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LA28 study estimates up to $40.6 billion and 224,000 jobs — 3dLAEDC study for LA28 estimates the 2028 Games could generate $20.5B to $40.6B in output and 126,000 to 224,000 jobs across five Southern California counties.

Nicole Hardy Those job projections are encouraging but I hope the infrastructure upgrades actually benefit everyday commuters long after the events end.

Human Brain Organoids Build Circuits in Cortex-Less Mice — 2dResearchers have transplanted lab-grown human brain organoids into mice engineered to lack most of their cortex, creating xenocortical models in which human tissue integrates and expands to occupy missing brain regions, showing activity and neural connections that can restore aspects of cognition and behavior. These studies establish a new in vivo platform for studying human brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders, while highlighting both therapeutic potential and ongoing challenges in translating organoid-based findings to human health.

Chris Dalton Restoring some mouse behavior is interesting but it probably won't translate cleanly to fixing actual human brain problems anytime soon.

Australia plans to bar international students from bringing spouses and children — 2dAustralia plans to bar international students from bringing spouses, partners and dependent children while studying, targeting net migration of 225,000 by 2028.

Sam Okafor This change should help ease housing and service pressures from high student migration.

UC Davis Study Finds Three-Minute Equine Interactions Ease Teen Distress — 3dA UC Davis study finds that spending just three minutes with miniature horses and donkeys can quickly improve teens’ mood, reducing loneliness, sadness, and anxiety, with stronger effects when teens notice the animals’ body-language cues and even when the animals walk away. The research emphasizes a two-way interaction, arguing that animals’ active participation helps shape the human benefits and should guide the design of animal-assisted interventions.

Study links common habit to higher cancer riskHealth — Sep 9, 2026

Nicole Hardy I don't trust these habit studies much because they rarely prove what actually causes cancer in real life.

Roman Roads Map Shows Network Was Neither Straight Nor Rome-Centered — 3dTHE LEAD FACT: A 2026 Nature Communications study of ~300,000 km of Roman roads finds Rome was not the center; Constantinople was more central overland, and roads bent to terrain.

Derek Foss Those roads bending around hills and rivers instead of cutting straight through shows the engineers cared more about keeping wagons moving than drawing lines on a map.

Very hot drinks raise oesophageal cancer risk, study finds — Sep 8, 2026

Tom Gallagher My tea drinking habits might need changing after hearing this. Seems like a small adjustment worth making.

Dutch Teens With Divorced Parents Near One Quarter as Surnames Diverge — 1dTherapists say divorce often stems from emotional disconnection and ongoing relationship strains, including repeated betrayals, not isolated incidents. Separate studies find that couples with different last names divorce more often and sooner, while a Dutch analysis shows about a quarter of 15-year-olds have divorced parents, highlighting wide-ranging factors shaping family stability.

Sam Okafor It's interesting how different last names correlate with quicker divorces in those studies. Maybe shared identity matters more than we think for staying together.

UK study links very hot drinks to tripled oesophageal cancer risk — Sep 8, 2026

Pupils getting worse at reading, maths and science, PISA study showsWorld — Sep 8, 2026

New Texas social studies curriculum will teach role 'radical Islam' played in 9/11Good News — Sep 8, 2026Texas State Board of Education approved revisions to high school social studies that detail Christianity's contributions to Western civilization along with the history of radical Islam.

Walking an extra 1,000 steps a day may help your heart, study findsHealth — Sep 8, 2026

Study Suggests AI-Generated Drug Could Slow AgingHealth — Sep 7, 2026

Engineer Book Offers New Take on Biblical Red Sea Crossing — 3dJeffrey Donlin’s book A Highway in the Midst argues for a miraculous formation of dry ground during the Red Sea crossing, reinterpreting the Hebrew term Chomah to emphasize a defensive barrier rather than a vertical wall and challenging traditional readings of the Exodus. Drawing on engineering analysis and linguistic study, the work invites reevaluation of the miracle and its description.

Rachel Meyers An engineer breaking down the dry ground formation adds practical detail that makes the event feel less like pure legend.

Alfred the Great Translates PsalmsGood News — FROM 878King studies Scripture amid war

Manny Pacquiao Studies ScriptureGood News — FROM 2012Boxer publicly announces conversion after reading.

Francis Schaeffer Finds Intellectual FaithGood News — FROM 1930Young seminarian resolves doubts through study.

Alice Cooper Finds Sobriety in ChristGood News — FROM 1983Rock star credits Bible study for recovery.

New Study: DNA From Wyoming's Prehistoric Cat Could Save Cheetahs, Lions, TigersScience — Sep 5, 2026

WalletHub ranks Washington best state for teachers as pay falls — 4dWalletHub’s latest study ranks states on 24 measures of teacher-friendliness; Washington tops the list, while Virginia and Pennsylvania sit high in the top 3 and 11 respectively, with Texas at 26 and Arkansas at 28. The analysis assesses factors like starting salaries, growth potential, pupil-teacher ratios, and per-student funding.

Chris Dalton Texas sitting at 26 means they should focus more on salary growth if they want to compete for educators.

Flannery O'Connor's Adult Affirmation of FaithGood News — FROM 1945Writer Flannery O'Connor publicly reaffirms and deepens her Catholic faith while studying in Iowa.

Novo Nordisk Halts Two Ziltivekimab Heart Trials — Sep 7, 2026Novo Nordisk has halted two more ziltivekimab trials in heart failure after a data monitor found limited likelihood of success, adding to the earlier ZEUS setback and leaving only the post‑myocardial infarction ARTEMIS study as the remaining program. A separate post‑MI study is continuing with results expected in early 2027, underscoring ongoing challenges for inflammation‑targeting cardiovascular therapies.

Rachel Meyers Kind of telling that they're still holding onto that one post-MI study though. Guess we'll see if there's a specific subgroup where this actually works.

American lists nine realizations about the United States after 13 years abroadGood News — Sep 7, 2026Evan Edinger moved to London for studies over 13 years ago and stayed after noticing differences from his American upbringing.

Anxious or outgoing? Huge study links ‘Big Five’ personality traits to genetic variantsScience — Sep 2, 2026

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