indian Player in MLC, Joining Forces with Pakistan's Haris Rauf
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (665+ words) R Ashwin Makes History as First Indian Player in MLC, Joining Forces with Pakistan's Haris Rauf'Observer Voice Ravichandran Ashwin is set to make history as the first Indian-capped player to participate in Major League Cricket (MLC) after signing with the San…...
Increased Security Measures Following Thefts from National Monuments
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (358+ words) Shalini Singh is a journalist specializing in Indian politics and national affairs. With a keen eye for political developments, policy reforms, and democratic discourse, she brings clarity and insight to every piece she writes. Shalini is also associated with ANB…...
The lower Murray is officially on life support. Will we save it?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (816+ words) At 2,500 km long, the Murray is Australia's longest river. It provides 3 million people with drinking water and irrigates around 1.5 million hectares of farmland. But this intensive use has come at a cost: the lower Murray " defined as the River Murray…...
More than 250,000 Australians don’t have access to a vet – new research
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (635+ words) Bronwyn Orr, James Cook University Imagine walking your dog on a warm summer day. They've just run off the path to sniff in some long grass, maybe eat some kangaroo poo. Suddenly, there is a yelp and you see a…...