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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories

The New York Times

Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.

The New York Times

Microsoft upgrades controversial quantum chip — researchers are still sceptical

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01788-y The tech giant says it will make ‘topological’ quantum computers that can be scaled up faster than competing technologies.

Nuclear shell structure governs short-range nucleon pairing

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10616-2 The scattering of high-energy electrons from three different nuclei demonstrated that short-range-correlated pairing depends far more on the specific quantum orbitals…

Earth’s east–west albedo symmetry

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10624-2 Analysis of a 25-year satellite record shows that Earth has a persistent east–west albedo symmetry split at 27° E, with clear-sky albedo, cloud radiative effect and…

Relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and beyond

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10473-z NASA’s Juno observations show relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and establish a universal scaling law linking shock size to maximum cosmic…

Yucatán Peninsula states create habanero council to protect the famous pepper

Mexico News Daily

Yucatán Peninsula states create habanero council to protect the famous pepper

The governments of Mexico’s Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo states have created a Peninsular Council for the Regulation of the Habanero to protect and strengthen the Designation of Origin (DoE) for the region’s famous chili pepper. The…

Mexico News Daily

Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Plus supports text, video and imagery inputs at low cost of $0.4/$1.6 per 1M token

VentureBeat

Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Plus supports text, video and imagery inputs at low cost of $0.4/$1.6 per 1M token

Alibaba this week released Qwen3.7-Plus , the latest AI large language model (LLM) in its globally beloved and increasingly expansive Qwen family, boasting more multimodal capabilities and a 60% lower cost than the prior, text-only…

VentureBeat

Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system

The Guardian

Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system

Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts The Trump administration plans to dismantle a $368m deep-sea observation system that has for more than a decade provided…

The Guardian

Black market adapts after Qld's illicit tobacco and vape shop crackdown

Black market adapts after Qld's illicit tobacco and vape shop crackdown

Queensland's crackdown has reduced visible illicit tobacco sales, according to a public health researcher, but the black market has adapted, prompting calls for the tobacco excise to be cut.

Philippine Daily Inquirer

LPA to enter PAR by Thursday, Friday; wet Wednesday in parts of Luzon

Philippine Daily Inquirer

LPA to enter PAR by Thursday, Friday; wet Wednesday in parts of Luzon

Satellite image captured as of 5:50 a.m. on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Pagasa) MANILA, Philippines — A low pressure area (LPA) may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) by Thursday or Friday this week, the state weather bureau…

Unfinished outback opal museum gets $1m lifeline to pay debts

Unfinished outback opal museum gets $1m lifeline to pay debts

Construction of the museum boasting the world's greatest public collection of opalised dinosaur fossils has been on hold since the project ran out of money last year.

FBI probes missing scientists mystery as nuclear lab worker found dead

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