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NAS Reviews Removal of Climate Guide for US Judges
The National Academy of Sciences has taken its climate-science guide offline while it commissions an independent review of how the chapter was developed.
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Trump Order Reopens Fight Over Childhood Vaccine Schedule
President Donald Trump’s August 10 executive order seeks to reshape U.S. childhood vaccine policy by promoting separate MMR shots and wider spacing between immunisation visits, setting up a new clash over science, regulation and federal authority.
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Drought and Heat Test Europe’s Power Grid Resilience
Europe’s 2026 heat and drought have exposed how rising cooling demand, constrained river flows and stressed generation assets can combine into a sharper electricity-security risk.
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Can Scrapping a New Petrol Car for an EV Cut Emissions?
Replacing a newly bought petrol car with a battery-electric model can reduce lifetime climate emissions, but the result depends on use, electricity and what happens to the discarded vehicle.
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Meta’s Ad Safeguards Tested by AI Abuse Imagery
A new investigation into Meta’s advertising systems shows how AI-enabled sexual exploitation can evade moderation even when platforms publicly describe child safety as a zero-tolerance priority.
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How Data Centers Reshaped American Politics
The rapid expansion of data centers has turned artificial intelligence from an abstract technology debate into a practical political conflict over electricity, water, land and public accountability.
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Nevada Tungsten Find Collides With NASA Satellite Site
A conflict over Nevada’s Railroad Valley shows how efforts to secure U.S. supplies of defence minerals can collide with scientific infrastructure that is difficult to replace.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Opens to $927m Worldwide
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has opened to an estimated $927 million worldwide, making it the second-largest global debut in cinema history while falling just short of Avengers: Endgame in North America.
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How Peter Heller Wrote The Dog Stars
Peter Heller wrote The Dog Stars by following the voice of its narrator rather than a plot outline, a method that helped turn a survival story into an intimate novel of grief, landscape and connection.
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Can District Cooling Help Cities Cope With Extreme Heat?
District cooling can cut peak electricity demand and improve cooling efficiency in dense urban districts, but it is a targeted infrastructure tool rather than a universal cure for extreme heat.
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France’s Under-15 Social Media Ban: What It Means
France’s Parliament has adopted a far-reaching package to bar under-15s from social networks and extend school phone restrictions to high schools, but constitutional review means the measures are not yet in force.
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Education Department Tests FERPA’s Reach in Gender-Identity Disputes
Federal action involving school districts in Maryland and Michigan is placing parental access to student records at the centre of a broader conflict over privacy and gender identity in schools.