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Understanding the Loss of Coral Reefs the Size of Cambodia
It's sometimes easier to grasp an ecological disaster by comparing it to something concrete rather than a simple percentage. That's exactly what

Why Plants Waste Almost All the Solar Energy They Receive
Photosynthesis is often presented as one of the most remarkable mechanisms in the living world, capable of turning sunlight into chemical energy

Understanding Why Humanity Descends From Two Ancestral Populations
For nearly two decades, evolutionary genetics textbooks told a relatively simple story: Homo sapiens emerged in Africa roughly 200,000 to 300,000 years

The Hybrid DNA-Metal Catalyst Activated by Visible Light Alone
This kind of innovation never emerges in isolation: it fits into an extremely active global research landscape around sustainable catalysis, where dozens

These molecular sponges that can capture CO2 and purify water
Imagine a material so porous that a single gram could, in theory, unfold an internal surface as large as several sports fields.

Measles ignores the borders between Canada, Mexico and the United States
As of July 2, 2026, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted 2,170 confirmed measles cases in the United States

Five Targets in One Night, Ukraine Flexes Its Long-Range War
On the night of July 1 to 2, 2026, Ukraine carried out a coordinated long-range strike campaign hitting simultaneously a fuel depot

Hormuz, the fragile truce where Iran is testing Washington's patience
There was no red carpet in Doha on July 1, 2026, only tired negotiators closing out a two-day cycle of indirect talks

Brussels Prepares a Plan B to Freeze the Russian Oil Price Cap on July 14
The European Union is preparing to activate a plan B to salvage at least part of its 21st sanctions package against Russia,