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Artist's illustration of a magnetar — a highly magnetized neutron star — of the type observed forming inside supernova SN 2024afav

Astronomers Witness First Magnetar Birth Inside a Superluminous Supernova

Astronomers witnessed a magnetar birth for the first time, confirmed by a chirping light curve inside SN 2024afav. The UC Berkeley finding, published in Nature, validates a 16-year theory and creates a

July 6, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Medical professional holding a blood sample vial in a clinical setting, central to a Northwestern University JAMA study on apoB vs LDL cholesterol testing for statin therapy decisions

The Cholesterol Test Most Americans Get May Not Be the Best Guide for Statin Therapy

Millions of Americans have their statin therapy calibrated to an LDL reading. A Northwestern University study in JAMA simulating 250,000 patients found that apolipoprotein B, which counts cholesterol particles rather than volume,

July 6, 2026

Health·News

Hamas spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta at podium announcing Emergency Committee dissolution in Gaza City

Hamas Dissolves Its Gaza Governing Body After 20 Years, Making Way for Civilian Committee

Hamas on July 6 dissolved its Emergency Committee after twenty years governing Gaza, with acting chairman al-Farra resigning as the NCAG assumes civilian rule. Israel called it 'a deception with no practical

July 6, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

First close-up image of asteroid Kamoʻoalewa captured by China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft during its July 2026 rendezvous at 20 kilometers

Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon: China’s Sample Mission Arrives at Kamoʻoalewa

China’s Tianwen-2 reached quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa on July 2, releasing the first close-up image of an asteroid that has shadowed Earth’s orbit for centuries. CNSA begins surface mapping ahead of a sample return

July 6, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Yoshua Bengio, Maria Ressa and Egriselda Lopez co-chairs of the UN AI governance scientific panel and dialogue, Geneva July 2026

UN Panel: No Technical Guarantee AI Will Follow Instructions as Geneva Dialogue Opens

All 193 UN member states gathered in Geneva Monday for the first dedicated AI governance dialogue, as scientists warned advanced AI has no technical guarantee of human control. The summit debates cross-border

July 6, 2026

News·Technology

TwelveLabs Series B funding announcement graphic showing the company's $100 million raise to build video superintelligence

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million and Names AWS as Preferred Cloud Partner for Video AI

TwelveLabs raised $100M Series B co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with Amazon investing directly and signing a multiyear AWS preferred-cloud deal on Trainium chips. The funding positions the video-native AI platform

July 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Woman's hand holding a white mug with coffee being poured in, illustrating Cedars-Sinai's largest study on coffee and liver cancer risk

Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 47% and Cirrhosis by a Third, Largest Study Finds

A Cedars-Sinai study of 354,957 UK Biobank participants links regular coffee drinking to 47% lower liver cancer risk and 32% lower cirrhosis risk — the largest study of its kind. MRI scans

July 6, 2026

Health·News

Isaac del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG sprints to victory atop Montjuic in Tour de France Stage 2, July 5, 2026

Del Toro Wins Tour de France Stage 2 on Montjuïc as Pogacar Yields to His Teammate

Isaac del Toro won Tour de France Stage 2 in Barcelona on Sunday, sprinting atop Montjuïc after recovering from a mid-stage mechanical. UAE's historic one-two cut Vingegaard's lead over Pogacar to six

July 6, 2026

News·Sports

White House meeting in 2026 as the Trump administration advances voluntary frontier AI model standards with leading AI labs

White House and Top AI Labs Near Deal on Voluntary Frontier-Model Standards

The White House is nearing a voluntary deal with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google on how frontier AI models get tested before public release. The standards were shaped by the labs themselves, the

July 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Microscopy image of small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer model developed by the Witte Laboratory at UCLA

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

Leflunomide and teriflunomide, FDA-approved for arthritis and MS, can kill small cell neuroendocrine cancers of the lung, prostate, and ovary in lab models, UCLA reports in PNAS. A genome-wide CRISPR screen exposed

July 6, 2026

Health·News·Science

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Astronomers Witness First Magnetar Birth Inside a Superluminous Supernova

The Cholesterol Test Most Americans Get May Not Be the Best Guide for Statin Therapy

Hamas Dissolves Its Gaza Governing Body After 20 Years, Making Way for Civilian Committee

Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon: China’s Sample Mission Arrives at Kamoʻoalewa

UN Panel: No Technical Guarantee AI Will Follow Instructions as Geneva Dialogue Opens

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million and Names AWS as Preferred Cloud Partner for Video AI

Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 47% and Cirrhosis by a Third, Largest Study Finds

Del Toro Wins Tour de France Stage 2 on Montjuïc as Pogacar Yields to His Teammate

White House and Top AI Labs Near Deal on Voluntary Frontier-Model Standards

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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