(Worthy Insights) – American surgeons have successfully restored eyesight to a handful of people who suffered blinding eye injuries through the use of a new form of stem cell therapy.

Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, a specialty hospital located in Boston, have developed cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) and it has became the first stem cell therapy for the eye ever trialed in the United States.

The ground-breaking procedure starts by removing stem cells from a healthy eye with a biopsy. Then they are grown for two to three weeks before being surgically transplanted onto an injured cornea. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – When former President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022, it did so along party lines with not a single Republican voting for it. At the time, a Senate one-pager summarized the law as costing taxpayers $369 billion, based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.

A new study from the Cato Institute finds that the law could cost as much as $4.67 trillion by 2050. That’s roughly 12 times the stated cost. The study also concludes that the subsidies are undermining innovation and driving investments toward subsidy farming rather than satisfying consumer demand.

“The government should not have a hold on the economy in such a way that it can truly distort entire markets, and that’s what the Inflation Reduction Act is,” Joshua Loucks, research associate with Cato Institute and co-author of the analysis, said in a video explaining the study. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The Associated Press retracted an article on Monday after it falsely claimed that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “very good friends.”

“The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard saying President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘are very good friends.’ Gabbard was talking about Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The AP will publish a corrected version of the story,” the AP posted in a correction after retracting the article.

The article covered comments Gabbard made during a trip to India as the U.S. intelligence chief. It was initially headlined, according to one post online, “Gabbard Says Trump And Putin Are ‘Very Good Friends’ Focused On Strengthening Ties.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronaut mission on the Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday.

Crew-10 launched on Friday night with four astronauts.

The Dragon capsule, named Endurance, carried NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the station early Sunday morning. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A new survey has found that more than half of Americans do not believe God exists or that He “affects lives,” prompting one prominent researcher to highlight the need for “sweeping national repentance and spiritual renewal.”

The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the second installment of its American Worldview Inventory 2025 on Wednesday.

The research found that overall, 60% of Americans do not believe God exists or that He “affects lives.” Nearly half of self-identified Christians (47%) and a slightly smaller share of theologically identified born-again Christians (40%) said the same. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Sixty-five years after his father, the late Billy Graham, first preached in Addis Ababa, Franklin Graham returned to the Ethiopian capital for a two-day evangelistic outreach on March 8-9 dubbed “Encountering God,” drawing hundreds of thousands and witnessing over 4,000 commitments to Jesus Christ.

Graham, who was on his 11th visit to Ethiopia emphasized the enduring relevance of the Gospel message his father shared decades ago. “My father preached the same Gospel message 65 years ago,” Graham told reporters at a press conference attended by forty media outlets. “The world has changed, politics have changed, but the Gospel does not change. It’s the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”

The outreach was organized by the Ethiopian Council of Gospel Believers’ Churches, a coalition of over 3,000 churches in Ethiopia. The evangelistic gathering was preceded by months of preparation, prayer and discipleship training. Seneshat Teka, Director of Spiritual Development at the council highlighted that while most Ethiopians have some form of religious belief, there is often a strong emphasis on tradition and non-Biblical doctrine. She emphasized the importance for evangelical pastors to remain focused on “the preaching and teaching of the Word of God.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Missouri’s Attorney General has issued a cease-and-desist order against Planned Parenthood facilities in the state to keep them from offering chemical abortions in the state.

“This order is a necessary enforcement mechanism to prevent Planned Parenthood from continuing to disregard Missouri law and to protect the health and safety of Missouri women,” Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a recent press release.

“Planned Parenthood has a documented history of subverting state law, including failure to file complication reports,” he continued. “This cease and desist letter ensures that basic health and safety standards are met. Given Planned Parenthood’s history, I will continue to ensure their compliance with state law.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Bible sales have nearly doubled in the United Kingdom in the past five years according to new data that reflects similar trends in the United States and indicates a growing hunger for God’s Word throughout the world. Sales of the Bible increased 87 percent in the U.K. between 2019 and 2024, according to data compiled by the Christian publisher SPCK Group using information from Nielsen Book Data. The Times newspaper in London first reported on the trend.

Books about religion are on the rise, too, in the United Kingdom, increasing 3 percent between 2023 and 2024 and bucking a nationwide decline that actually saw non-fiction book sales plummet 6 percent during that same timeframe.

The United States has seen a similar surge.

Last fall, The Wall Street Journal cited Circana BookScan book tracking data showing that Bible sales had increased 22 percent compared to the same time frame a year earlier. Similarly, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention said Bible sales had soared 30 percent in the past year, according to a December report. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A Kansas-based Satanic organization is hosting a “black mass” March 28 at the Kansas Statehouse, drawing condemnation from Christian organizations.

A “black mass” is an intentionally blasphemous parody of a Catholic Mass. The Satanic Grotto, which is hosting the event, said it will “dedicate the grounds and our legislature to the glory of Satan.” Satanic Grotto president Michael Stewart said it will entail a “four-part” ritual.

“The overall theme in it is expressing the hurt and anger and some of the feelings that come from being oppressed by a religion you didn’t ask for and didn’t consent to,” Stewart said. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Hamas has refused to budge on its latest offer to release only one live hostage, Israeli American citizen Edan Alexander, along with the remains of four other captives with dual citizenship, while the U.S. has issued an unspecified deadline, warning of consequences if the group does not agree to a broader deal.

Israel, meanwhile, is awaiting Hamas’ response to a renewed proposal calling for the release of 11 live hostages and 16 bodies, in exchange for a 40-day cease-fire extension through Ramadan and Passover.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened an emergency meeting Saturday evening to discuss the stalled negotiations, receiving a briefing from the delegation that returned from Doha. The discussion will also include possible military responses, ranging from targeted operations to a broader offensive, should talks collapse entirely. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The Israeli Air Force received a significant addition to its air superiority with three new F-35 stealth fighter jets called by the Hebrew name Adir, which arrived at the Nevatim air base last week to join the 116th squadron.

According to a statement released by the IDF, the squadron accumulated over 15,000 operational flight hours since the start of the war and participated in thousands of sorties across all theaters.

The stealth jets took part in operations including the assassination of the leadership of the Hezbollah terror group in Beirut and leaders of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – This week, the Oklahoma House passed a bill requiring registered child sex offenders to be “chemically castrated” in order to be released on parole.

House Bill 2422 states that a sex offender must be someone who is over the age of 21 and who has committed a crime involving physical touch against a child under the age of 13 that requires registration as a sex offender. If a mental health evaluation determines that the sex offender would commit a sex crime again, the offender is offered the possibility of hormonal treatment in order to gain parole, which must be accepted voluntarily.

“Reoffending, ending treatment or seeking reversal of the treatment, which ‘use chemicals or drugs to stop sex hormone production,’ would result in returning to prison for life without the possibility of parole,” Oklahoma Voice reported. [ Source (Read More…) ]