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- NASA's Psyche probe slingshots past Mars toward a metal worldA gravity assist on 15 May bent the spacecraft's path toward asteroid Psyche — and returned a striking time-lapse of the Red Planet.
- Josh Kerr runs 3:42.66 to break the mile's 27-year recordThe British runner became the first man under 3:43, ending Hicham El Guerrouj's reign from 1999.
- Bank of England shuts coal-linked bonds out of its lendingFrom 31 October, debt tied to thermal coal will no longer count as collateral when banks borrow from the UK central bank.
- German trades buck the downturn with more apprenticesAlmost 67,800 new apprenticeship contracts were signed from January to June – up 4.9 percent, the strongest June since 2018.
- Astronomers spot the first true sugar drifting in interstellar spaceA four-carbon sugar called erythrulose has been detected in a cloud near the Milky Way's centre, strengthening the case that life's raw ingredients can form among the stars.
- Along Florida's highways, a hand-planted lifeline for monarch butterfliesConservationists are putting 15,000 milkweed plants into roadside verges, turning ordinary rights-of-way into refuelling stops for one of North America's most iconic insects.
- Dua Lipa opens a library of banned books in PortoIn one of Europe's most beautiful bookshops, the singer has gathered around 100 censored works — a visible stand against the global rise in book bans.
- Designer protein helps paralysed mice walk again in CologneAt Cologne University Hospital, the synthetic protein hyper-interleukin-6 coaxes injured nerve pathways into forming new connections — restoring walking in animals with spinal cord damage.
- In one of Earth's driest deserts, harvested fog could water a city's edgeA year-long study in Chile's Atacama finds that mesh nets catching fog could supplement supplies for informal settlements that now depend on trucked-in water.
- Chemists take a key step toward a new 'reserve' antibiotic against resistant bacteriaA Magdeburg team has synthesised the hardest building blocks of neosorangicin A, a natural compound that could one day treat infections other drugs no longer touch.
- Norway introduces a visitor levy to protect places like the Lofoten IslandsFrom summer 2026, overstretched municipalities may charge up to three percent on overnight stays, with the money earmarked for trails, toilets and parking.
- In England, no young woman is dying of cervical cancer any moreA Lancet analysis shows that between 2020 and 2024 not one 20- to 24-year-old in England died of cervical cancer — direct evidence of the vaccine's protective effect.
- A Camera That Films Ghost Particles in 3D Could Simplify Physics' Biggest DetectorsSwiss researchers have built a prototype that reconstructs a particle's path through a solid block of scintillator — no fibres, no millions of tiny cubes.
- A 27-Year Puzzle Solved: 'Asteroid' 1998 SH2 Is Really a CometWhen a near-Earth object failed to appear where radar expected, NASA scientists traced the mystery to faint cometary activity — sharpening how we track the objects around us.
- Distant Rocky Planet Holds an Atmosphere — Bringing the Search for Life a Step CloserAstronomers have detected a gas envelope around LHS 1140 b, a rocky world 48 light-years away in its star's habitable zone — a first for a planet of its kind.
- Chimps' fascination with crystals hints at a six-million-year-old attractionGiven sparkling quartz alongside plain rocks, chimpanzees went straight for the crystals — a clue to why our ancestors collected them long before they were useful.
- After two years in limbo, some 30 beluga whales get a rescue planUS regulators have cleared an international effort to move the belugas from a shuttered Canadian marine park to accredited aquariums.
- Astronomers confirm an atmosphere on a rocky planet in its star's habitable zoneLHS 1140b, some 48 light-years away, is the first Earth-sized world beyond our solar system shown to hold an atmosphere where liquid water could exist.
- WHO: up to 45 percent of dementia risk is within our controlFor the first time since 2019, the World Health Organization's updated guidelines lay out how everyday habits, environment and care can delay cognitive decline.
- A single scent secures the naked mole-rat queen's absolute reignBerlin researchers have worked out how one chemical keeps the peace in these underground colonies — and keeps every other female infertile.
- Dung beetles cut methane from cattle manure by 85%, Australian study findsBy aerating cow pats, four introduced beetle species starve the microbes that make methane — a cheap, natural lever on farm emissions.
- FDA approves Lipfendra, the first daily pill in a powerful class of cholesterol drugsMerck's once-daily tablet offers an oral alternative to injection-only PCSK9 inhibitors for patients whose statins aren't enough.
- Brazil's Amazon deforestation falls to a 10-year low in the first half of 2026Satellite monitoring shows a 38% drop in forest clearance from January to June — evidence that the destruction can be reversed.
- Shackleton's and Scott's final ships live on as 3D 'digital twins'A deep-sea expedition off Canada has captured the first close-up images of the polar explorers' lost vessels — and turned them into permanent digital records.