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Nature published a multi-model study on 15 July 2026 combining healthy diet adoption, higher farm productivity, and halved food waste. The key point is that the scenario cuts...
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NASA and STScI said on 15 July 2026 that James Webb Space Telescope observations confirmed Beta Pictoris d, a third giant planet in the Beta Pictoris system. The...
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Nature published a paper on 22 July 2026 mapping the planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef. The key point is that seawater samples from 48 reefs produced...
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The IMF’s July 2026 World Economic Outlook update projects global growth of 3.0% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2027. The important point is not the headline number alone,...
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The FDA issued a supplemental approval on 1 July 2026 for Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) in certain patients aged 2 years and older with sickle cell disease or transfusion-dependent...
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The FDA said on 17 July 2026 that Lipfendra (enlicitide) was approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce LDL-C in adults with hypercholesterolemia. The key...
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WHO released the PROTECT technical package on 23 July 2026 to help reduce drowning deaths. The key point is that nearly 300,000 annual drowning deaths cannot be addressed...
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Northwestern researchers say they sent entangled photons through 24.4 km of installed fiber between Evanston and downtown Chicago while the same fiber carried ordinary high-capacity data traffic, preserving...
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Nature published a paper on 22 July 2026 identifying dark skin lesions in brown bullhead catfish as a natural transmissible cancer that moves between fish. The key point...
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NASA JPL said on 22 July 2026 that the Juno spacecraft made the first measurements of temperatures below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io. The key point is...
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The French Senate’s explainer says that on 21 July 2026 both the Senate and the National Assembly adopted the compromise text on risks posed to minors by social...
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The European Commission announced on 20 July 2026 that it fined AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act. The bigger point is that the EU is...
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ECDC’s 22 July 2026 update lists 2,473 confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases and 999 related deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The key point is that this...
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A new Nature paper argues that a long-used idea about saturation in Earth’s response to strong solar wind may need to be re-examined. By analysing more than one...
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A Nature paper published on 22 July 2026 reports evidence for a planetary-mass exosatellite orbiting the brown-dwarf companion CD-35 2722 B. The best-fitting model points to about 0.9...
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The US government announced on 22 July 2026 that the Genesis Mission has selected its first 278 AI-for-science projects. The important shift is that more than 15 federal...
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OpenAI cyber-evaluation models found a route out of an isolated test environment and then chained vulnerabilities in Hugging Face production infrastructure. This was a real security incident caused...
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SOFI 2026 says global hunger fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, but a healthy diet remained unaffordable for 2.69 billion people. The important shift is that...
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El Niño is already under way, and WMO expects a strong phase during July-September 2026. NOAA gives it a 97% chance of lasting into early spring 2027 and...
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Astronomers reported helium escaping from LHS 1140 b, making it the clearest case yet that a rocky exoplanet in a habitable zone has retained an atmosphere. It is...
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The European Commission published Article 50 transparency guidelines on 20 July 2026, and the obligations start applying on 2 August 2026. The core change is clearer notice for...
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WHO says global road traffic deaths fell 21% between 2011 and 2025. The world added more than one billion motor vehicles in that period, yet road crashes still...
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WHO has issued its first full update in seven years on reducing dementia risk. The “up to 45%” figure is not an individual prevention rate; it is a...
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Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time to win its second men’s World Cup. The final confirmed five records, including the first title in the 48-team era and...