History

Aphantasia: The Blind Mind's Eye — What Happens When You Can't Picture Anything in Your Head

Aphantasia is the inability to picture anything in your mind. A decade of research reveals what it means to live without a mind's eye.

Caspian Holloway · 7 min read
Health & Medicine

Why Are Young People Getting Cancer? The Early-Onset Surge

Cancer rates in adults under 50 have surged 79% globally since 1990, with colorectal cancer now the top killer of young Americans. Researchers are still hunting the cause.

Naomi Reeve · 7 min read
Health & Medicine

GLP-1 Drugs May Boost Testosterone and Sperm Quality in Obese Men

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may raise testosterone and improve sperm quality in obese men, per a new systematic review at ENDO 2026. Mayo Clinic data of 1,600+ men showed ~30% testosterone rises.

Cassian Worthington · 7 min read
Health & Medicine

VERVE-102: A One-Shot CRISPR Gene Edit for LDL Cholesterol

Verve Therapeutics has dosed the first US patient with VERVE-102, a one-time CRISPR base editor that permanently switches off the PCSK9 gene, cutting LDL cholesterol by up to 69%.

Imogen Ashcroft · 5 min read
Science & Nature

Earth's Inner Core Is Changing Shape: What 2025 Research Reveals

A 2025 Nature Geoscience study finds Earth's inner core is not just rotating — it is deforming. The discovery reshapes what we know about deep Earth, day length, and the magnetic field.

Imogen Ashcroft · 6 min read
Science & Nature

How Ancient Denisovan DNA Still Shapes Human Immunity

A landmark 2026 Yale study of 177 Oceanian genomes reveals Denisovan DNA is still actively tuning human immunity — reshaping evolution, ancestry tests, and personalised medicine.

Linnea Faraday · 8 min read
Technology

Trump Forces Anthropic to Take Fable 5 Offline: What It Means for Australian Businesses

A US export-control order pulled Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline three days after launch. ANZ boards must now treat frontier AI as revocable infrastructure.

Lachlan Avery · 9 min read
Technology

Microsoft MAI: What 7 New In-House AI Models Mean for the Rest of Us

Microsoft just launched seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, quietly breaking from OpenAI. Here's the plain-English version of what Frontier Tuning means for your business.

Harriet Fenwick · 7 min read
Home & Garden

Color Drenching: The 2026 Interior Design Trend Painting Every Surface the Same Bold Color

Color drenching is 2026's bold interiors move — paint every surface the same hue and a small room reads as bigger, calmer and quietly cocooning.

Iris Caldwell · 7 min read
Politics & Society

The Great American AI Act: Inside the 269-Page Preemption Push

The 269-page Great American AI Act would preempt state laws regulating AI model development for three years. Bipartisan, contested, and racing Colorado's June 30, 2026 enforcement deadline.

Eleanor Ashby · 8 min read
Environment & Climate

How the UN Just Turned Climate Change Into a Legal Obligation

Mariko Sato unpacks the 141-8 UN General Assembly vote that backed the ICJ's climate ruling — and what it now means for fossil fuels, courts, and the Pacific.

Mariko Sato · 10 min read
Technology

German Court Ruling Makes Google Liable for AI Overviews

A Munich court has classified Google as directly liable for false statements in AI Overviews, ending a 20-year search safe harbor. The June 2026 ruling reshapes liability for generative search.

Nadia Volkov · 8 min read