Society & Policy
Horizon Europe adds funding for nature and research uptake
An extra €500 million through 2027 supports biodiversity and the move from research results to products.
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Society & Policy
Mozilla warns Canada’s C-22 could weaken encryption
The organization objects to proposed powers requiring service providers to support government access.
Society & Policy
Cloudflare will judge verified bots by behavior over time
The system tracks robots.txt compliance and whether crawlers slow down after rate-limit warnings.
Health Tech
Nearby electronic records linked to lower hospital costs
A study of 4,581 U.S. hospitals estimated $1.6 million less in inpatient costs for a one-standard-deviation increase in nearby outpatient EHR use.
Health Tech
Hospital staff say discharge technology must fit real workflows
Interviews across one Singapore health system found support for practical tools, alongside concerns about privacy and added work.
Society & Policy
EU proposal would make cross-border R&D procurement easier
The European Innovation Act would create shared rules for public buyers and help researchers turn prototypes into contracts.
Society & Policy
EU ranks second in research output but struggles to scale it
The Commission’s 2026 report says fragmented systems and low investment slow the path from research to market.
Science
Venomous snakes are more likely to stand out than hide
A study of more than 450 species found that venomous snakes contrast more with their surroundings, often in red and yellow.
Security
New Spectre attack pulls a Linux root password hash in minutes
Branch Target Reuse abuses stale branch predictions left behind when JIT engines reuse memory. It works on Intel, AMD and Arm chips.
Science
Animals may be 200 million years older than their oldest fossils
A new molecular clock analysis puts the first animals at 800 to 700 million years ago. A well-preserved fossil site in Mongolia helped explain the gap.
Security
543,699 passwords and keys in public GitHub code still work
Half of them have sat in the open for more than two years. Whether a leaked key dies depends mostly on the service it belongs to.
Science
Elephants in Kenya may treat themselves with medicinal plants
Local experts named 35 plants and four kinds of soil that elephants seem to seek out when unwell, and some say mothers give plants to their calves.