Pediatricians and public health researchers know they have to be on the lookout for lead exposure from paint chips and contaminated drinking water. A new report suggests food — particularly baby food — could be a problem, too. The Environmental Defense Fund, in an analysis of 11 years of federal data, found detectable levels of […]
STUDY: Understanding the Economic Impact of the H-1B Program on the U.S….
H-1B Visas Cost Americans Jobs and Suppress Wages, Economists Find…
The H-1B visa program costs American workers jobs and suppresses their wages, while substantially increasing profit margins for tech firms, economists conclude in a study published in February. If tech companies were unable to import temporary foreign workers, employment in the tech industry for American workers would have been up to 10.8 percent higher in […]
Atlantis Found! Scientists Discover Earth’s Hidden Continent, Zealandia…
The waters of the south-west Pacific are hiding the long-overlooked continent of Zealandia, a team of geologists from New Zealand, Australia and New Caledonia have concluded. The continent is as big as India or the entire of Europe: its total land area is about five million square kilometers, according to the researchers. Now, for the […]
STUDY: 72 Terrorists Came From Countries Covered by Trump Vetting Order…
STUDY: Obama Issued $890 Billion in Regulations from White House…
Former President Obama issued more than $890 billion worth of regulations during his presidency, according to a new study from American Action Forum (AAF). This number includes $24 million worth of midnight regulations issued in January, more midnight regulations than any lame duck president in history…
Pentagon Buries Evidence of $125B in Bureaucratic Waste…
The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget…
Ha! They Really Do Know What We’re Saying…
They found that dogs processed words with the left hemisphere, while intonation was processed with the right hemisphere — just like humans…
Are You Obsessed With Your Phone? Researchers Reveal Addicts Touch Their Handset a Whopping 5,400 Times a DAY!…
The study found that the average person swipes, taps and pinches their display about 2,617 times a day, for a grand total of one million times per year…
Neoliberalism Nakedly Exposed…
“Austerity policies not only generate substantial welfare costs due to supply-side channels, they also hurt demand—and thus worsen employment and unemployment”…