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Curated, no algorithm, no doom. en-us 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z Eleventy + Claude Sonnet 4.6 CRISPR BASE EDITING SAVES GIRL'S LIFE, A FIRST... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532296-im-the-first-person-whose-life-was-saved-by-crispr-base-editing/ New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-splash SOLAR REACTOR EATS PLASTIC, EXHALES CLEAN HYDROGEN... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scientists-built-a-solar-reactor-that-eats-plastic-bottles-and-burps-out-clean-hydrogen-at-scale/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-hero-1 MICROBE HELPS CROPS SURVIVE SALTWATER WITHOUT MODIFICATION... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/this-remarkable-microbe-could-help-farmers-survive-rising-seas/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-hero-2 RUBIN OBSERVATORY BEGINS MOST DETAILED UNIVERSE SURVEY EVER... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532167-the-most-detailed-survey-of-the-universe-ever-conducted-starts-now/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-hero-3 AUDACIOUS MISSION LAUNCHES TO RESCUE NASA'S FALLING TELESCOPE... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532627-audacious-mission-to-rescue-nasas-falling-telescope-has-launched/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c1 BLOCKING ONE PROTEIN REGROWS KNEE CARTILAGE IN AGING TISSUE... https://notallnewsisbad.com/how-blocking-one-protein-regenerates-knee-cartilage-in-aging-mice-and-human-tissue-the-optimist-daily/ From Not All News Is Bad Not All News Is Bad 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c2 AMOC OCEAN SLOWDOWN MAY BE GRADUAL AND REVERSIBLE... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532392-slowdown-of-amoc-ocean-current-may-be-gradual-and-reversible/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c3 NEWBORNS ARRIVE WITH INNATE NEURAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MATH... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532352-babies-are-born-with-the-neural-foundations-for-maths/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c4 GLP-1 BOOSTING FIBRE APPROVED FOR USE IN EVERYDAY FOOD... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532336-a-type-of-fibre-that-stimulates-glp-1-release-approved-for-use-in-food/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c5 WOMAN ROWS SOLO CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII FASTER THAN ANYONE... https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/kelsey-pfendler-fastest-row-solo-california-hawaii-mid-pacific-ocean From Good Good Good Good Good Good 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c6 SPUDCELL: PROTOTYPE SELF-REPLICATING CELL BUILT FROM SCRATCH... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532689-what-is-spudcell-arguably-the-greatest-bioengineering-feat-yet/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c7 VOICE APP PREDICTS ASTHMA ATTACK THREE DAYS AHEAD... https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/voice-changes-measured-by-phone-can-predict-asthma-flare-ups-3-days-in-advance/ From Good News Network Good News Network 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c8 SHAPE-SHIFTING LIQUID STORES SOLAR ENERGY, RELEASES ON DEMAND... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/this-shape-shifting-liquid-soaks-up-sunlight-stores-energy-and-releases-it-on-demand/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c9 RARE ANTARCTIC DINOSAUR FOSSIL FOUND HIDING IN A DRAWER... https://phys.org/news/2026-06-rare-dinosaur-fossil-antarctica-tucked.html From Phys.org Phys.org 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c10 BOGFATHER SCIENTIST RESTORES PEATLAND TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy498d400pro From BBC Science & Environment BBC Science & Environment 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c11 OLD WIND TURBINE BLADES REBORN AS SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewqzrkvwvqo From BBC Science & Environment BBC Science & Environment 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c12 AI TALLIES GADGET EMISSIONS IN TIME IT TAKES TO BREW TEA... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/new-ai-agent-tallies-a-gadgets-emissions-in-the-time-it-takes-to-brew-tea/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c13 ALIEN LIFE ON NEARBY SUPER-EARTH MORE LIKELY THAN THOUGHT... https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/alien-life-on-nearby-super-earth-much-likelier-than-we-thought-study-claims From Live Science Live Science 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c1 WEBB TELESCOPE FINDS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN SUBSTANCE IN SPACE... https://www.livescience.com/space/science-news-this-week-james-webb-telescope-finds-a-never-before-seen-substance-chinas-great-green-wall-grows-faster-than-natural-trees-and-a-medici-murder-mystery-is-solved From Live Science Live Science 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c2 NEUTRINO WEIRDNESS COULD REWRITE PARTICLE PHYSICS... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532479-the-weirdness-of-neutrinos-could-completely-rewrite-particle-physics/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c3 VOLCANO ERUPTS REMNANTS OF EARTH'S PRIMORDIAL MAGMA OCEAN... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532929-a-volcano-has-erupted-remnants-of-earths-primordial-magma-ocean/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c4 ORANGUTAN MOMS PLAN PLAYDATES FOR THEIR YOUNG... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532880-orangutan-mothers-seem-to-plan-playdates-for-their-offspring/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c5 AI OUTPERFORMS BIOLOGISTS SPOTTING SALMON LICE... https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ai-outperforms-biologists-salmon-lice.html From Phys.org Phys.org 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c6 'HOBBIT' HUMANS SCAVENGED KOMODO DRAGON LEFTOVERS... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532777-hobbit-hominins-scavenged-meat-left-over-by-komodo-dragons/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c7 TIWANAKU: THE FORGOTTEN EMPIRE THAT PREDATED THE INCAS... https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mysterious-civilization-that-pre-dated-the-incas-by-500-years From ScienceAlert ScienceAlert 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c8 RANDOM TIME WOBBLES COULD CRACK GRAVITY'S DEEPEST MYSTERY... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532714-random-wobbles-in-time-could-finally-solve-gravitys-greatest-mystery/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c9 WORLD'S FASTEST SPIDER CLOCKS 3.5 METRES PER SECOND... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532086-the-worlds-fastest-spider-tops-3-5-metres-per-second/ From New Scientist New Scientist 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c10 YOUNG GULLS' MOTTLED FEATHERS SIGNAL 'I'M NO THREAT'... https://phys.org/news/2026-07-young-gull-mottled-brown-plumage.html From Phys.org Phys.org 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c11 SCOTLAND APPOINTS ITS FIRST EVER GULL RANGER... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy9r1z3p4d0o From BBC Science & Environment BBC Science & Environment 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c12 ULTRASONIC ESPRESSO BREWS WITHOUT HEAT, USES 75% LESS ENERGY... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/scientists-brew-energy-efficient-espresso-it-is-made-without-heat-and-75%25-less-energy/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c13 SWIFT AND KELCE DONATE $26 MILLION TO CHARITY... https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-donate-26-million-to-charities-ahead-of-blockbuster-wedding/ From Good News Network Good News Network 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c1 PUMAS TRACK YOUR HIKING HABITS WITH PRECISION... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/pumas-are-quietly-tracking-your-hiking-and-biking-habits-better-than-you-think/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c2 PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS: AMERICA'S ENDURING GIFT TO ITSELF... https://www.sierraclub.org/Sierra/america-250-protected-public-lands From Sierra Club Sierra Club 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c3 INDIAN WOMAN'S ARREST RIGHTS: A LEGAL PROTECTION YOU SHOULD KNOW... https://thebetterindia.com/videos/society/every-woman-in-india-should-know-this-arrest-law-12132353 From The Better India The Better India 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c4 THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE: NEIL THE SEAL, MEGA MEGALODON, AND MORE... https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-neil-the-seal-mega-megalodon-and-more From ScienceAlert ScienceAlert 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c5 DEPRESSION-ERA FRUGAL HABITS MAKING A QUIET COMEBACK... https://www.upworthy.com/boomers-and-gen-xers-share-the-frugal-habits-learned-from-relatives-who-lived-through-the-great-depression-ex1/ From Upworthy Upworthy 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c6 UKRAINIAN WAR WIDOWS ON LOVE, GRIEF, AND SURVIVAL... https://aeon.co/essays/what-ukrainian-war-widows-know-about-love-and-loss From Aeon Essays Aeon Essays 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c7 OCTOPUSES: SCIENTISTS SAY YOU'RE NOT IMPRESSED ENOUGH... https://www.upworthy.com/woman-octopus-reaction-ex1/ From Upworthy Upworthy 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c8 BUY GREEN, SAVE LESS: THE PARADOX HIDING IN YOUR SHOPPING CART... https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/ironically-buying-green-can-quietly-erase-its-own-efficiency-gains-new-study-finds/ From Anthropocene Magazine Anthropocene Magazine 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c9 JAPAN COUPLE SOLVES THE CAT LITTER BOX PROBLEM... https://www.upworthy.com/couple-in-japan-invents-a-nearly-perfect-cat-litter-box-that-solves-many-common-problems-ex1/ From Upworthy Upworthy 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c10 GOOD NEWS WEEKLY: PETS, CAMERAS, AND RAINFORESTS... https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/good-news-this-week-july-04-2026 From Good Good Good Good Good Good 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c11 ART AND RESISTANCE: CREATIVE COMMUNITIES ON AMERICA'S 250TH... https://hyperallergic.com/weekly-7-4-26/ From Hyperallergic Hyperallergic 2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z notbad.news-2026-07-04T16:55:17.530Z-c12