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One million young people now welcome Meningitis B protection.
A million young people will receive the Meningitis B vaccine. This follows an unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.
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3 wks ago
Breakthrough
Are Southeast Asian nations quietly securing a healthy environment for 680 million people?
ASEAN nations committed to environmental justice for 680 million people last October. Now, the real challenge begins: implementing their Declaration on a Safe, Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment.
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Economic
3 wks ago
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How a quiet Indian town gave millions their first quality watch
Every Indian family knows Titan watches, but few know Hosur. This small Tamil Nadu town became India's watchmaking heart, democratizing quality timepieces when global brands were expensive.
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Science
3 wks ago
What if a whale graveyard is actually a thriving neighborhood?
A millions-year-old whale graveyard teems with life! Scientists found jellyfish, tubeworms, and brittle stars thriving on ancient whale carcasses, a sustaining snack for deep-sea critters.
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After 125 million years, we finally filmed the goblin shark in its deep-sea home.
Meet the goblin shark: Earth's rarest, weirdest shark. This pink-skinned living fossil, with its horn-like snout and protrudable jaws, is the sole survivor of a 125-million-year-old lineage.
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3 wks ago
French scientists now trace brushstroke fingerprints to spot art fakes.
French scientists just unveiled a new method to unmask art forgeries. Published in Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, their technique promises to authenticate artworks with unprecedented accuracy.
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3 wks ago
Landmark
Scientists finally capture a predicted phase of matter, decades in the making.
Scientists just unveiled a hidden state of matter! This long-predicted quantum phase could revolutionize technology.
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Community
3 wks ago
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Cambodia welcomes home ancient treasures, restoring a cultural legacy.
The Met repatriated two ancient Cambodian sculptures: a 10th-century guardian deity and a 7th-century dragon lintel. This follows an investigation into a notorious art trafficker.
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Science
3 wks ago
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Rice's secret strength just unlocked smarter, safer materials.
Rice defies physics: it weakens under rapid compression but strengthens with slow pressure. Scientists harnessed this unusual behavior to engineer a new material that adapts its stiffness to impact speed.
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3 wks ago
Paradigm Shift
Today's Hope-Up: The Earth's Quiet Allies and Loud Innovations
From vast fungal networks keeping Earth cool to soundwave-brewed espresso, this week's Hope-Up reveals the quiet, ingenious shifts happening just out of sight. Plus, a two-million-acre win for snow leopards.
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3 wks ago
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Hidden beneath our feet, a vast fungal network keeps Earth blooming.
Don't like mushrooms? You still owe fungi big. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form vast underground networks, exchanging nutrients with nearly 75% of plants, making Earth green.
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3 wks ago
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The unseen web beneath our feet, 621 trillion miles long, quietly feeds the world.
Hidden underground, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) power 70% of Earth's plants. These vast networks exchange nutrients for carbon, enriching soil and boosting root foraging 100x.
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Innovation
3 wks ago
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Europe's secure chips move from design to defense, all on home soil.
Europe just completed its first fully European end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing flow! GlobalFoundries and Qualinx achieved this milestone, proving secure chips can be designed and fabricated entirely within Europe.
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Business
3 wks ago
More e-bikes and scooters brighten World Cup travel for fans.
Lime is deploying 14,000 new e-bikes and e-scooters across five North American cities. This massive expansion aims to help residents and fans navigate Atlanta, Dallas, and more.
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Innovation
3 wks ago
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Soundwave espresso delivers a perfect shot without the heat.
Espresso needs hot water and high pressure. But all those shots add up to an energy-intensive industry. Now, UNSW Sydney researchers found a way to make espresso with room-temperature water using ultrasonic soundwaves.
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Imagine easier access to weight-loss support: Wegovy arrives as a pill.
Wegovy, the popular weight-loss drug, is coming to the UK as a daily pill. This could offer a more convenient option than weekly injections for many.
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3 wks ago
London reclaims council flat from Sierra Leone's First Lady.
Sierra Leone's First Lady, Fatima Jabbe-Bio, had her London social housing flat seized by Southwark Council. The two-bedroom Walworth home was repossessed after her tenancy was reported last year.
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Health
3 wks ago
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The UK welcomes a new path for weight loss, moving beyond injections.
The UK's MHRA just approved Wegovy, the first GLP-1 weight-loss pill in tablet form. Patients can soon buy it, making the UK the third country to offer this groundbreaking treatment.
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Food
3 wks ago
This California farm shows young growers a bright future in food.
California's largest ag state is getting a farming revolution. Regenerative California helps new farmers build a sustainable future, proving regenerative agriculture works at their Monterey County demonstration farm.
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Arts
3 wks ago
Find your calm in Seoul's quiet Buddhist art.
Escape Seoul's bustle at the National Museum of Korea. The Room of Quiet Contemplation houses two of South Korea's most treasured artworks: 6th and 7th-century gilt-bronze bodhisattva statues.
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3 wks ago
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AI agents spark new safety field.
Millions of AI agents working unsupervised online could create real dangers, warns Google DeepMind. They're investing $10M to build a new field: multi-agent safety, before hypothetical risks become reality.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Protecting critical habitats, Indonesia's oldest environmental group steps in for orangutans and tigers.
Indonesia's top environmental group, Walhi, just intervened in a government lawsuit against a logging giant. They argue the official case drastically underestimates the ecological damage.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Breakthrough
Trust these bonobos: Four years in, they welcome researchers.
Deep in Congo's Salonga National Park, before dawn, researchers trek to bonobo nesting sites. Their mission: earn trust, habituate the bonobos to human presence, and study these elusive primates.
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Community
3 wks ago
Brazil's World Cup team embraces number 24, sending a message of welcome.
A number steeped in folklore now symbolizes homophobia in Brazil. This Global Voices series explores how gender diversity is threatened and preserved worldwide.
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Health
3 wks ago
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India's ASHA workers are designing the AI that helps rural mothers.
Rural India's healthcare lifeline? For 20+ years, it's been the ASHA worker. These women are the first point of contact, tracking pregnancies, newborns, and vaccinations where doctors are scarce.
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Innovation
3 wks ago
Indian homemakers earn income teaching robots how to slice mangoes.
A smartphone strapped to her head, Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films mango slicing. Her mundane videos train AI robots for future household tasks, earning $2.6/hour.
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3 wks ago
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Beneath two miles of Antarctic ice, scientists just found a landmass the size of Belgium.
A colossal hidden structure beneath Antarctica could reshape our understanding of the continent's past and present.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Do mangroves hold the secret to food security for Lombok's fishers?
Jamil, 63, waits at the water's edge, bucket of guts in hand. As the sun sets over East Lombok, he knows the mud crabs will soon emerge, hungry. This daily ritual hints at a changing tide for Sugian village.
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Health
3 wks ago
Halle Berry spotlights a new tool making gynecologist visits easier for millions.
Even Halle Berry dreads the gynecologist. The Oscar winner admitted she often skipped routine appointments due to anxiety over the speculum.
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3 wks ago
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From fading energy to cellular spark: A nutrient renews aging cells.
Aging saps cell energy. Scientists found declining phosphatidylcholine levels cause mitochondrial dysfunction, but boosting it restored youthful performance.
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Arts
3 wks ago
Nearly 300 galleries gather for Frieze London's fall art celebration.
Get ready for art! Nearly 300 galleries hit Regent's Park for Frieze London (172 exhibitors) and Frieze Masters (138 exhibitors), October 14-18. Eight galleries will show at both.
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Food
3 wks ago
Your garden just unlocked new life with leftover orange peels.
Tossing orange peels? You're throwing away a treasure trove! Peels are packed with limonene, essential oils, citric acids, and powerful antimicrobial compounds.
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Sports
3 wks ago
Prepare for a New York Knicks celebration 53 years in the making.
Knicks stun Spurs 107-106 in Game 4! A record 29-point comeback puts New York one win from their first NBA title since 1973.
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3 wks ago
The Knicks just erased a 29-point deficit in the NBA Finals.
Knicks make history! Down 29, they stormed back to beat the Spurs 107-106, nearing their first championship since 1973.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Dutch cart trades cigarette butts for warm pancakes.
Trade trash for treats! The Netherlands' WasteBar swaps collected cigarette butts and litter for food like mini pancakes, tackling billions of plastic butts polluting our environment.
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Peace
3 wks ago
Are young people rewriting the future for the Balkans?
Informal education helps youth from Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina grasp their complex past and the vital need for present-day cooperation.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Cambodia prepares to welcome Bengal tigers back to its forests.
Cambodia plans to reintroduce tigers after nearly two decades without a wild population. This ambitious plan faces contested assumptions, as Mongabay India's Arathi Menon and Andy Ball report.
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Environment
3 wks ago
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Where snow leopards once struggled, a vast new corridor welcomes them home.
Kyrgyzstan just protected 800,000 hectares for snow leopards! This massive Ak Ilbirs corridor, formalized in 2025, safeguards mountain wildlife and connects vital ecosystems with future climate in mind.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Bengaluru pond reclaims its water.
Gurunandan Rao found Bikkanahalli Kunte, a Bengaluru pond, buried under silt and waste, its identity erased by neglect and encroachment. It was a forgotten patch of land, barely recognizable as a water body.
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Environment
3 wks ago
Bronx Zoo's sand cat finds joy in a catnip ball.
Think only house cats love catnip? Think again! The Bronx Zoo shared a video of a three-year-old sand cat, a desert dweller, going wild for a catnip-filled ball.
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