scienceWednesday, July 22, 2026
The White House released its first comprehensive science policy report since Vannevar Bush's 1945 blueprint, aiming to renew American discovery. Meanwhile, a new term entered the AI lexicon: cognitive surrender. And NISAR's radar found a 'hummingbird' in Antarctica.
The biggest science policy document in decades landed today, alongside a quieter reflection on what makes science journalism matter.
OSTP Director Michael Kratsios delivered a report to President Trump titled 'Science: A New Golden Age', the first comprehensive rethink of U.S. science and technology policy since Vannevar Bush's 1945 report. It outlines recommendations for revitalizing American R&D.
A scientist uses a car accident anecdote to argue that science journalism is essential for restoring public trust in science, by bridging complex research and public understanding through multiple perspectives.
Two stories this week probe the edges of human reliance on machines, from cognitive surrender to NHS voice tech.
Wharton researchers Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave coined 'cognitive surrender' to describe people deferring to AI outputs even when wrong, based on a study where participants over-relied on AI assistance.
NHS England is rolling out ambient voice tech to 70,000 clinicians in its largest regional deployment yet, testing whether AI can solve healthcare's administrative overload.
Radar and seismology are rewriting what we know about Mars and Antarctica.
NISAR's L-band radar produced an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja in East Antarctica, a mountaintop poking through flowing ice, heavily fracturing surrounding surfaces. Three outlets covered it today.
Oxford researchers analyzing NASA's InSight data found evidence that Mars once had rivers of magma beneath its crust, widening the set of rocky planets that may have been habitable.
Peterborough farm's delight after six white owlets found nestingwww.bbc.co.uk
Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says studywww.bbc.co.uk
A Tunisian phosphate plant that sickens children so US, Europe can get fertilizernews.mongabay.comClinical profile and genomic characterization of the 2026 Bundibugyo virus index case in Ugandadoi.org
Uganda’s 2026 BVD index case: Male from DRC, 2+ weeks of vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric pain, weakness; admitted 11 May, Kampala. PMID:42277463, Nat Med 2026, @NatureMedicine #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
KIT Researcher Patrick Lott Receives the 2026 DECHEMA Prizewww.chemeurope.com
Dr. Patrick Lott, a private lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), is receiving the DECHEMA Prize. The award, which comes with a prize of 20,000 euros, recognizes his innovative and groundbreaking work on the dynamic operation of heterogeneously catalyzed reacti
Outstanding research into sustainable battery materialswww.chemeurope.com
She is one of the most influential scientists in her subject and is working on solutions to a key question for the future: Professor Birgit Esser, a chemist, conducts research into sustainable battery materials and is the Ulm spokesperson for the POLiS cluster of excellence. The
The future of banking security: Why biometrics are replacing passwordswww.innovationnewsnetwork.com
As attacks on digital resources become even more sophisticated, passwords need an equally effective extra layer of biometric security to ensure your banking data stays private. The post The future of banking security: Why biometrics are replacing passwords appeared first on Innov
Scientists find a new way to predict space weather based on how the Sun goes to 'sleep'starlust.org
"The Sun doesn't gently go to sleep and then gently wake up again."
PAWR augments anti-RNA viral innate immunity by promoting the PIM2-XBP1s-RIG-I signaling axisdoi.org
PAWR enhances antiviral defense by boosting RIG-I expression via PIM2-phosphorylated XBP1s, supporting the ATF6/IRE1-XBP1 pathway—vital insights into RNA viral immunity! PMID:42277020, Nat Commun 2026, @NatureComms #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Then and Now: Sophia Lunt’s Research Illuminates a New Cancer Treatmentwww.the-scientist.com
From uncovering metabolic drivers of metastasis to engineering light-activated anticancer drugs, biochemist Sophia Lunt paves new interdisciplinary paths to treat cancer.
When a vitamin A metabolite puts the brakes on virus-driven inflammationcommunities.springernature.com
In severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection, systemic inflammation is associated with depletion of all-trans retinoic acid. Our study shows that restoring this metabolite restrains AP-1-driven cytokine production through an RXRα–PPARγ–c-Jun axis in macrophages.
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