Press review · Monday, 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
906 articles: 08 May 2025 – 27 October 2026
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scmp.com
US and Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as a ‘triumph’
Global experts praise team for solving 50-year-old puzzle, while Chinese social media buzzes with Nobel Prize predictions.
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arstechnica.com
Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
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theguardian.com
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Move comes as fourth heatwave of summer intensifies, edging temperatures in some areas close to 40C
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theatlantic.com
The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised
New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.
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kuow.org
Little Giant Fire spreads toward cabins, towns in Washington Cascades
More than 650,000 acres have burned in Washington in 2026, making it the state’s worst fire year since 2021, with months still left in the ongoing fire season. The rapidly growing Little Giant Fire more than doubled in size in just five days, burning an area larger than the city of Seattle and Vashon Island combined.
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tech.yahoo.com
Infrared glasses could push the boundaries of human eyesight
The prototype could help us see light that other animals can.
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space.com
'Not looking good right now': Starship likely to be lost at sea 2 weeks after epic 13th test flight, Elon Musk says
"Nonetheless, we were able to obtain close-up photos of critical regions of the heat shield and engines for future upgrades."
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'It's apocalyptic.' A look at the aftermath of catastrophic fires in Spokane
In the wake of devastation after wildfires tour through northwest Spokane, some residents are returning to sort through the wreckage.
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nbcnews.com
Environmental groups challenge FCC approval of startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space
While the FCC approved only a single test mission, the groups argue it could pave the way for a much larger constellation of satellites in the future.
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usatoday.com
Spokane fires burned a path of devastation. Experts say get used to it
Scientists expect more wildfire devastation as people move closer to danger and climate change ups wildfire risk.
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Trump is losing his war on wind power
A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.
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nbcnews.com
How an act of arson in Washington caused so much destruction
The Spokane wildfires show how extreme heat, dry vegetation, strong winds and expanding development can transform one ignition into a disaster that destroys hundreds of homes.
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pbs.org
WATCH: Scientists release most detailed sun images ever
Researchers were able to peek at its scorching surface with the help of the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, located on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
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Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI
Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions
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theregister.com
Blue Origin blames New Glenn fireball on engine oxygen valve
Small modifications under way as Bezos's rocket biz races to rebuild pad and fly again this year
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Voyager 2 cheats the power budget for another year
Carefully choreographed shutdown gives probe's three remaining instruments more time
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futurism.com
SpaceX Now Faces a Terrible Peril
SpaceX insiders got their first real opportunity to turn their holdings into cash. Plenty of volatility followed.
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This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay
The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed."
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Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun
Highest-ever resolution pictures of our star could help show why its corona is millions of degrees hotter than its surface
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theverge.com
SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
Maybe if the rockets were a primary focus of the company, SpaceX wouldn’t be in danger of blasting a new crater into the Moon with its space trash.
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foxbusiness.com
SpaceX rocket stage slams into moon at 5,400 mph
The 8,818-pound Falcon 9 upper stage struck near the Einstein crater at over 5,400 mph, expected to create a 60-foot-wide and 12-foot-deep crater.
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SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles an hour
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NASA puts astronauts’ lives in the hands of Tesla’s flaky Cybertruck
Muskmobiles subject to 11 recalls get the launchpad rescue mission currently handled by vehicles that can survive land mine blasts
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SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon
You knew this was coming.
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nasa.gov
NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact - NASA
Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact
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cidrap.umn.edu
COMMENTARY: The pandemic debate the US isn't having
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laist.com
Edison equipment caused deadly Eaton Fire, LA County Fire investigators conclude
A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
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interestingengineering.com
A metal long thought nonmagnetic changes character when stretched
By growing an ultrathin RuO₂ film just two nanometers thick and keeping its crystal lattice under strain, researchers detected clear signs of magnetic order.
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dw.com
Germany: As temperatures rise, so does climate skepticism
Some 98% of active climate scientists say climate change is happening, and is man-made. Nonetheless, a new study shows the number of climate-change skeptics in Germany has increased. Why is that?
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Artemis moonsuits take a dive | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2026
NASA is using its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to develop the training programs it will use to prepare its astronauts to explore the lunar surface.
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Lost income, energy fears and a woolly mammoth: what Europe’s dried-up rivers have yielded
Heat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe – as well as unearthing some surprises
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Huge blankets of seaweed are smothering coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico
Some 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum have been recorded in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in July, according to a report released Friday by the University of South Florida’s Optical Oceanography Lab.
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Iran is Plinking Amazon Data Centers Like Tin Cans on a Fence
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's recent attack on two Amazon data centers marks the fourth such attack since the war began.
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Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible.
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bridgemi.com
Michigan Supreme Court vacates key Line 5 permit - Bridge Michigan
The court ruled 6-1 that the Michigan Public Service Commission’s review of a key permit for the petroleum pipeline tunnel was overly narrow, failing to consider whether the tunnel will harm public trust resources.
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sltrib.com
Trump administration allows smaller water releases from Lake Powell under new Colorado River plan
The federal government released details of how it plans to operate the Colorado River system and its major reservoirs, including Lake Powell and Lake Mead, on Friday.
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nbcnews.com
Federal proposal would deeply cut Colorado River water for Arizona, California and Nevada
The seven states that rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River have been unable to agree on a plan to share the water. So the Bureau of Reclamation intervened with the new plan.
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Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday
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nbcnews.com
SpaceX plan to launch 1 million data center satellites could turn atmosphere into a ‘fire pit,’ scientists say
The company wants to put a network of data centers in orbit. Scientists say the plan comes with severe environmental risks.
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nbcnews.com
Why Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, was primed to burn this summer
The continent has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the globe over the last 30 years. The fires in France and Spain are a consequence of the extreme heat, which dried out vegetation.
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Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse
NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
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abc7ny.com
Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle
Police say two men climbed over the glass wall of Seattle's iconic Space Needle, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure.
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What's the difference between closed, open‑source and open-weight AI? A researcher explains
AI models that are open source allow developers and users to see and modify the underlying program code.
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SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
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SpaceX's Starship megarocket makes the 'softest splashdown' ever after launching next-gen Starlink satellites in Flight 13 test (video)
SpaceX launched Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, on a critical 13th test flight on July 24, a stunning test flight that notched big success and ended with a huge surprise.
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foxweather.com
Massive 1,400-pound great white shark Breton raises questions after it pings off Florida coast
While most sharks are hauling north toward cooler waters and abundant food sources during the peak of summer, great white shark Breton is taking an entirely different route and piquing scientists' curiosity.
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The CDC adds four more states to the big cyclosporiasis outbreak.
As reported earlier by the Washington Post, the CDC has updated its notice about parasite infections linked to now-recalled lettuce from Taylor Farms. The CDC noted it’s investigating other cases nationally “that are unrelated to this outbreak,” and today the FDA disclosed a new cyclospora outbreak with 72 cases, in addition to its three existing active cyclospora outbreak investigations. CDC: > …the total case count associated with this multistate outbreak is now 1,947. This includes the addition of 4 states: Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
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The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI.
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Fields Medallists lead new wave of young Chinese scientists in global research
Wang Hong and Deng Yu’s historic Fields Medal win illustrates China’s decades-long investment in scientific talent pipeline, say advocates.
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Warehouse owner Chill Build breaks silence one month after Lineage fire in Boyle Heights
Public records and new statements reveal the owner has engaged with regulators, emergency responders and provided millions in support since the fire began.