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- A cat-linked fungus, Sporothrix brasiliensis, is spreading to humans, raising concern because it turns an animal infection into a household health issue
- Bangladesh approves a 1.3-mile mega-dam to store about 2.35 million acre-feet of water and benefit 70 million people, amid rising pressure on the Padma River and growing water scarcity
- First images show a ribbon worm that folds like an accordion, and Pararosa vigarae looks like sci-fi even though it lives in the real ocean
- A 15-year-old in Ontario built a bionic underwater “robot turtle” that swims like a snapping turtle instead of using loud propellers, and its onboard AI can flag coral bleaching, invasive species, and plastic waste with 96% detection accuracy
- An astrophysicist argues dark matter doesn’t exist and the universe is 27 billion years old, a controversial theory trying to fit data that won’t sit still in the standard model
- Germany let a last-ditch rescue try to save “Timmy,” a humpback stranded on a sandbank, and after a privately funded operation costing about $1.6 million to tow him toward the North Sea, Danish authorities confirmed the whale was found dead near Anholt
- Psychology tells us that the loneliest part of growing old isn’t being alone, but realizing that some friendships disappear as soon as you stop nurturing them, and understanding that they were never based on mutual care, but on your willingness to do all the emotional work
