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A Savoie Weekend Reopened a Cave Four Million Years in the Making
On July 4 and 5, 2026, the small village of Entremont-le-Vieux, in Savoie, France, lived through a rare moment: the exceptional opening
China muzzles its humanoid AI agents, a disguised admission of weakness
Since July 5, 2026, two of China's biggest tech giants, ByteDance and Alibaba, have begun disabling the custom agent features of their
A new breast cancer classification could sharpen immunotherapy targeting
Since immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) arrived in the therapeutic arsenal against breast cancer, one problem has persisted, frustrating patients and oncologists alike:
Europe's defense boom hits the wall of real-world production
After years of soaring military budgets, emergency spending for Ukraine, and surging defense stocks, Europe now faces an unavoidable question: can continental
1,800 health centers at risk, the real face of Trump's cuts
Up to 1,800 community health centers could close their doors across the United States because of the budget cuts written into the
SETA report unpacks NATO's tormented history of burden sharing
Just days before the NATO summit in Ankara, set for July 7-8, 2026, the Turkish research institute SETA (Foundation for Political, Economic
How the EU's top court is standing up to Budapest on LGBTI rights
Some court rulings fade after a few weeks of headlines, and others become permanent reference points. The judgment handed down on April
Heat Wave and the 2026 Baccalauréat, Oral Exams in a Parking Garage and a Hospital Bed
In the middle of a heat wave, candidates for the 2026 baccalauréat had to contend with thoroughly unusual exam conditions, revealed in
Paris Prepares an Unprecedented 1,600-Drone Fireworks Show for July 13
This year, Paris's traditional July 14 fireworks display will be exceptionally moved up to Monday, July 13, 2026, launched from the Eiffel