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Scientist might have just found the cure to pancreatic cancer in major breakthrough: a new triple-drug therapy has had promising results so far after tests conducted on mice — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

Swissport pioneers Switzerland’s first fully electric aircraft turnaround at Geneva Airport: decarbonizing its ground operations on its pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050, including the objective to electrify 55% of its worldwide ground support equipment fleet by 2032 — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

The 'Doomsday Clock' is now 85 seconds to midnight — the closest it's ever been: 4 seconds closer to midnight than it was in 2025 — 27 January 2026 (LINK)

WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children — 27 January 2026 (LINK)

— In 2025, about 1 in 10 school-aged children and adolescents — 188 million — were living with obesity worldwide, surpassing for the first time the number of children who are underweight.

Ethiopia declares end of Marburg outbreak that killed nine — (LINK) ground.news: 10 media reports — 26 January 2026 (LINK)

The ocean floor is turning into the world’s biggest plastic dump site killing hundreds of underwater species — 24 January 2026 (LINK)

Philip Nitschke, Australian inventor of the 'suicide pod', says AI could one day decide mental capacity of those who want to end their life — 22 January 2026 (LINK)

IUCN launches group to conserve at-risk microbes vital to life on Earth: "For the first time, we have an official recognition that microbes need to be included in the conservation agenda" — 21 January 2026 (LINK)

— "We cannot talk about either climate change or biodiversity loss without talking about microbes, because we need them to keep the ecosystems healthy and working, and we need them to keep the organisms working." These tiny organisms produce as much as 20% of the oxygen in global seas.

— Previously unknown microbial communities growing on Australian tree bark uptake significant sums of methane (a greenhouse gas at least 20 times as powerful as carbon dioxide), along with carbon monoxide and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), pollutants harmful to human health.

World now in a state of 'global water bankruptcy', UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) report warns (LINK) 21 January 2026

Longevity isn't just about healthy lifestyle choices, but also a good draw in the genetic lottery — 21 January 2026 (LINK)

Roughly half the world's arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the effects of climate change but the knowledge to save coffee already exists. The nonprofit Coffee Watch has now created an e-library of all the research ever conducted on coffee agroforestry to help producers grow the finicky plant (LINK) 20 January 2026

Swiss brown cow in Austria shows first case of flexible, multi-purpose tool use in cattle: picks up broom and uses it to scratch herself, chooses another stick for less sensitive areas (LINK) 19 January 2026. First documented case of bovine tool use (LINK)

UN treaty to protect 'extraordinary' marine life due to come into force on 17 January (LINK) 16 January 2026

— 148 countries, representing more than three-quarters of all UN member states, have signed on to the High Seas Treaty since it was adopted in June 2023. 81 governments agreed to include it in their national laws, bringing it into force. The treaty offers new protections to an area covering two-thirds of the world's oceans and as many as 10 million different species, many of which are still unidentified.

Letting sheep graze alongside solar panels: 'A massive leg-up' for fU.K's armers and for panel operators — can save operators up to $67,000 per year on mowing and herbicide treatments, and many offer grazing rights at no cost, opening doors for producers who would otherwise be priced out of the industry (LINK) 16 January 2026

Major lunch food officially classed as cancer-causing by World Health Organization: sodium nitrite found in many processed meats, hams, and deli meats leads to a 32% increased risk of prostate cancer (LINK) 15 January 2026

3 things 'The Pitt' episode '8:00 AM' gets right about AI in medicine, and 1 big thing it gets wrong: Is AI really 98 percent accurate? Not so fast... in a crowded emergency room, accuracy rates were much lower, sometimes as low as 50 percent (LINK) 15 January 2026

'Nobel Prize for Environment' awarded to specialist in mycorrhizal fungi (LINK) 14 January 2026

— Toby Kiers "has been active [in] combining academic research, global expeditions, technological innovations and advocacy work. Toby's work to translate scientific insight into real-world action demonstrates her leadership in advancing global efforts to protect the fungal networks that sustain life on Earth."

Risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says: can "undermine children's foundational development" and "the damages it has already caused are daunting," though "fixable" (LINK) 14 January 2026

2025 was the third hottest year on record, according to Europe's top climate experts (LINK) 14 January 2026

Most TV shows promote the wrong idea when it comes to performing CPR: in 169 medical drama episodes — fewer than three in ten accurately showed Hands-Only CPR. Nearly half included mouth-to-mouth breathing, and many showed characters stopping to check for a pulse — actions that can waste valuable time in real emergencies (LINK) 14 January 2026

Neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough to decode its long-term memories after death. That opens the door to rebooting a person someday, complete with their memories, using whole brain emulation (LINK) 14 January 2026

Alcohol too cheap in Europe as health impact mounts, WHO warns: official says "More affordable alcohol drives violence, injuries and disease" (LINK) 13 January 2026

— Beer has become more affordable in 11 EU countries since 2022, and less affordable in six, a WHO report revealed. There was a similar but even more dramatic trend for spirits, which became more affordable in 17 EU countries and less affordable in two. And for wine, 14 EU countries do not tax it at all, including big producers Italy and Spain, the report found.

Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90 (LINK) 10 January 2026

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: global health's defining test: universal health coverage as a right for all (LINK) 9 January 2026

Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their environmental impacts vary (LINK) 8 January 2026

— According to the Environmental Paper Network, a coalition of nonprofits, more than 1 billion gallons (3.8 billion litres) of water and 1.6 million trees could be saved if everyone in the U.S.used one roll of toilet paper made from recycled content instead of a roll made from forest fibers. Aria, Green Forest, Natural Value, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods 365 100% Recycled received the highest grade in 2025, with all made entirely from recycled materials. Sustainable toilet paper brands typically cost more per square foot than conventional products. But prices will likely drop if consumers continue buying it and manufacturers expand production.

Swiss flu wave expected to be one of the most severe on record (LINK) 7 January 2026

Nestlé launches large baby food recall in Europe: Beba and special products such as Alfamino (LINK) 5 January 2026

— Controls carried out by the authorities in Austria detected small amounts of cereulide — a toxin that causes food poisoning characterized by nausea and vomiting — in two batches. According to the Ministry of Health, however, the concentrations are so low that they do not pose a danger. The recall affects products sold in Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, among others. So far, there are no known cases of illness related to the consumption of the food

CERN's Large Hadron Collider is being shut down: CERN doesn't expect its high-luminosity LHC to be operational again until mid-2030 (LINK) 3 January 2026