- Chimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments in Liberia are now living at a sanctuary and have just received head-to-toe health checks.
- Veterinarians performed dental cleanings, X‑rays, blood tests, booster shots and nail trims to assess long-term health and tailor care for aging chimps.
- Hundreds were involved in the research decades ago; about 60 now live on mangrove islands where the sanctuary is giving them a second chance.
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- A private salvage craft, Katalyst's Link, got within about 15 km (9 miles) of NASA's failing Swift telescope and even snapped photos — but ran out of fuel after stabilizing an unexpected spin and couldn't boost Swift to a safer orbit.
- The $30 million, nine‑month effort was always an experimental, rushed test; both Katalyst and NASA say they'll learn from it as on‑orbit servicing becomes more common.
- Swift's orbit is rapidly decaying (around 208 miles now) and it will likely reenter between October and year‑end, spurring more talk about refueling or servicing aging observatories like Hubble.
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer phoned President Trump — and hours later the Army Corps lifted a stop-work order on the Brandon Road project meant to block invasive carp.
- Officials say hundreds of juvenile invasive carp were found about 80 miles from Lake Michigan, heightening urgency to finish the barrier.
- The episode highlights the administration’s top-down, relationship-driven decisionmaking — Illinois officials say they weren’t immediately notified of the restart.
- Scientists say a "super" El Niño is strengthening now — there's a >90% chance it reaches "super" status and about a 69% chance it becomes the strongest since 1950.
- Impacts will vary: the southeastern U.S. is likelier to see a wetter winter, parts of the Northeast could be drier, and places like Brazil and Southeast Asia face increased drought risk.
- The event could last into early 2027, meaning it may shape winter weather patterns (increasing the odds of those outcomes, though not guaranteeing them).
- A white-tailed eagle — Britain’s biggest bird of prey and once extinct here — was spotted soaring over Nene Park in Peterborough, an unusual inland sighting.
- The bird was confirmed as a juvenile (likely a female) that hatched in West Sussex; young white‑tailed eagles roam huge distances after reintroduction.
- Photos posted to the Peterborough Walks Facebook page sparked almost 2,000 reactions and lots of excited comments.
- India curtailed nearly 11 TWh of solar in 15 months — enough to power about 10 million homes — even as heat waves drove up electricity demand.
- The main problem: congested transmission (much solar is concentrated in western states) and inflexible coal plants that can’t ramp down quickly.
- Experts say faster roll-out of batteries, more transmission lines and a more flexible grid are needed as India races to ~500 GW of clean capacity by 2030.
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