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PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted £10bn, Covid inquiry finds
The Covid inquiry found that NHS staff faced inadequate protective equipment during the pandemic, with approximately £9.9bn in taxpayer money wasted on PPE procurement despite £14.9bn total spending.
Open wounds and eyes that can’t close – women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgery
Oculoplastic surgeons report rising complications from cheap eyelid surgery performed abroad, with patients experiencing serious problems including inability to close eyes and reopened wounds.
Car ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis finds
U.S. drivers spend an average of $5,851 annually on car ownership beyond loan payments, with insurance, fuel, and maintenance as primary cost drivers, according to new analysis.
AI stock swings could affect your 401(k). Here’s what retirement savers need to know
Volatility in artificial intelligence stocks may affect 401(k) retirement savings, as five tech giants make up roughly 30% of the S&P 500 index and concentrate exposure in many investors’ portfolios.
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‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
Asian governments are preparing for an exceptionally intense El Niño weather event expected to peak later this year and into 2027, with warnings that tens of millions could face acute hunger amid extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and agricultural disruptions.
The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words
The Trump administration has narrowed interpretations of “harm” and “take” under the Endangered Species Act, allowing incidental killing of protected animals and removing habitat damage protections in changes expected to face legal challenges.
Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest
Federal transit funding would decrease under the proposed BUILD America 250 Act, with rural communities and states like Idaho and Maine facing significant reductions in public transportation support.
Has the farm bill hit a dead end?
Congress faces difficulty passing a farm bill this year, marking four consecutive years without renewal. Democratic opposition centers on insufficient SNAP funding restoration following previous budget cuts.
Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature
Rising sea levels are reshaping economies and livelihoods globally, with world leaders adopting a UN declaration recognizing sea level rise as an existential threat affecting 770 million people.
Trump wants to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
The Trump administration plans to reverse Forest Service rules, allowing motorized vehicles on national forest trails unless explicitly closed, replacing the current policy of trails being closed unless designated open.
A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it
Geothermal energy companies are racing to tap heat beneath Western deserts to power data centers, but the technology requires significant water in an arid region already facing drought challenges.
Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust
Offshore wind training programs face uncertain futures as the Trump administration pursues policies aimed at curtailing the emerging industry, leaving workers and educational initiatives questioning their long-term viability.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
Archaeologists discovered a simpler, earlier version of Stonehenge about 3 miles away, featuring two wooden posts aligned with solar solstices and dating back roughly 5,000 years.
Antarctica’s first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer
Scientists have confirmed that a fossil stored in a drawer for 40 years is Antarctica’s first ever discovered dinosaur bone, a tail vertebra from a Titanosaur dating back 82 million years.
The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised
Scientists debate whether declining air pollution from clean-air policies is accelerating global warming by removing a cooling effect that previously masked greenhouse gas warming.
Textbooks may have misdrawn this basic brain structure for 100 years
Researchers found that brain axons may have a pearled structure previously overlooked in textbooks for about a century, with implications for how neural signals travel through the brain.