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Rio Creative Economy Summit Pumped $99m Into the City, Study Finds

METROPOLE · BUSINESS OF CULTURE Key Facts —Rio2C, billed as Latin America’s biggest creative-industries gathering, moved about R$516m ($99m) through the city, a new city study estimates. —The six-day event drew more than 55,000 people and…

NASA Will Announce New Artemis III Astronauts and an Update on Its Moon Program

The agency will announce the crew of Artemis III on Tuesday. But will the mission be ready to fly in 2027?

A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now

Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of them for distant galaxies? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein argues that solving this cosmic mix-up is particularly…

GLP-1s appear to protect against cancer. Researchers are trying to figure out how

Recent studies suggest GLP-1s, the weight loss and diabetes drugs, may both prevent cancer and slow its progression. While weight loss is known to curb cancer risks, GLP-1s may act on other brain and metabolic pathways to prevent cancer…

Brazil World Cup Matches May Pump $47m Into Rio Economy, Study Finds

WORLD CUP 2026 · BUSINESS OF THE GAME Key Facts —Rio de Janeiro’s city government estimates the national team’s games could move up to R$245m ($47m) through the local economy. —That top figure assumes the best possible run: Brazil playing…

Global violence reaches record levels due to war and attacks on civilians

Attacks on civilians have brought global violence to record levels. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to researcher Therése Pettersson at Uppsala University in Sweden.

iOS 27 is full of references to a folding iPhone. Apple didn’t mention it once at WWDC.

Apple did not announce a foldable iPhone at WWDC 2026. But the first developer beta of iOS 27 is full of evidence that one is coming, and soon. Software researcher M1Astra discovered code strings inside the beta that reference folding…

SpaceX IPO: views from the ground

WFP and Nepal launch Climate Innovation Accelerator to boost food security

Kathmandu, June 9 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment , on Monday kicked off the implementation phase of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation…

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in…

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

Physics is considered a cold, hard science – but it will transform your life if you view it with a bit more subjectivity, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Tofino, B.C., tsunami study points to hundreds dead, $1B in losses

A new study on Cascadia earthquake and tsunami risk puts one of Vancouver Island's best-known coastal communities at the centre of a difficult question: How does a small town prepare for a disaster that may not happen for generations, but…