Last Week: Key Global Events
Edited by Simisola Fagbola, Econoday Economist The Economy Monetary policy The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Committee has reduced the official cash rate by 25 basis points to …
How Hollywood Missed the Mark on Summer Movies This Year
Source: Box Office Mojo Notes: Amounts include North American box office revenues over the summer and are adjusted for inflation. Data for 2025 is preliminary. By The New York Times …
Legal adviser warns NIH not to kill 900 grants a second time
Advice follows Supreme Court ruling that threatened previously restored grants, but reprieve may be brief
A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star
In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.
Hidden viruses in our DNA could be medicine’s next big breakthrough
You are mostly but not entirely human. If we crunch the numbers, 8 percent of your genome actually comes from viruses that got stranded there. This viral detritus is a …
Steroids are everywhere on social media – but how dangerous are they?
South_agency/Getty Images If you have swiped through fitness-related content on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok lately, chances are that an influencer on your feed has taken steroids. A recent global meta-study …
Human ancestors braved England’s ice-covered northlands 440,000 years ago
How exactly ancient toolmakers survived the harsh conditions remains a mystery
A bioengineered protein may someday treat carbon monoxide poisoning
An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria. Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it …
Overworked neurons burn out and fuel Parkinson’s disease
Certain brain cells are responsible for coordinating smooth, controlled movements of the body. But when those cells are constantly overactivated for weeks on end, they degenerate and ultimately die. This …
Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars?
Scrap vehicles contain many different metal alloys, which can be hard to recycle Marc Hill/Alamy A new way to recycle the metal from scrap cars could eliminate millions of tonnes …