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Science & Technology

Weird ‘harmless’ microbes may play a pivotal role in colorectal cancer

Evidence is mounting that a microbe called Methanobrevibacter smithii is involved in colorectal cancer KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Mysterious ancient microorganisms that are neither bacteria nor viruses seem to play a role in colorectal cancer. This supports the idea that such microbes, which were thought to be harmless, could actually be involved in human disease....

Science & Technology

Record-Breaking Results Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality

A twisting ribbon of hydrogen gas, many times hotter than the surface of the sun, has given scientists a tentative glimpse of the future of controlled nuclear fusion—a so-far theoretical source of relatively “clean” and abundant energy that would be effectively fueled by seawater. The ribbon was a plasma inside Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X, an advanced...

Health

Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Raise U.S. Climate Emissions

CLIMATEWIRE | The rollbacks in clean energy incentives in Republicans’ budget planswill put the brakes on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions reductions by throttling the growth of renewables and electric vehicles, analyses from four research firms showed. The extent of the Republican cuts is still being determined as the House takes up the Senate version of...