Press review · Tuesday, 29 July 2025
29 July 2025
905 articles: 08 May 2025 – 26 October 2026
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lemonde.fr
Grand Canyon fire rages, one month on, while massive California fire threatens homes
A lightning strike caused the July 4 blaze in the Grand Canyon, which is still being battled by 1,000 personnel. In central California, at least three people have been injured as the flames swept Los Padres National Forest.
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interestingengineering.com
World's largest-scale brain-like computer with 2 billion neurons unveiled
Called Darwin Monkey, China's new system reportedly supports over 2 billion spiking neurons and more than 100 billion synapses.
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theguardian.com
Elon Musk is turning US liberals off not just Tesla but electric vehicles in general
Disgust at the CEO’s rightwing activism is casting a pall but conservatives are no more likely to buy EVs
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energy-reporters.com
Japan's Scientists Claim "Unlimited Clean Energy" as They Turn Sunlight and CO2 Into Fuel But Will the World Pay the Price for This Innovation
IN A NUTSHELL 🌞 Researchers in Japan have achieved a breakthrough by dramatically enhancing the efficiency of producing clean fuel from sunlight through innovative catalyst redesign. 🔬 The team’s focus on lead-based oxyhalides increased the surface area of catalyst particles, leading to record-high quantum yields for hydrogen production. ⚗️ A novel microwave-assisted synthesis method allowed
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scmp.com
How China’s new ‘Darwin Monkey’ could shake up future of AI in world first
First such supercomputer with over 2 billion artificial neurons mimics macaque brain, is expected to help advance human brain-inspired AI.
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pbs.org
Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for first time in centuries
A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.
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space.com
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 10th test flight (video, photos)
"Starship single-engine static fire demonstrating an in-space burn complete on Pad 1 at Starbase."
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Trump bids to scrap almost all pollution regulations – can anything stop this?
EPA tries to rescind ‘endangerment finding’ – part of ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda that experts say poses grave threat
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notus.org
‘A Serious Misuse of My Research’: Climate Scientists Say New Trump Energy Report Botches Their Work
“Our work has no relevance,” an astrobiologist whose research was cited in the administration’s climate change report said.
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nbcnews.com
A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states
The 2017 “megaflash” was more than 50 times the length of the average bolt.
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nbcnews.com
Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don't mean the forecast was inaccurate
"We should count it as a win that a tsunami occurred, we got a warning and it wasn’t the worst-case scenario," a seismic network director says.
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Kamchatka earthquake is among top 10 strongest ever recorded. Here’s what they have in common
Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today’s powerful earthquake – among the ten strongest in recorded history and the largest worldwide since 2011 – has caused building damage and injuries in the largest nearby city, Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky, just 119 kilometres from the epicentre. Tsunami warnings and evacuations have reverberated through Russia,
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usatoday.com
Markey blasts EPA chief, Trump over proposed repeal of climate change finding
EPA chief Lee Zelkin proposes a repeal of the Endangerment Finding on climate change. State Sen. Ed Markey is fighting back.
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SpaceX moves Starship to launch pad for testing ahead of Flight 10 (photos)
Starship's 10th test flight is expected to take place sometime in August.