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  • Mediterranean Diet May Lower Mortality Risk 36%

    Mediterranean Diet May Lower Mortality Risk 36%

    • This study suggests that healthier eating patterns may extend lifespan in middle-aged women.
    • The Mediterranean diet was associated with a 36% lower risk of dying from anything.
    • Add more fruits, veggies, nuts, whole grains, lean proteins and healthy fats to your diet.

    You’ve probably heard people say something about how the days may seem long, but the years fly by. And the older we get, the more we realize how true that old saying is—which is why finding ways to extend our lifespan is something many of us search for. Thankfully, so do scientists. 

    Researchers from Australia gathered information on the diets of nearly 9,600 Australian women in their early 50s and then followed them for about 17 years. They were looking for associations between diet and longevity, heart disease and dementia. They recently published their findings in The Journal of Nutrition. Let’s break down what they found.

    How Was This Study Conducted?

    Researchers drew data from a previous study called the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH), which included four cohorts of women born at different periods: between 1921 and 1926, 1946 and 1951, 1973 and 1978, and 1989 and 1995. For this current study, they used the 1946-1951 cohort, whose baseline data were collected in 2001. The average age of the women in this cohort was 52 at baseline.

    Diet information was collected using a food frequency questionnaire, asking participants how much and how often they ate 120 different foods. The data from the food frequency questionnaires was then plugged into surveys specifically for certain eating patterns, including the Australian Recommended Food Score (an overall healthy eating pattern, according to the Australian dietary guidelines) and the Mediterranean diet. Participants then received scores for each eating pattern and were placed into one of four groups for each pattern based on their scores.

    In addition to diet, participants also self-reported demographics, including age, sex, socioeconomic status, alcohol intake, smoking status, BMI, physical activity, menopause status and diabetes or hypertension diagnoses.

    Participants were followed for about 17 years, during which time researchers also gathered information on death, heart disease and dementia diagnoses. 

    What Did This Study Find?

    For the Australian Recommended Food Score, those ranking in the highest group (Q4) had a 40% lower risk of death compared to those in the lowest group (Q1). And when it came to Mediterranean diet scores, participants in the highest group (Q4) had a 36% lower risk of death compared to those in the lowest group (Q1). 

    Interestingly, unlike previous studies, this study found no correlation between either of these eating patterns and heart disease or dementia. Researchers provided a few possible explanations why. First, heart disease in women tends to come later in life. So it’s plausible that had they been followed longer, associations may have shown up. They offered a similar theory regarding dementia. 

    There are several limitations of this study. First, diet and other data were self-reported, which leaves room for bias and inaccurate reporting. Case in point: Researchers note that many of the women reported averaging around 1,500 calories per day based on the food frequency questionnaires, which is on the low end of typical calorie intake. They feel this may be evidence of under-reporting food intake. 

    Plus, the data was all gathered at baseline, which doesn’t account for changes in diet and other demographics, like physical activity and smoking status, over the 17 years of follow-up. Lastly, because only women were used in this trial, it is unknown if these results apply to men.

    How Does This Apply to Real Life?

    While this study didn’t show correlations between the Mediterranean diet and a reduced risk of heart disease or dementia, many other studies have. For example, one recent study found that people who followed the MIND diet, which is a variation of the Mediterranean diet, reduced their risk of dementia by as much as 25%. Following a Mediterranean diet style of eating may even prevent brain shrinkage and reduce brain aging by 50% (and a bigger brain means better cognitive abilities). 

    The Mediterranean diet has also been associated with a healthier heart and reduced risk of diabetes. This can be attributed to the fiber and antioxidants in plants commonly eaten in the Mediterranean diet—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds—plus seafood and unsaturated oils, like olive and avocado oils. 

    These are just a few of the reasons the Mediterranean diet consistently ranks as the healthiest overall diet out of all the diets out there. This study adds to the evidence that following this style of eating also increases longevity. 

    But let’s face it. A longer life doesn’t necessarily mean a good quality of life with good health, also known as healthspan. But the Mediterranean diet has got you covered there, too. Because it’s associated with a reduced risk of so many diseases, it increases lifespan and improves healthspan. Win-win!

    If you’re ready to go all-in on the Mediterranean diet, we’ve got plenty of meal plans to choose from. A good one to start with is our 7-Day Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan for Beginners, or if you want more, test out our 30-Day Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan for Beginners.

    If you’re more of a slow and steady kind of person, adding more fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, legumes and whole grains into your meals and snacks is a great way to start. You could also swap one of your meat meals each week with seafood, or instead of slathering butter on your bread, try dipping it into olive oil. 

    Other lifestyle habits have also been linked to greater longevity, including participating in regular physical activity, getting enough quality sleep, dealing with what’s stressing you out and spending time with loved ones. 

    Our Expert Take

    This study suggests that following a healthy eating pattern like the Mediterranean diet may add years to your life. While evidence is stacked in favor of this eating style also reducing the risk of heart disease and dementia, this study did not find that association. However, researchers provide possible reasons for the lack of correlation. 

    If you want to start adding more Mediterranean diet foods into your life, focusing on snacks can be an easy way to do so. Need some ideas? Greek yogurt with fruit and nuts provides protein, fiber and healthy fats for a filling, satisfying snack. If you’re hankering for chocolate, go for the dark variety, along with a handful of nuts or pumpkin or hemp seeds. Or how about veggie sticks and hummus, or some cheese and fruit? By consistently swapping your typical snacks for nourishing, nutrient-rich ones, you’ll soon build a habit of incorporating more foods common in the Mediterranean diet. And these small changes will lead to big benefits over time.

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  • Rising ocean acidification prompts urgent calls for marine protection | News | Eco-Business

    Rising ocean acidification prompts urgent calls for marine protection | News | Eco-Business

    Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the marine environment, according to a recent study. The new findings underline the urgent need to ramp up protection of the world’s oceans, while simultaneously slashing CO2 emissions, say experts.

    But from a scientific perspective, worsening ocean acidification is not an overly surprising finding, considering that carbon dioxide emissions remain high, says lead author Helen Findlay, a biological oceanographer at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK

    Researchers have known for decades that humanity’s CO2 emissions are being absorbed by seawater, triggering chemical reactions that release hydrogen ions, in turn reducing the abundance of carbonate ions. This ocean acidification process — which has escalated in tandem with atmospheric emissions — has implications for a large number of ocean-dwelling calcifying species that rely on calcium carbonate for their shells, with harm to those species potentially reverberating throughout marine ecosystems.

    “We have really good data sets, and the data sets and this paper really just emphasise that we’re just watching the system crash.… [W]e need to be making real change now so that we don’t make things worse,” Findlay says.

    “In my assessment, [this new paper] confirms what we’ve been expecting,” agrees Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, who was not involved in the current study. “[W]e are unfortunately moving beyond the safe boundary on ocean acidification.”

    Rockström’s international team — known for their groundbreaking planetary boundary research — is working on an updated Planetary Health Check, due out in September. Last year’s inaugural report found ocean acidification on the cusp of transgression. But evidence from multiple sources is now pointing to this boundary being crossed, he says. “It’s too early to say conclusively, but I think this [new] paper is important in that context.”

    Mounting evidence of worsening ocean acidification should trigger a “much more ambitious level of ocean protection,” along with rapid climate action, Rockström says. “When you add one additional stressor, like ocean acidification, you have an even stronger argument to protect [marine systems] because they’re getting weaker under the pressure of multiple stressors.”

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    For all efforts to protect the ocean, it would be beneficial to stop emissions. The way forward is… to stop CO2 emissions, and then the natural systems over time, over a long time, will help us bring things back into balance.

    Hans-Otto Pörtner, marine biologist, Alfred Wegener Institute

    Acidification widespread, and runs deep

    Findlay’s team found that four of seven ocean basins have crossed the planetary boundary for ocean acidification — with polar waters and ocean upwelling areas particularly affected.

    They also found that this acidification picture becomes worse when one looks deep below the ocean’s surface. The authors found that 60 per cent of the world’s ocean has crossed the safe limit down to 200 meters (656 feet) depth, compared to 40 per cent of surface waters.

    That’s concerning for marine life, Findlay says, as this part of the water column is where much of Earth’s marine biodiversity thrives.

    Rockström and an international team of planetary boundary scientists working out of Sweden’s Stockholm Resilience Centre previously set the safe limit for ocean acidification at 20 per cent aragonite saturation (aragonite being a form of calcium carbonate). But Findlay and her team, after assessing the acidification tolerances of a wide range of species and inspecting regional data, propose a 10 per cent aragonite saturation safe limit to ensure functional integrity of ocean ecosystems.

    Concerningly, that would push the crossing of the safe space back to 2000.

    The researchers found that rising ocean acidification levels have already caused “significant declines” in habitat for some calcifying creatures. According to their study, tropical and subtropical coral reefs have lost 43 per cent of their suitable habitat. Polar pteropods, a free-swimming form of planktonic marine snail, and a key part of the food chain, have lost 61 per cent of their suitable habitat, while coastal bivalves have lost 13 per cent.

    “It’s quite frustrating to now be at a point where we’re saying, well actually, if we wanted a really good system — to be healthy and safe [for] all these ecosystems — we need to have gone back and kept [ocean acidification] at year 2000 levels,” Findlay says.

    However, experts emphasise that current levels of acidification are not an immediate death knell for ocean life. But they do note that these rising levels are greatly concerning when factoring in the bombardment of the world’s oceans by other stressors including climate change-induced marine heatwaves, declining ocean oxygen levels, eutrophication, and more direct anthropogenic impacts such as overfishing and pollution from far-ranging sources including microplastics and raw sewage.

    We need to see ocean acidification “as a component of other challenges that can make things worse,” says Hans-Otto Pörtner, a marine biologist at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute, former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II who wasn’t involved in the recent study.

    He emphasises that the risks posed by interactions between acidification, heating and oxygen loss are all driven by human carbon emissions. “My more holistic view would be that the interaction of these three [factors], in terms of Earth history … have been a driver for evolutionary mass extinctions.”

    “The findings are certainly concerning for coral reefs and bivalves and many other organisms that rely on calcium for their shells and their skeletons,” adds Helen Fox, a senior scientist at the Coral Reef Alliance, California, who wasn’t involved in the recent research. “Corals are already suffering from an onslaught of impacts. We are still in the midst of the fourth global bleaching event. So there has already been a lot of death and habitat loss from bleaching.”

    Urgency for ocean protection

    Globally, marine protection lags far behind land efforts, say conservationists. But there is building momentum on the back of the just-concluded 2025 UN Ocean Conference. In recent weeks, a raft of new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and ocean protection commitments were announced, as nations moved toward ratifying the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, also known as the High Seas Treaty.

    This international agreement aims to push forward protection of 30 per cent of the world’s oceans by 2030 while establishing legal mechanisms for protection of high seas areas. Fifty countries have ratified the treaty so far, but 60 are needed for it to come into force.

    Findlay says her team’s acidification findings should add impetus for nations who have yet to ratify the accord. “Any additional protection that’s placed on the ocean, provides an opportunity for ecosystem resilience against harder-to-solve issues, such as [ocean acidification],” she says. “However, [our findings] should also be a motivation to cut emissions, given that [acidification] and climate change are a [dual] threat to marine biodiversity, which this treaty aims to protect.”

    In a June 2025 Nature commentary, Rockström and other scientists, including eminent marine biologist Sylvia Earle, warned that the high seas treaty, though important, will likely take years to put into action. They argue that urgent steps are needed immediately to protect the world’s oceans from all forms of exploitation.

    “Given the urgency of addressing the climate and biodiversity crises, the world can’t wait another decade to fix the problems humans have created,” they write. “Ocean life is too precious and important to lose, and shifts in the chemical and physical environments of the sea, once made, will be irreversible on timescales of centuries to millennia.”

    “For the high seas, 30 by 30 is not enough,” Rockström tells Mongabay. “We should halt 100 per cent of the high seas overexploitation with industrial fishing [and] industrial trawling and forbid all forms of deep-sea mining.”

    Others say ocean protection must become far more adaptive in the face of rapidly changing ocean chemistry. That includes identifying and targeting conservation action in marine areas that could act as climate refugia for particularly vulnerable ecosystems.

    “We talk about refugia in terms of heat. We do not talk about them in terms of other aspects, such as ocean chemistry, and we need to,” says Daniela Shmidt, a professor at the School of Earth Science at the University of Bristol, England, who wasn’t involved in the recent study. In-depth metrics on ocean acidification, warming and other marine changes could help identify key areas to protect, she adds. “We can’t protect all the world. So we need to know where our efforts are best placed.”

    Addressing the root cause: Fossil fuels

    All experts Mongabay interviewed for this story agree: The number one solution to address ocean acidification is to aggressively tackle its root cause — the continuing carbon emissions driving the uptake of CO2 in the oceans.

    Researchers recently warned that the window to keep warming below the 1.5°C (2.7°F) Paris Agreement target is rapidly closing, with only three years left. Several analyses have concluded that, barring a drastic course correction, the world is rushing toward a catastrophic 2-3°C (3.6-5.4°F) rise in temperature over preindustrial levels by 2100.

    But even if atmospheric CO2 levels were reduced today, the consequences of ocean acidification will remain with us for centuries as the oceans continue to soak up the CO2 altering the sea chemistry and pH.

    Experts stress that net zero and net negative approaches will be needed to protect oceans, including some geoengineering solutions that involve CO2 removal (CDR) on land and sea — even though these technologies remain in their infancy, requiring much testing and scaling up.

    Reducing ocean acidification will likely require novel methods, such as ocean alkalinity enhancement or electrochemical approaches. But these techniques come with still poorly understood consequences for marine life and ecosystems.

    “We all know that reduction in CO2 [emissions] is … the most important step. But maybe for some of the … really critical [marine] ecosystems, we might need additional adaptation or mitigation approaches,” says Nina Bednarsek, assistant professor of senior research at Oregon State University and a co-author on the recent paper.

    CDR technologies will be necessary to a degree, agrees Rockström. “There’s not one climate scenario that you see that can hold 1.5° Celsius [2.7° Fahrenheit] and still giving us a little sliver of a remaining carbon budget for an orderly phase out of coal, oil and gas, without assuming very optimistic scaling of CDR.”

    But he draws the line at more aggressive geoengineering approaches. “These are technologies that involve such a large-scale manipulation of the Earth system, with not well-understood and potentially catastrophic side effects, that they should, under all circumstances, be avoided,” he says. “Many of them will not even solve the problem, because [while] they could temporarily reduce the temperature, they wouldn’t get rid of the stress of acidification in the ocean.”

    Pörtner is sceptical of geoengineering methods that add material to the ocean at a global scale, and instead emphasises the need to slash emissions and raise ocean protections. “For all efforts to protect the ocean, it would be beneficial to stop emissions,” he says. “The way forward is … to stop CO2 emissions, and then the natural systems over time, over a long time, will help us bring things back into balance.”

    “This doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom in terms of all ocean life … dying,” says Bednarsek. Instead, the passing of the safe threshold for ocean acidification should be viewed as an “early warning” spurring us to act. “This sort of knowledge is absolutely critical. It’s not just… to be alarmist. It’s … so we can do something about this.”

    This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com.

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  • Spotify Celebrates 10 Years of Discover Weekly With a Fresh New Look

    Spotify Celebrates 10 Years of Discover Weekly With a Fresh New Look

    Spotify — a CNET Editors’ Choice award-winning service — offers Premium subscribers ($12 a month) a huge catalog filled with millions of songs to enjoy at home, on the go and everywhere in between. And on Monday, the company celebrated 10 years of its Discover Weekly playlist by giving it a new look and giving subscribers more control over what genres of music they will see in the playlist.

    Read more: Best Music Streaming Services of 2025

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    I didn’t mind the color-gradient Discover Weekly album cover.

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    Spotify said in an email to CNET that the playlist’s new design is meant to reflect the ever-evolving nature of Discover Weekly. In the past, the playlist showed your profile picture under a gradient color filter. 

    The company is also giving Spotify subscribers more ways to control the kinds of music they see in Discover Weekly. Now, subscribers will see a carousel of music genres near the top of the playlist. Subscribers can tap these genres to steer the playlist toward new pop or funk musicians, for example. That way, you can narrow down your diverse Discovery Weekly queue and explore specific genres, like hip hop and movie soundtracks. or even discover new genres. Spotify appears to be giving users more control over Discover Weekly while still maintaining its curated selections to help you find fresh artists and tracks.

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    The new controls sit near the top of the Discover Weekly playlist.

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    Spotify said Premium subscribers should see these changes once they update their Spotify mobile app.

    For more on Spotify, here’s what to know about the streaming service and tricks to make music on the app sound better. You can also check out CNET’s picks for the best music streaming services.

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  • Relationship Between Neck Circumference, Central and Overall Obesity Indices, and the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Relationship Between Neck Circumference, Central and Overall Obesity Indices, and the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus


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  • Women over 65 still at risk from cancer from HPV and should be offered cervical screening – study | Cervical cancer

    Women over 65 still at risk from cancer from HPV and should be offered cervical screening – study | Cervical cancer

    Routine cervical screening should be offered to women aged 65 and over as they are still at heightened risk of cancer from human papillomavirus (HPV), according to research.

    Despite it being a preventable disease, there were about 660,000 cases of cervical cancer and 350,000 deaths from it worldwide in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

    HPV is responsible for about 95% of cervical cancer, which occurs when abnormal cells develop in the lining of the cervix and grow, eventually forming a tumour.

    WHO’s global strategy on cervical cancer states that by 2030, all countries should vaccinate 90% of girls with the HPV vaccine by 15, screen 70% of women and treat 90% of those with cervical disease. Modelling suggests this would prevent 62m deaths and a cumulative 74m new cases of cervical cancer by 2120.

    Screening programmes vary from country to country, but most guidelines recommend stopping cervical screening after the age of 65 if previous test results have been normal.

    Yet global cases of cervical cancer among people over 65 have been rising: in 2022, worldwide there were 157,182 new cases and 124,269 deaths from the disease among women aged 65 or older.

    In the UK, while screening and vaccination rates are higher than many other countries, they have been falling in recent years. Cervical cancer leads to approximately 685 deaths a year in England alone.

    Now a large-scale observational study published in Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Medicine has found that older women are more likely to have HPV infections and to have abnormal cells in test results than younger women.

    Researchers in China analysed cervical cancer screening data for more than 2 million women between 2017 and 2023. Of the 2 million, 17,420 were aged 65 and above; the remainder were younger.

    The study found greater prevalence of high-risk HPV infections and abnormal cells among women aged 65 and over than in younger women. Nearly 14% of those 65 and over tested positive for high-risk HPV infection types, compared with 8% of those who were younger.

    Older women were also more likely to be infected with several different types of HPV and have abnormalities picked up on screening.

    While acknowledging limitations to the study, the findings indicate that “women [aged 65 and above] are a high-risk group for cervical cancer incidence and mortality, necessitating urgent attention from countries worldwide”, the authors conclude.

    “Most guidelines suggest stopping screening for those with adequate primary screening and no high-risk factors, particularly for women under 65,” they say. “However, the situation differs for those over 65, who may not have been vaccinated or thoroughly screened. With increasing life expectancy, the risk of cervical cancer in this demographic is significantly heightened.”

    Responding to the findings, Athena Lamnisos, chief executive of the Eve Appeal cancer charity, said among people over 65, “there is a largely unvaccinated population who, if under-screened or if they have never attended screening, may well still be at high risk of cervical cancer”.

    “We would look to the National Screening Committee to examine the findings and see if there would be benefits in reviewing screening age.”

    Maxine Lenza, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said: “Recent improvements to the test in the UK means it’s an extremely effective way of preventing cervical cancer and saving lives, so those over the age of 65 and up to date with their cervical screening will have a very low risk of developing the disease. However, women over 65 who have never had cervical screening can request a test with their GP practice.”

    An NHS spokesperson said: “The NHS cervical screening programme in England follows expert recommendations on age and frequency of screening by the UK National Screening Committee, which are based on regular reviews of the best evidence globally.

    “Women with an HPV-positive screening result at the age of 65 are invited for additional screening to monitor their ongoing risk and we would encourage all women to attend appointments when invited to ensure they have the best protection against cervical cancer.”

    A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “The screening age brackets are based on robust scientific evidence and an expert recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee, however any women who are worried about their symptoms can speak to their GP who will decide the best course of action.

    “It is vital that we increase the number of women accepting their invitation for cervical cancer screening within the existing age bracket. As part of our 10-year health plan, those who are eligible will be offered convenient human papillomavirus self-sampling kits – breaking down barriers to healthcare as we shift from treatment to prevention.”

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  • Chemotherapy can make healthy blood cells ‘look old,’ study suggests

    Chemotherapy can make healthy blood cells ‘look old,’ study suggests

    Some chemotherapy drugs cause more damage to healthy cells than other chemo options do, a new study finds.

    The researchers have found four new mutational signatures — patterns of DNA damage left by certain classes of drug — linked to chemotherapy. They also pinpointed some medications that can even “artificially age” healthy blood cells via these mutations.

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  • Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman

    Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman

    Legacy aerospace giants scored a win Tuesday when the U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill that earmarks billions more for NASA’s flagship Artemis program. 

    The $10 billion addition to the Artemis architecture, which includes funding for additional Space Launch System rockets and an orbiting station around the moon called Gateway, is a rebuke to critics who wished to see alternative technologies used instead. Among those critics are SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, who Musk proposed as the next NASA Administrator. 

    There’s no sign the souring relations between Musk and Trump are recovering. If Trump signs the bill, the fallout, which began after the President’s abrupt recension of Isaacman’s nomination, will likely continue — if not accelerate.

    Musk in particular has taken aim at the Space Launch System rocket on the grounds that it is fully expendable. Unlike SpaceX’s family of rockets, which are all designed to be reusable, SLS is one-time use only. As Musk put it back in 2020, that means “a billion dollar rocket is blown up” every time it is launched. Even that may have been an understatement; more recent figures from NASA’s watchdog put recurring production costs closer to $2.5 billion each.

    A total of around $24 billion has been poured into SLS production to date, funds that have primarily gone to a consortium of aerospace primes, including Boeing, L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Northrop Grumman, which leads construction of the major rocket components. 

    During his recent confirmation hearings with the Senate, Isaacman questioned the massive sums. He affirmed using SLS for the next two Artemis missions, but ultimately said he didn’t think the rocket was “the long‑term way to get to and from the Moon and to Mars with great frequency.”

    Congress — and Trump, if he decides to sign the bill into law — have decided to press ahead. Around $4.1 billion of the $10 billion total added to the document will go toward additional SLS rockets for Artemis missions 4 and 5. Meanwhile, around $2.6 billion will go toward completion of the Gateway station.

    Notably, the President’s fiscal year budget request for NASA submitted in May proposed to “phase out the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft after the Artemis III mission is complete.” This new funding flies in the face of that proposal, which was submitted before Musk and Trump’s public fallout in June. 

    The new funding includes $700 million for a new Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, $1.25 billion for additional operation of the International Space Station, and $325 million to SpaceX for the development of a spacecraft to deorbit the ISS at the end of the decade. (The total award for that deorbit spacecraft is $843 million.)  

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  • Warner Music Group announces layoffs, larger restructuring plan

    Warner Music Group announces layoffs, larger restructuring plan

    Warner Music Group will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of a months-long restructuring plan to cut costs, Chief Executive Robert Kyncl said in a memo to staff Tuesday.

    Kyncl said in the memo that the plan to “future-proof” the company includes reducing annual costs by roughly $300 million, with $170 million of that coming from “headcount rightsizing for agility and impact.” The additional $130 million in costs will come from administrative and real estate expenses, he said.

    The cuts are the “remaining steps” of a period of significant change at the company, Kyncl said, with previous rounds of layoffs and leadership switch-ups happening in the last two years as he worked to “transform” the company.

    “I know that this news is tough and unsettling, and you will have many questions. The Executive Leadership Team has spent a lot of time thinking about our future state and how to put us on the best path forward,” Kyncl said in the internal memo that was reviewed by The Times. “These decisions are not being made lightly, it will be difficult to say goodbye to talented people, and we’re committed to acting with empathy and integrity.”

    It’s unclear how many employees will be laid off or what departments will see cuts, but Kyncl emphasized the company will be focused on increasing investments in its artists and repertoire department and mergers and acquisitions.

    Hours before the news of layoffs, the company announced a $1.2-billion joint venture with Bain Capital to invest in music catalogs. The collaboration will add to the company’s catalog-purchasing power across both recorded music and music publishing, Kyncl said.

    “In an ever-changing industry, we must continue to supercharge our capabilities in long-term artist, songwriter, and catalog development,” he wrote. “That’s why this company was created in the first place, it’s what we’ve always been best at, and it’s how we’ll differentiate ourselves in the future.”

    In 2024, Warner Music laid off 600 employees, or approximately 10% of its workforce, and in 2023, 270 jobs were cut.

    Warner Music Group shares closed at $27.83, up 2.17%, on Tuesday.

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  • Idiopathic Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report Highlighting Diagnostic and Management Challenges

    Idiopathic Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report Highlighting Diagnostic and Management Challenges


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  • New study finds possible link between dairy and nightmares – NewsNation

    1. New study finds possible link between dairy and nightmares  NewsNation
    2. Nightmares? It Might Be Something You Ate  Medscape
    3. Could lactose intolerance be giving you nightmares?  MedicalNewsToday
    4. Study Finds Association between Lactose Intolerance and Nightmares  Sci.News
    5. Study Finds Certain Foods Could Cause Nightmares  Men’s Journal

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