Inside Climate News
GOP lawmakers who've pocketed half a million from oil and gas are suddenly worried that the nation's top science body might be biased after it confirmed climate change is real and harmful.
The Guardian Europe
The DoJ drops its 'bogus' probe into Jerome Powell, Warren cries sock puppet, death penalty gets a firing squad upgrade, and Trump's approval rating takes a nosedive - all in a day's work for the second term.
TechCrunch
Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, because in the AI race, the only thing better than winning is buying the winner.
The Hill
Rob Reiner’s son Jake writes a heartbreaking Substack post about losing both parents in a stabbing, his brother’s alleged involvement, and the impossible task of waking up each day.
ScienceDaily
That pretty yellow mushroom in your grow kit? It's an ecological wrecking ball, spreading across 25+ states and bullying native fungi.
The Hill
Trump's economic approval has cratered among independents thanks to stubborn inflation, stagnant hiring, and policies that favor the rich - plus a war that's making everything cost more.
ZDNet
One woman reveals how she keeps her streaming bill under $40 a month by embracing ads, selective subscriptions, and the occasional ego bruise from a YouTube Premium Lite trial she never canceled.
Porsche slaps a 911-inspired roofline on a 1,156-horsepower electric SUV, because subtlety is for people who don't have a configurator.
The Guardian
A tornado in Enid, Oklahoma, leaves homes destroyed and at least 10 injured, with a dramatic bathtub survival story and ongoing recovery efforts.
NASA
NASA looks back fondly on a decade of turning university students loose on aviation's biggest problems, producing 1,100 future engineers and at least one plan to make planes fly like geese.
The Guardian
Keir Starmer learns the hard way that sacking a civil servant is like poking a beehive with a stick - expect a sting and a lot of buzzing from history.
The Hill
Trump's tariffs try to revive factories, but investors are building data centers instead - sparking local backlash over power bills, water use, and job fears.
The Guardian Europe
Twenty years after fashion insiders treated the original like high treason, everyone from Versace to Vogue is falling over themselves to be seen in a film that mercilessly mocks their industry - and the price tags have, predictably, soared.
BBC World
Someone in Italy decided that 18 wolves needed a sudden, unauthorized population reduction via poisoned bait, prompting outrage from officials and fears for the critically endangered Marsican bear.
SpaceNews
Astrobotic successfully tests a rotating-detonation rocket engine that spins explosions in circles, because conventional explosions are just too pedestrian.
Scientists deploy underwater speakers playing healthy reef sounds to lure fish back to dying coral reefs, because sometimes the solution is just turning up the volume.
BBC Health
The assisted dying bill collapses in the Lords after 1,200+ amendments and 17 months of parliamentary ping-pong - proving that even in death, bureaucracy finds a way.
BBC Politics
Conservatives promise to neuter 24-hour bus lanes because nothing says 'common sense' like making it harder for buses to run on time.
The Guardian
A new film adaptation of the horror game 'Exit 8' turns endless subway loops into cinema, proving that purgatory is just a really long commute.
The Hill
207,800 pairs of battery-powered socks recalled after 14 burn incidents - proving that sometimes, your feet should just stay cold.
The Good Times
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