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1. Scientists Think Bee Silk Could Be a Surprising New Supermaterial. Here's Why.

   Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:30:03 -0000

   Researchers have actually been looking into the properties of different bee silks for the past 20 years, but scientists have now taken things a step further by creating a non-invasive approach to synthesizing the silk. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for news that sparks your curiosity.

2. Trump Poised to Shrink Two National Monuments in Utah

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:54:42 -0000

   On fusion’s record year, nuclear satellites, and Chilean copper Current conditions: More than two dozen locations across the Mountain West and Midwest …

3. Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun?

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:11:39 -0000

   Why is Venus the hottest planet, whereas Mercury is closer to the Sun? – Sejal M., age 7, Bangalore, India When the solar system had just formed, 4.5 …

4. Conservative groups say Justice Kagan cannot be impartial in upcoming Supreme Court climate litigation

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:00:57 -0000

   Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is facing calls for a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation after a coalition of conservative legal organizations accused her of failing to recuse herself from a major climate change case expected to be argued before the high court next term, alleging she …

5. Laura Loomer Tears Into Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Photo Put Out by ‘Liars’ on His Staff

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:32:40 -0000

   MAGA activist Laura Loomer doubled down on her skepticism about Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) health status on Sunday, claiming the Republican’s …

6. Maps show millions of Americans under heat alerts from extreme temperatures in Plains, Northeast

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:01:33 -0000

   Roughly 100 million people across the United States are facing extreme temperatures this week as a heat dome scorching the western part of the …

7. What the U.S. can learn from Australia’s home battery boom

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0000

   A homeowner in Australia named Sam recently opened his electricity bill and found he had over $700 AUD ($500 USD) in credit. He had solar panels, a …

8. China’s 'Green Great Wall' tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:05:40 -0000

   KUBUQI DESERT, China (AP) — For half a century, millions of workers have repeated a task across the deserts in northern China: inserting forearm-length sticks into shifting sand, first in a row, then in an intersecting line, gradually forming a grid. Then saplings are planted at the center of each …

9. Scientists Just Figured Out How Much Time Is Left for Life on Earth

   Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   It’s been a good ride. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Some scientists think that in five billion years, as the Sun ages and transforms into a Red Giant, Earth will be swallowed whole, effectively ending its 10-billion-year-long existence. • However, due to the Sun’s increasing …

10. Wildfire of "exceptional scale" burning near Paris

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:46:21 -0000

    Two firefighting planes were deployed to the Paris region Sunday after a large fire erupted south of the French capital, disrupting traffic during a …

11. Silos are disappearing from the farm landscape. One woman wants to track them down before they do

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    For 150 years, silos have been a fixture of the Corn Belt, but efforts to preserve them have been haphazard. Silos — tower-like structures on farms …

12. Planes scoop up water from River Seine in effort to battle wildfire near Paris

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:41:39 -0000

    French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave extends its deadly sweep across Europe. More than 3 square miles (800 hectares) of the Fontainebleau forest have been burned, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported on Monday, and fire-fighting aircraft …

13. National Parks Are in Chaos. Trump Is Making It Worse

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:22 -0000

    With its ancient sequoias, towering waterfalls and glacier-carved granite cliffs, California’s Yosemite National Park has long been one of the most visited destinations in the national park system, helping to inspire its very creation. The vistas, which span more than 1,100 square miles along the …

14. Mississippi is getting hotter. Experts say it’s hurting moms and babies

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    CLEVELAND – Going for nearly a year with broken heating and air conditioning has been miserable for Ashley Matthews. But the last few months have …

15. Heat: A Hazard at Work, Legal Silence at Home - ecoRI News

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:34:24 -0000

    Picture the same person twice on the same 95-degree July afternoon. First in a Providence commercial kitchen, where the line runs hot past the point …

16. Analysis-Pesticide makers stack wins against US environmental, public health groups

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:09:00 -0000

    CHICAGO - The U.S. Supreme Court handed a major legal victory to German agrichemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer last month when it reined in …

17. Extreme heat threatens Italy's Parmesan heartland

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:40:46 -0000

    MONTECAVOLO/MEDESANO, Italy, July 13 - Fifty years ago, farmers in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region used to open the windows in their barns at night …

18. Housing or Flood Protection? In Brooklyn, Housing Is Winning.

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:19:37 -0000

    A towering apartment development has been approved for the waterfront, even though some residents would have preferred parkland. Bushwick Inlet, a cove where the brackish waters of the East River curl into a humble beach, is a small public park that opened in Brooklyn this spring. In late June, …

19. Fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris triggers evacuations; 10 still missing in Spanish wildfire

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:38:04 -0000

    AVON, France (AP) — A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday prompted evacuations of some residential neighborhoods and disrupted train and highway traffic. It was among several wildfires in western Europe as the region bakes under its third …

20. Climate scientist whose work shaped modern climate science says US government report got his research 'completely wrong'

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:32:54 -0000

    An American climate scientist has strongly criticised a US Department of Energy (DOE) report on the impacts of climate change in the US. An American …

21. A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:30:00 -0000

    Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at …

22. Man who built solar-powered yacht that can run forever ran it to 0% battery to see what happened

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:49:00 -0000

    The man behind the solar-powered yacht that could run forever has conducted an interesting experiment. Lukas Sjoman has invested a lot of time in …

23. 100 million Americans expected to be under dangerous heat this week

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:27:51 -0000

    Records were broken for multiple cities in the West on Sunday. Dangerous heat from Los Angeles to Boston is expected to impact more than 100 million …

24. Europe is testing air conditioners that don't use any refrigerants at all

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:26:00 -0000

    The big picture: A new generation of cooling technology is beginning to move from lab testing into early real-world trials, as researchers and …

25. Europe reports 10,000 excess deaths during last month’s heatwave

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:05:54 -0000

    Europe reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during June’s record-breaking heatwave, new data showed, with analysts bracing for a higher toll as …

26. AI power crunch collides with Trump's renewable attacks, and U.S. bills climb $460 per home

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:40:00 -0000

    Artificial intelligence's enormous appetite for electricity is colliding with a federal retreat from wind, solar, and other relatively inexpensive …

27. ‘Total Bulls—t’: White House Erupts as Leaked Footage Exposes Trump’s $14 Million D.C. Fountain Looking Murky Brown Days After Celebration

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:31:58 -0000

    President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term trying to leave a visible mark on the nation’s capital.He has promised to make Washington …

28. Researchers Confirm Cause Of Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:46:15 -0000

    A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet’s biggest mass extinction while most animals did …

29. A ‘super’ El Niño is brewing. Experts fear historic dangers from extreme weather

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Predicting the weather is always tricky, with even the most solid forecasts sometimes not living up to the hype. But over the last few months, the world’s weather experts have become more united in the belief that we were going to be hit by a new El Niño climate pattern, and the consensus of …

30. Tornadoes are breaking records in new Midwest states this year as Tornado Alley moves east

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    The majority of tornadoes this year have blasted through states in the Midwest and Southeast, including Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa. Tornado …