For the First Time Ever, the World Made More Electricity From Wind and Sun Than Gas
In April 2026, wind and solar produced 531 terawatt-hours of power worldwide — overtaking gas for the first time.
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In April 2026, wind and solar produced 531 terawatt-hours of power worldwide — overtaking gas for the first time.
In a UK trial, a few weeks of treatment before surgery worked so well that some patients didn't need surgery at all.
One experimental drug doubled the odds of being alive after a year; another let patients live three to four times longer without the disease progressing.
In 1987 every last condor was in captivity. Today over half of them fly free.
A new 'agentic' system diagnoses rare diseases with reasoning doctors can actually follow and check.
Once down to fewer than 500 breeding pairs, the national bird has rebounded to roughly 14,000.
An infant with a rare metabolic disorder received a CRISPR treatment designed specifically for him, start to finish, in record time.
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The Earth Species Project is using machine learning to map the calls of whales, crows and zebras — and build the first 'dictionaries' of animal communication.
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