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Global analysis reveals age as overlooked driver of food-related climate emissions

Young people and aging populations shape dietary emissions
This figure breaks down changes in global dietary GHG emissions by age group during 2000–2010 and 2010–2019. The colored bars show the contributions of six driving factors: population size, per-capita food intake, diet structure, energy density, nutritional density, and emission intensity of nutrients. The dots show the total change in emissions for each age group. Source: Li et al. (2026). Credit: Li et al / Nature Food

A new international study published in Nature Food reveals that age plays an important but often overlooked role in shaping global food-related greenhouse gas emissions. The study shows that dietary emissions can vary substantially across people's life stages, reflecting differences in nutritional needs, demographic change and evolving dietary patterns. Effective mitigation of dietary emissions therefore requires age-sensitive approaches.

Transmissible cancer cells discovered in fish act more like parasites than traditional tumors

Transmissible cancer discovered in fish in US and Canada
Scientists in Vermont have been studying catfish with mysterious black lesions—like this one. They were surprised to learn that the lesions are melanoma skin cancer and more surprised to discover that the cancer is transmissible, moving from fish to fish like a parasite. This is the first time a transmissible cancer has been found in a freshwater animal and only the fourth time in any animal. The diseased fish were first found in Lake Memphremagog on the Vermont/Quebec border, but now the team has found fish with this cancer in other lakes in New England and Canada. Credit: Vermont Fish & Wildlife

A team of Vermont researchers has discovered that mysterious black skin lesions afflicting catfish in Lake Memphremagog and other New England and Canadian lakes are caused by a transmissible cancer—the first identified in a freshwater fish species. The cancer cells behave more like parasites than conventional tumors, moving from fish to fish.

WhatsApp adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades, iPad sign-ups, and more

WhatsApp is rolling out a suite of new features, including a revamped Apple CarPlay and Android Auto experience as part of the Meta-owned company’s broader push to make its app a more complete cross-device communication platform rather than one just used for mobile messaging.

How the £2 bus fare cap could save some commuters £500 a year

For Sarah Bodger the cost of travelling to work is "crippling".

The wool shop owner says she travels about four hours from Bedworth in Warwickshire to Leamington Spa and back, six days a week.

Netflix’s Best New Show Has A Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score

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The East Palace ROH YOON SEO as Saeng-gang in The East Palace Cr. Netflix © 2026

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Netflix has been investing more and more in Korean content over time, and there’s a good reason for that. Well past Squid Game, extremely high-quality content has emerged from the country to land as hits, critically, viewership-wise or both. Now, that’s happened again with a new 100% Rotten Tomatoes-scored show.

Norway’s national oil company’s profits double to $11.5bn amid war on Iran

Profits at Norway’s state oil company nearly doubled to $11.5bn (£8.6bn) in the three months to the end of June as the jump in oil and gas prices caused by the war against Iran boosted earnings.

The Missing Infrastructure: Why Clean Tech Cannot Scale Without Skills

Latest Green Technology Showcased In Solar-Powered Homes

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Workers complete final preparations on a home designed by a team from the University of Minnesota on the National Mall at The Energy Department's 2009 Solar Decathlon October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Solar Decathlon features 20 university teams building high-tech, high-efficiency solar-powered homes to showcase the latest in green design and technology and "to promote cutting edge green technology, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Reflooding the Aral Sea could prevent massive CO₂ emissions

Reflooding the Aral Sea could prevent massive CO₂ emissions
Where there was once a lake, there is now a desert. Hydrological restoration of the Aral Sea would result in massive reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. Credit: Georgiy Kirillin

About 90% of the Aral Sea has dried up. The exposed sediments have already released enormous amounts of carbon dioxide (748 megatons) since 1960. However, through restoration, the lake could once again become a carbon sink. This is shown by a study by the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), published in Science, in which the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) participated. Hydrological restoration of the desiccated sediments would prevent emissions equivalent to Spain's total emissions over three years—namely, around 605 megatons, according to the research team's calculations.

Can the Suez save Asian oil consumers after Houthis shut Bab al-Mandeb?

Two tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia have reversed course in the Red Sea after Yemen’s Houthis announced a blockade of Saudi ports, raising fears that disruptions to another of the world’s most important shipping routes could further restrict global oil supplies.

Elon Musk Claims That Before the End of 2026, Grok Will Make a Full-Length AI Movie of The Odyssey 'That Is Historically Accurate and True to the Art of Homer'

Elon Musk Claims That Before the End of 2026, Grok Will Make a Full-Length AI Movie of The Odyssey 'That Is Historically Accurate and True to the Art of Homer' - IGN Image