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 The World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat is among its main symptoms. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Infectious Disease 

 President Donald Trump’s budget would kill off tax credits for wind and solar, raising costs for new clean energy projects and blowing up valuable investment in those already in the pipeline. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Environment, Big Beautiful Bill 

 A new proof illuminates the hidden patterns that emerge when addition becomes impossible. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Physics and Math, Math 

 What would it take to run a cable from the ISS to Earth? Depends how fast you want the Earth to rotate. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Physics and Math, Dot Physics 

 This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Drug Stuff 

 Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Security, Security / National Security, Security / Security News, Politics / Policy, Science / Health, On the Line 

 The Exploration Company lost contact with its Mission Possible vehicle a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Space, Splash Down 

 The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Space, Space Weed