Struggling with layoff anxiety: Nearly 700,000 U.S. job cuts in the first five months of 2025 have 46% of workers on edge, fueling overwork, burnout and tense relationships — learn what experts recommend.
iHerb recalls 60K vitamins: The company pulled about 60,000 bottles of California Gold Nutrition prenatal and women’s multivitamins after a June 26 CPSC notice warned they lack child-resistant packaging and pose a poisoning risk to children — see if your supplements are affected.
Parkinson’s origin clues: Researchers find alpha-synuclein clumps in the kidneys may travel to the brain and spark Parkinson’s, opening new treatment paths — find out what this could mean.
Accelerating science with AI: FutureHouse’s multi-agent platform automates literature review, data analysis, and experiment planning to tackle decades-long research slowdowns and spark new discoveries — find out how.
Half your check withheld: Starting in July, the SSA will reclaim 50% of Social Security payments from anyone with an outstanding overpayment under the Treasury Offset Program — find out what this means.
Satellite sea ice data at risk: The US Department of Defense will cease processing and delivering critical Arctic and Antarctic sea ice measurements on 31 July, leaving researchers scrambling for alternative sources to monitor global warming trends — find out how scientists will adapt.
Gen Z’s money makeover: From thrifting and subscriptions to “doom spending” as a stress outlet, they’re budgeting 25% of their income and upending boomer money habits — find out how.
Buffett estate trust feud: In June 2025, Jimmy Buffett’s widow and his longtime adviser each filed petitions to remove the other as co-trustee of his $275 million estate — find out who could take control.
MRI reveals hidden aging pace: A new brain-scan tool gauges your true aging speed with a single MRI, flagging dementia and chronic disease risks years before symptoms emerge — find out how it works.
Pension funds eye Bitcoin: Cartwright’s 3% allocation in November 2024 earned a 60% return in under a year, and pension schemes, corporations and charities are now exploring crypto’s potential — find out why investors are warming to Bitcoin.
Ancient Egyptian DNA breakthrough: Scientists have decoded the entire genome of a 4,500-year-old man recovered from a sealed pottery vessel, revealing dark skin, brown eyes and mixed North African–Fertile Crescent ancestry — find out.
Webb’s coronagraph captures exoplanet: The James Webb Space Telescope has used its new coronagraph to block the light of red dwarf TWA 7 and reveal a faint, Saturn-class object in its debris disk that could be the first directly imaged exoplanet — find out.
UN warns of global drought: A new UN-backed report shows 2023–25 droughts have devastated regions from Somalia’s 4.4 million facing crisis-level hunger to Spain’s halved olive harvest, pressing nations to bolster early warnings and resilience — learn what governments must do.
China’s renewable record surge: In May, China installed a record 93 GW of solar and 26 GW of wind capacity, driving its total solar PV past 1,000 GW—even as top solar firms reported billions in losses— find out how this could reshape global energy.
Women defenders of the Everglades: From Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s 20th-century crusade to today’s activists suing to halt the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, the fight to safeguard this unique ecosystem continues — find out why it matters.
Other national stories this week
- Bryan Kohberger appears July 2, pleads guilty
- 18 best chia seed recipes ease digestion
- Vitamin C may fight signs of aging
- Mpox epidemic strains African health systems
- Falcon 9 launches European weather satellite
- Air pollution linked to lung cancer mutations
- Fossils reveal why lethal heat persisted
- Dairy consumption sours sleep, researchers say
- Bankruptcy judge approved 23andMe sale to nonprofit
- Malaysia rejects U.S. plastic waste shipments
