Newsom Reverses on Long-Sought Paid Leave Benefit for Teachers in California
California lawmakers gave public school teachers 14 weeks of paid leave in the state’s new budget, a long-sought benefit for the largely female workforce. Gov.
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An Extreme Solar Storm May Be Even More Devastating Than Previously Imagined
Scientists have long assumed that there’s an upper limit to the intensity of the solar winds that reach Earth. New research suggests there’s not—and the implications are alarming.
Major Earthquakes in Japan Since 2011
Over the years since the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake disaster, Japan has had more than 30 major earthquakes measuring lower 6 or higher on the country’s seismic intensity scale.
‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection
New technology uses a photonic valley half-semimetal The post ‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection appeared first on Physics World .
Mouse models and CRO selection critical to de-risking neurology drug development
CNS drug development lags far behind oncology, but translationally relevant mouse models can help close that gap and improve trial outcomes.
For parents staring down the barrel of six weeks’ childcare: take a tip from orangutans | Helen Pilcher
With the news that the ginger giants arrange playdates for their offspring, scientists say messing about has health benefits for humans of all ages The school summer holidays are upon us.
On the brink of hunger: ‘I sell sex and chicken feet to feed my children’
Health-e News On the brink of hunger: ‘I sell sex and chicken feet to feed my children’ In the first part of our Hungry For Change series, Health-e News shares the story of a Johannesburg mother who turned to sex work to feed her three young children. Her youngest was hospitalised with malnutrition earlier this year.
AI and Stablecoins Are Here to Stay, and It's Time Treasurers Took Them Seriously
Artificial intelligence and stablecoins are rapidly moving from emerging technologies to practical treasury tools. As finance leaders grapple with growing demands for efficiency, risk management and faster cross border payments, the challenge is no longer whether to engage with these innovations, but how to adopt them responsibly and turn…
Over a barrel
Ukrainian drones have choked Kazakhstan’s main oil route through Russia. Romania is most exposed, and Astana is now hedging each bet it has. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev picked his moment.
An Iranian, an Israeli, and a Palestinian neuroscientist walked into a bar…
That chance occurrence at an SfN social led us to organize the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium, and forge a plan to build a community that transcends political barriers through…
Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares – podcast
In this episode from January 2026, Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions about dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, the director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for…
India should stop adding solar farms. Now
The post India should stop adding solar farms. Now appeared first on The Ken .
U.S. and Korean tech stocks are now tightly linked — and that could be a worry for investors
The 60-day correlation between the Kospi and Nasdaq 100 recently climbed to about 0.50, its highest level since 2021, according to data provided by Rayliant.
A single sauna session sends immune cells surging
A single 30-minute sauna session may briefly put the immune system on higher alert. Finnish researchers found that sauna heat, paired with a short cold shower, increased every type of white blood cell…
Stevens to El-Sayed: ‘Thank you for clarifying that you didn’t call me an ogre’
The two faced off in the final Michigan Democratic primary debate hours after POLITICO published a leaked recording of El-Sayed.
India’s college campuses and institutional green spaces are key to saving city wildlife, says new study
Research Matters Staff Writer(s) Nagpur, Maharashtra 28 Jul 2026 In the middle of Nagpur, one of India’s fastest-growing cities, a 46-hectare stretch of green haven could provide a clue to conserving…
Hundreds of thousands of women get morning-after pill via free pharmacy service
Since October, the morning-after pill has been made available free-of-charge at high street pharmacies under a new scheme in England.
Seymour Plan For Disease Prevention
At the conference of State and Provincial Authorities of North America held in Atlantic City in May, Dr. M. M. Seymour, deputy minister of public health of Saskatchewan and president of the…
Training Health Speakers
The obligation of the physician to aid in the medical and health education of the public is being more and more completely realized.
- Kansas City sees surge in demand for health talks.
- Health Conservation Association addresses need.
- Institute trains physicians for layperson talks.
Deescalation, Discontinuation, and Deimplementation Trials
Deescalation, discontinuation, and deimplementation trials have emerged in multiple health care contexts in which interventions are suspected of being inappropriately used, applied beyond their…
Excitatory cholecystokinin neurons in the CA3 area regulate the navigation learning and neuroplasticity
Hippocampus, a key hub of neural circuits for spatial learning and memory, has attracted tremendous studies. Neuronal information processing in the hippocampus can be regulated by many types of…
Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate alleviates alcohol-associated liver disease through targeting HSD11B1
While magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate (MgIG) is a clinically approved therapy for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), its precise molecular targets and mechanisms remain uncharacterized.
CellCover defines marker gene panels capturing developmental progression in neocortical neural stem cell identity
Defining cell classes is central to the analysis of growing single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) atlases. Marker genes are most often identified by differential expression (DE) methods that assess…
Global economic burden of depression in 154 countries from 2025 to 2050
Nature Medicine, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04548-7 A macroeconomic modeling analysis across 154 countries estimates that depression will impose a US$12 trillion global…
Integrated care pathway in individuals with Long COVID: STIMULATE-ICP, a cluster-randomized, phase 3 trial
Nature Medicine, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04552-x This cluster-randomized phase 3 trial examining the effectiveness of integrated care pathways comparing usual care with…
Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper?
Labels and adhesives can prevent paper from being recycled but there's new tech aimed at changing that.
France Had Never Seen a ‘Fire Cloud’ Until This Month’s Record-Smashing Blazes
Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created unprecedented conditions in the atmosphere.
Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colony, pivot to non-animal models
The center’s host university had been negotiating with the federal government about converting the center into an animal sanctuary.
Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers
Starlink has a Texas factory but also makes routers in Vietnam.
New Firefighting Technologies Could Help Battle Blazes Like Those in France and Spain
Climate change is upping the odds of major wildfires, creating a need for new tools to combat them.
Asuka and Fujiwara: Cradles of Japan’s Nationhood Recognized as World Heritage Site
Japan’s newest World Cultural Heritage site, the Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, was inscribed in July 2026. Scattered among pastoral fields in the Nara Basin, the site’s seventh-century ruins…
Makie: Japan’s “Sprinkled Picture” Technique for Creating Lacquer Luxury
In its most familiar form, Japan’s makie technique combines the deep black of lacquer with gold powder for a refined sense of luxury.
Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies
Kennedy has focused on nutrition but has neglected food safety, critics say.
A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
Missed EFF's Livestream with Adam Savage and iFixit? Listen Here!
EFF’s first EFFecting Change livestream was all the way back in July of 2024. Maybe you've caught each stream, or maybe you’ve only caught a few.
5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech
Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.
The harness is all you need (mostly)
A practical GitHub Copilot workflow for prototyping, planning, implementing, and reviewing software without chasing every new AI tool. The post The harness is all you need (mostly) appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Why AI-Driven Cognitive Systems Are Redefining Radar and Electronic Warfare
An overview of how mode-agile threats challenge static library radar/EW systems, and how AI/ML cognitive architectures enable adaptive, real-time countermeasures. What Attendees will Learn Why mode-agile threats render static library systems ineffective — Explore how wartime reserve modes and mode-agile emitters deploy unexpected…
Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows
Twenty years of foreign investment turned a town on Pakistan’s coast into a huge port, which fishers say has made their lives far harder The post Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows appeared first…
World falling short on its commitments to nature
Landmark UN review finds national biodiversity efforts are well short of 2030 targets, ahead of October’s COP17 summit in Armenia The post World falling short on its commitments to nature appeared…
Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support
Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities Jodrell Bank Observatory, the hub of a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is…
15 Habits Infectious Disease Experts Swear By to Avoid Getting Sick
They follow surprisingly simple rules to prevent illness.
El-Sayed comes under fire for 'ogre on a pike' leaked comment
The Michigan Senate candidate saw immediate backlash from within his own party amid a tense primary that has divided progressives and moderate Democrats.
Matter-antimatter symmetry measurement sets new precision record
CERN’s ALPHA collaboration pins down the ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen within four parts per million The post Matter-antimatter symmetry measurement sets new precision record…
A New Way That a Cow’s Inner World Shapes Earth’s Atmosphere
An organelle discovered inside a microbe inside a cow’s gut helps explain how livestock burps contribute to warming our planet.
Does AGOA's third country rule damage African textile production?
The US's flagship tariff-free trade programme allows African countries to use Chinese and Indian textiles in their exports to the US.
What public health professionals can learn from anti-vaccine storytelling
Sometimes, compelling stories beat medical evidence.
MIT engineers design recyclable elastic yarn
Melt it, spin it, use it again. This new recyclable yarn is as strong and stretchy as spandex-based yarns.
The cancer survivorship paradox in the digital era
by Josephine Hegarty, Ismail Toygar, Maria Inês Clara, Ewa Pawlowska Many assumptions around patient needs and support guide current oncology practice and cancer survivorship care in the digital era.
Six TIL therapy companies to watch out for
The only TIL therapy approved so far is Amtagvi for melanoma. Here are six companies with promising TIL therapies in the clinic.
How R8 made Kotlin Coroutines on Android 2x faster
Posted by Andrei Shikov, Senior Software Engineer, Android Toolkit and Jonathan Starup, Software Engineer, R8 Team Starting from AGP 9.2.0, R8 optimizes most Atomic*FieldUpdater calls into Unsafe…
Scientists reveal what sparkling water really does to your teeth
Unsweetened sparkling water may offer a tooth-friendlier alternative to sugary soda, according to a small preliminary study tracking how different drinks change mouth acidity.
Nevada Kalshi suspend contempt hearing while geofencing rollout moves ahead
Nevada and Kalshi have agreed to put an escalating contempt fight on hold after jointly asking the court to cancel… Continue reading Nevada Kalshi suspend contempt hearing while geofencing rollout…
'Amnesia' about measles risk and low vaccination rates have helped US infections grow
The latest US data show measles cases from January to mid-July 2026 totaled more than all cases in 2025. Experts blame a fall in vaccination and warn that people have forgotten measles can be…
Rwanda unifies digital payments with national launch of eKash
Rwanda has officially adopted eKash as its national instant payment system, creating a single interoperable payments infrastructure that links banks and mobile money providers.
Microsoft seeks Supreme Court lifeline in pre-owned license battle
£270M ValueLicensing case remains mostly paused while Redmond pursues permission to appeal
Europe’s employers face a new challenge—keeping workers safe during heatwaves
As temperatures hit record peaks across the continent, European companies are shifting working hours and issuing cooling kits to keep workers safe and preserve productivity.
Cognyte Sells a Mobile Cell Surveillance Van
Yet another Israeli mass surveillance company : Made by Israeli surveillance company Cognyte, the tech simulates a mobile phone tower, which forces nearby phones to connect to it. That enables cops to keep tabs on any phones in the vicinity whether they’re owned by a suspect in a case or not.