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📰 News

Science discoveries

Science: A New Golden Age – The White House
The Trump administration is working to revitalize the national science enterprise, to secure U.S. leadership in emerging technologies against foreign rivals, and to ensure that all of America’s citizens will benefit from new scientific breakthroughs and technological transformations.
NSF Initiative Aims to Unlock Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery - HPCwire
Established by President Trump’s Executive Order in November 2025, the Genesis Mission will build an integrated platform to harness scientific datasets to train scientific models, create AI agents to test new hypotheses, automate research workflows and accelerate scientific breakthroughs across ...
UC selected for federal initiative to use AI to advance scientific discovery
A University of Cincinnati project to protect sources of drinking water and identify valuable underground resources is part of a national initiative to harness artificial intelligence to speed scientific breakthroughs.

Technology breakthroughs

The Missing Infrastructure: Why Clean Tech Cannot Scale Without Skills
The clean tech transition isn't only about deploying new technologies. It's about developing the people who can build, operate and scale them.
How personalization is driving new healthcare tech
Three healthcare tech innovations that are making care more personal, intuitive, and responsive.
Anjum Chopra Defends Harmanpreet Kaur and Says India Women Need Deeper Squad Strength, Not Just a Captaincy Change - GaiaGlint
Anjum Chopra Backs Harmanpreet Kaur, Questions Calls for Captaincy Change Debate over leadership in India’s women’s cricket team has intensified, but former captain Anjum Chopra believes replacing Harmanpreet Kaur is not the remedy. Chopra argues that a change at the top won’t mask deeper ...

Space exploration

'The court has to intervene now': Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX's South Texas land swap
A coalition of environmental and tribal groups filed an emergency injunction to stop a land swap between SpaceX and the federal government, saying that courts should rule on its legality.
US and Iran attacks rage across Middle East | AP News
The U.S. military has announced that it is conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly target civilian infrastructure. U.S.
Space News & Articles | Latest Launch Updates & Exploration
Stay informed with the latest space news and in-depth articles. Explore updates on rocket launches, mission breakthroughs, space history, and viewing tips from Space Launch Schedule's expert insights.

Renewable energy progress

Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough
A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.
Molten salt and human sweat: the weird batteries that could store renewable energy | Renewable energy | The Guardian
From Nevada to Manchester, developers are trialling innovative solutions to clean energy’s biggest challenge
Need backup power? Automakers want you to look no further than their vehicles in your driveway
Texas resident Kenneth Kovar has a home energy setup from Ford, in which drivers of certain popular F-150 models can plug their vehicle directly into their electric meter to power their home during an outage.

Medical advancements

'Longevity guru' Bryan Johnson says he cloned himself as a newborn to grow organs
Others were more receptive to the plan, however, and said some medical breakthroughs in the past have been achieved through unconventional means.
FDA launches PreCheck program to accelerate domestic drug manufacturing | Fox News
By identifying potential issues early, the PreCheck program reduces delays, improves regulatory predictability and accelerates the availability of U.S.-manufactured medicines. This ensures next-generation medical breakthroughs are researched, developed and manufactured right here at home by ...
Life Lessons from Miguel de Cervantes' Quote: Quote of the Day by Miguel de Cervantes: “In order to attain the impossible, one must…” — Inspiring lessons on courage, resilience, fearless ambition, leadership, personal growth, achieving impossible goals, and why every extraordinary success begins with a bold attempt by Spain's greatest literary giant - The Economic Times
Modern life often encourages conformity, favoring safe paths over bold initiatives. However, historical achievements—from medical breakthroughs to technological innovations—originated from ideas that contemporaries initially dismissed as absurd.

World news

Marco Rubio says ‘new ideas’ needed to end war in Ukraine after meeting Russia’s Lavrov – Europe live | Ukraine | The Guardian
The US secretary of state said proposals put forward so far were ‘not acceptable to Ukraine’
Iran warns of ‘eye for an eye’ response if US follows through on Trump’s threats to destroy infrastructure – as it happened | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian
US president vows to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for each strait of Hormuz attack; Iran’s military says it will stop Gulf oil flow and target regional infrastructure if US acts on threats, state tv reports
Tehran responds after Trump warns US will strike bridges, power plants over Hormuz attacks | Live Updates from Fox News Digital
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will never return to pre-war conditions after President Donald Trump warned any attack on shipping will trigger U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure.

Artificial intelligence

Will your job be replaced by AI? Here are the roles most affected
Artificial Intelligence companies make vast claims about their tools replacing human labour - our charts show what's happening.
🔒 How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web - The New York Times
As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.
AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals | OpenAI | The Guardian
Company behind ChatGPT says agent ‘cheated’ an evaluation by attacking a Hugging Face database

Climate solutions

The National Climate Assessment is broken – appointing Matthew Wielicki to lead it won’t help
They have also remained largely ... or mitigation strategies are most appropriate in different places and under different climate scenarios. And they have said next to nothing about how to make decisions in the face of the risks – and inevitable uncertainties – posed by climate change...
Nature’s climate controllers help city-dwellers cope with rising heat
McDonald and colleagues’ advice ... island mitigation and climate adaptation” needs to be taken to heart by local authorities. Segments of Gardiner Street in Dublin have tree cover, but large parts do not. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times · The effects of increasing urban temperatures with climate change will be felt ...
Why climate adaptation matters as heat and wildfire smoke worsen | Vox
Extreme heat and Canadian wildfire smoke show why climate policy needs adaptation, from indoor air filtration to cooling plans and heat shelters.

breakingNews

Explained: Can police seek live location to stop people attending protests?
Allegations that Mumbai Police asked protesters to share their live location have reignited debate over the limits of police powers, the right to privacy under Article 21, and the constitutional protections available to citizens during public demonstrations.
Marco Rubio says ‘new ideas’ needed to end war in Ukraine after meeting Russia’s Lavrov – Europe live | Ukraine | The Guardian
The US secretary of state said proposals put forward so far were ‘not acceptable to Ukraine’
Iran-US war latest: UK withdraws embassy staff from Tehran as conflict widens with Houthi strikes in Red Sea | The Independent
Attacks on ships crossing the Red Sea would likely cause further economic chaos
US DOE Genesis Mission: 278 AI Science Projects Announced
US DOE announces 278 projects under Genesis Mission to accelerate AI-driven scientific breakthroughs in nuclear energy, chip design, and more.
The Tour de France has reached a climate tipping point | Grist
Record heat, a wildfire, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.

📜 History Fact

The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 killed all seven crew members and led to a temporary halt of the US shuttle program.

Modern · Exploration — Source

🟠 Hacker News

1. Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample (chatgpt.com)
865 points  ·  499 comments
2. Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab) (bento.page)
826 points  ·  184 comments
3. John C. Dvorak has died (twitter.com)
746 points  ·  244 comments

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