Environment & Climate World's First 20-MW Offshore Wind Turbine Powers Up in China China connects the world's first 20-MW offshore wind turbine to the grid — a 174-metre engineering marvel that can power 44,000 homes.
Health & Medicine AI Prosthetic Arms Feel Most Natural at One Second Per Reach, VR Study Finds A VR study found AI prosthetic arms feel most natural at human speed — one second per reach. Faster feels creepy, slower feels frustrating.
Science & Technology Life's Building Blocks May Have Formed in Frozen Ice, Not Warm Water — Asteroid Bennu Reveals Asteroid Bennu samples suggest life's building blocks formed in frozen ice, not warm water — vastly expanding where in the universe life could begin.
Environment & Climate European Bison Roam the Carpathians Again After a Century Wild European bison roam Romania's Carpathians for the first time in 100 years. A Science study shows they're restoring the ecosystems they walk through.
Health & Medicine Time-Restricted Eating Cuts Crohn's Disease Activity by 40% in Clinical Trial A randomised trial found that eating within an 8-hour window reduced Crohn's disease activity by 40% — a free, accessible complement to existing treatments.
Policy & Governance Olympics Enforce First-Ever Ban on 'Forever Chemical' Ski Waxes — And It's Working Three athletes disqualified at Milan-Cortina 2026 for using PFAS ski wax. The first enforced Olympic ban on forever chemicals is proving these alternatives work.
Health & Medicine Imperial Gets £3.1M to Hunt New Antibiotics With AI — First New Class in 50 Years? Imperial College's Fleming Initiative gets £3.1M to find new antibiotics using AI — targeting Gram-negative superbugs that haven't seen a new drug class in 50 years.
Environment & Climate Clean Energy Investment Hit Record $2.3 Trillion in 2025 as Fossil Fuel Funding Drops Global clean energy investment hit a record $2.3 trillion in 2025 while fossil fuel funding dropped — signalling an irreversible market shift.
Community & Society FGM Rates Drop From One in Two to One in Three as Decades of Education Pay Off WHO reports FGM prevalence falling from 1 in 2 to 1 in 3 girls — with half of all progress since 1990 achieved in just the past decade.
Environment & Climate Colombia's Deforestation Falls 25% as Paying Families to Protect Forests Works Colombia cuts deforestation by 25% by paying 5,000 families to protect forests through its Conservar Paga programme — Amazon shows particular recovery.
Policy & Governance Ireland Becomes First Country to Make Basic Income for Artists Permanent Ireland becomes the first country to make basic income permanent — its artists' scheme generated €100M in benefits from a €25M investment.
Environment & Climate China's Yangtze Fishing Ban Is Bringing a Devastated Ecosystem Back to Life China's 10-year Yangtze fishing ban is working — new research shows fish populations rebounding across 115 species in the world's largest freshwater conservation experiment.
Science & Technology New Calcium Battery Lasts 1,000 Cycles — Challenging Lithium's Grip on Energy Storage HKUST scientists build calcium-ion batteries lasting 1,000+ cycles — a potential sustainable alternative to lithium using one of Earth's most abundant elements.
Science & Technology Scientists Crack the Code to Read Quantum Computing's Most Stable Qubit Spanish scientists achieve first real-time readout of Majorana qubits — the ultra-stable quantum bits that could make fault-tolerant quantum computers a reality.
Health & Medicine Blood Test Spots Cancer Before Scans Using DNA, Lasers and Gene Editing A new sensor combining CRISPR, quantum dots and DNA nanostructures detects cancer biomarkers in blood at ultra-low levels — potentially catching cancer before scans.
Health & Medicine CRISPR Gene Drive Could Strip Superbugs of Their Drug Resistance UC San Diego scientists use CRISPR gene drives to strip antibiotic resistance from bacteria — a potential paradigm shift in the fight against superbugs.
Environment & Climate The Soil Secret That Doubles the Speed of Forest Recovery Decades of data from Central America reveal a surprisingly simple factor that predicts whether reforestation will succeed — or stall.
Science & Technology 800 Species Found in Hidden World Beneath the Pacific 160 days at sea, 800 species documented, many never seen before — and deep-sea mining companies are watching closely.
Science & Technology Stockholm's 'Flying' Electric Ferry Transforms Waterway Commuting It flies above the water, uses 80% less energy, and Stockholm has just declared it a success after a year of operation.
Environment & Climate Sardinia's Griffon Vultures Return from the Brink in Italy's Greatest Conservation Win From the edge of extinction to 500 strong — Sardinia's griffon vultures are one of Europe's great conservation comebacks.
Environment & Climate UK Secures Record 7.4 GW in Largest-Ever Renewables Auction Britain's largest-ever renewables auction secures 7.4 GW of clean power — and new onshore wind and solar is now half the cost of gas.
Health & Medicine How Exercise Strengthens Bones: Scientists Crack the Molecular Code The mystery of how exercise builds stronger bones has been solved — and the answer could transform treatment for 200 million people with osteoporosis.
Environment & Climate EU Crosses the Line: Wind and Solar Outpace Fossil Fuels for First Time Europe has crossed a historic threshold — wind and solar now generate more electricity than fossil fuels across the entire EU.
Health & Medicine FDA Approves First Wearable Device for Pancreatic Cancer Optune Pax is the first device of its kind — a portable, non-invasive treatment for one of cancer's most lethal forms.
Environment & Climate China's Clean Energy Capacity Surpasses Fossil Fuels — A Global First 52% of China's operating power capacity now comes from non-fossil fuel sources — the first time clean energy has surpassed fossil fuels.
