Mondosanità +2UAIDF ConsciousnessBeing aware of a thought does not mean choosing to start it — Show the summaryAlessandro Malpelo’s feature explains how thoughts can enter awareness without being deliberately started. Drawing on reviews of mind-wandering, it explores how drifting attention can support imagination and cause distraction.
Research Reuters +3TC EnergyChina’s projected 2026 clean-tech exports could avoid 450 million tonnes of CO2 a year — Show the summaryA CREA analysis estimates that China’s projected 2026 clean-tech exports could avoid 450 million tonnes of CO2 annually once deployed. Solar panels, batteries, wind turbines and electric vehicles could displace fossil-fuel use abroad.
Canary Media +1PI EnergyPJM prepares rule talks to add batteries at existing power plants — Show the summaryPJM is preparing talks on rules that could let batteries at existing power plants sell their output separately. The change could help storage projects use existing grid connections rather than wait in the main queue.
Preprint Scientific American AdvancesMathematicians prove infinitely many Ramanujan-style equations — Show the summaryA preprint proves an infinite family of equations linking sums and infinite products. The result connects Ramanujan-style mathematics with the geometry of knots, extending previously established cases.
STAT +1USD LongevityUS rule requires drug middlemen to disclose payments to employer health plans — Show the summaryFrom 1 July 2027, a final US rule will require drug middlemen serving large self-insured employer plans to disclose their compensation. The disclosures could help plans scrutinise conflicts and negotiate prescription benefit contracts.
Rewilding Europe +2FBALRK PlanetAlmost 2,000 young pearl mussels released into England’s River Kent — Show the summaryAlmost 2,000 captive-bred juvenile pearl mussels had been released into restored River Kent stretches by summer 2026, Rewilding Europe reports. The releases and habitat repairs aim to rebuild a population reported to have begun with just three adults.
Mongabay +1 PlanetPemba communities help manage two new marine protected areas — Show the summaryTwo marine conservation areas covering about 1,300 square kilometres off eastern Pemba are being managed with local fishing communities. Committees, fishing restrictions and patrols provide a practical route to protecting previously unprotected waters.
Research Science News +3 ConsciousnessSeabirds’ course errors are linked to body clocks out of step with the sun — Show the summaryGPS tracking of 1,045 Manx shearwaters links course deviations of up to 15 degrees to a mismatch between body clocks and local solar time. The finding helps explain how birds use the sun to navigate, even when coastlines offer other cues.
Research PsyPost +2CO ConsciousnessThreats to manhood shift stated attitudes less in men with flexible masculine identities — Show the summaryIn an experiment with 988 heterosexual American men, threatening feedback slightly increased support for rigid masculine norms. Men scoring higher on a measure of flexible masculine identity showed a smaller shift, linking identity to defensiveness.
Research New York Times +4 LongevityDrug cuts new abnormal bone formations in adults with rare genetic disease — Show the summaryIn a 63-adult trial, garetosmab reduced the number of new abnormal bone lesions by 90–94% over 56 weeks versus placebo. The US-approved drug offers a way to limit new bone growth in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Research ScienceAlert +1 LongevityPancreatic cancer vaccine triggers immune responses in 89 of 90 assessed patients — Show the summaryIn a randomised phase 2 trial, a pancreatic cancer vaccine triggered targeted T-cell responses in 89 of 90 evaluable recipients. The findings establish its ability to mobilise immune cells against mutant KRAS.
Research MedPage Today +2ON LongevityImmunotherapy alone delays progression more than chemotherapy in womb cancer trial — Show the summaryIn 299 patients with advanced or recurrent dMMR womb cancer, pembrolizumab alone extended median time without progression to 38.2 months versus 8.4 with chemotherapy. Severe treatment-related side effects were also less common.
VersiliaToday +1VE CultureItaly’s culture ministry signs deal for Lucca comics museum — Show the summaryItaly’s culture ministry, Tuscany and Lucca signed an agreement to create a museum foundation by 31 March 2027. It is intended to support year-round preservation, research and public access to comics.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ.de) +2SZKE EnergyAlfeld battery plant adds 282 MWh of electricity storage in Germany — Show the summaryA 137.5 MW battery installation with 282 MWh of storage is operational in Alfeld, Germany. It provides roughly two hours of discharge at rated power for electricity-market and grid-balancing uses.
New York Times +2PSOBI CulturePittsburgh Symphony put ‘Jaws’ on its 2025 bass audition list — Show the summaryPittsburgh Symphony’s 2025 bass audition included music from Jaws and Jessie Montgomery’s Coincident Dances. The requirements brought film music and a living composer’s work into the repertoire tested for an orchestral job.
Research Science News +2NIF AdvancesClose microbial relatives of complex cells have simple interiors — Show the summaryResearchers cultivated two archaeal strains closely related to complex-celled life, finding simple interiors and dependence on microbial partners. The cultures offer a way to test ideas about how complex cells evolved.
Reuters +4ENR AbundanceGE Vernova signs $9 billion deal to buy grid-equipment supplier Trench — Show the summaryGE Vernova has signed a $9 billion agreement to buy Trench, with completion expected in late 2027 subject to approvals. Combining the suppliers could improve coordination of scarce components for electricity grids.
Research PsyPost +1AO ConsciousnessA sixth-finger illusion changes what people think their hand can grasp — Show the summaryIn 50 adults, a mirror-and-touch trick intended to evoke a sixth finger increased estimates of graspable width and clearance needed for the hand. The experiment connects altered body representation with perceived action limits.
The Business Times +2STMAS PlanetSingapore urges banks to curb financing over haze-linked environmental breaches — Show the summarySingapore’s central bank has urged banks to limit exposure or end ties where haze-linked clients clearly breach environmental laws. The supervisory intervention puts financing pressure behind environmental compliance.
Research Reuters +4 LongevityLilly reports experimental drug beats Ozempic 2 mg for weight loss in diabetes trial — Show the summaryLilly reports that retatrutide produced average weight losses of 44.3–47.4 lb versus 20.9 lb with Ozempic 2 mg over 80 weeks in a Phase 3 trial in adults with type 2 diabetes. The experimental drug also reduced blood sugar more.
Al Jazeera +3MEECC AbundanceCanada signs UAE trade deal to widen export markets beyond the US — Show the summaryCanada and the UAE signed a trade deal intended to cut or remove tariffs on over 99% of current Canadian exports to the UAE. Expected to take effect in 2027, it offers exporters a route to diversify beyond the US.
Euronews +2EW AbundanceEU approves €319 million in Austrian aid for power-chip factory upgrade — Show the summaryThe EU has cleared €319 million in Austrian aid for Infineon’s planned power-chip factory upgrade. Making chips on larger wafers could increase output and lower costs for efficient power electronics.
Euronews +2TXKT AbundanceSouth Korea orders Google and Apple to allow external payment links — Show the summarySouth Korea fined Google and Apple about 63.7 billion won and ordered them to allow external payment links. The binding decision opens a route to greater payment choice for app developers.
Research Nature ConsciousnessActivity at the front of the brain does not track skill at reframing emotions — Show the summaryAn analysis of 40 brain-scan datasets involving up to 2,175 participants found no shared neural signature across three measures of emotional reframing ability. It challenges using prefrontal activity to gauge individual skill.
