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Germany is a leader in renewables, so why does it have one of the highest EU electricity prices?

Germany generated more electricity from solar and wind in 2025 than any other EU country – but its prices remain tied to volatile fossil fuels.

Chinese PhD dropout turned whistle-blower exposes data fabrication by renowned scholars

A Chinese PhD dropout who has become a viral influencer exposing academic misconduct is building a growing army of followers eager to reveal ethical malpractice among scientific researchers. The former PhD candidate in bioscience at the…

Wildfire season officially opens with 13,335 firefighters; over 80 aircraft

Portugal’s firefighting force for rural fires is being reinforced again today, with 13,335 personnel and 78 aircraft deployed. This is the second reinforcement of resources this year, in what is The post Wildfire season officially opens…

China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next

One day last October, sitting in the courtyard of his house in China’s Henan province, Dong Hui decided to see if he could hold a pen to write. Dong, 39, had sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident six years earlier that left him…

Is bovine colostrum really 'liquid gold' for gut health?

Baby calves rely on it to build up their immune systems and gut. And now marketers are promoting it for humans. Here's what scientists say.

Tata Memorial study finds radiation cuts bladder cancer recurrence risk by over 50%

Kiev trying to create chaos attacking Zaporozhye NPP, forcing staff to quit — director

Over the past month, Ukrainian forces have significantly intensified shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP area and its satellite city of Energodar

P1.3-M smuggled cigarettes seized, 2 nabbed in Maguindanao Norte

COTABATO CITY — Police intercepted at least P1.3 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes and arrested two individuals at a checkpoint in Barangay Dulangan, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on June 1. Brig. Gen. Christopher…

Dune’s Butlerian Jihad and the future of AI

MANILA, Philippines – Warner Bros. recently published a two-and-a-half-minute teaser for the final part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune film trilogy. As a science fiction fan who has read Frank Herbert’s original Dune novel and thoroughly…

Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles…

Iran attacks damage 20 US military sites since start of war, satellite images show

Analysts told BBC Verify that Tehran's strikes were more extensive than publicly acknowledged.

Green Finance Taxonomy to Be Rolled Out Over Three Years

Bhutan’s updated Green Finance Taxonomy (GFT) 2026/Addendum is expected to be implemented in phases over a three-year period following validation, approval, capacity building, and pilot implementation, according to officials and experts…