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Montreal, Your 2026 Summer Deserves People Actually Showing Up
It's 6:37 a.m. on a Monday in July, and I'm writing to you before the coffee has even finished dripping, because I
Ukraine Says It Has Knocked Out 42.7% of Russian Oil Refining Capacity
The General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces announced on July 4, 2026 that it has neutralized 42.74% of Russia's total oil
House Paralyzed, Johnson Confirms Trump Won't Veto Defense Bill
On June 30, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives shut down all activity two days earlier than planned, in the middle of
IQM Quantum Becomes the First European Quantum Company Listed on the Nasdaq
Finnish company IQM Quantum Computers went public on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker IQMX, becoming the first European quantum
An Experimental Injection Repairs Damaged Cartilage in Animals Within Weeks
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed an injectable treatment that appears to do something current osteoarthritis
Human red blood cells upend decades of animal-model science
Researchers at Northwestern Medicine have just published, in the journal Nature Genetics, findings that challenge decades of understanding about how human red
Germany will hit NATO's 3.5% GDP target by 2029, six years early
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced, at a meeting with Baltic leaders in Berlin in early July 2026, that Germany will reach the
Jack Smith accuses Trump administration of an "attack on the rule of law"
For the first time since resigning as special counsel, ten days before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, Jack Smith has
What if the old tuberculosis vaccine also protected our brain
The BCG vaccine, developed more than a century ago to fight tuberculosis, keeps surprising the scientific community. Researchers at Mass General Brigham