Thursday, July 9, 2026
ArchiveWhat's new in biology: July 2026
A chemically synthesized cell, the first base-edited human embryo, and lab-grown eggs — any one of these would be the biology story of the month. This roundup has all of them.
Trump’s War-Not-War Is Doing Something Odd to the Economy
The IMF congratulated the world for surviving the Iran war. Hours later, Trump declared the ceasefire over and resumed bombing. The Atlantic's 'Schrödinger's war' framing nails the absurdity.
Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons
Earth's radiation belts produce a natural neutron signature that changes if someone hides a nuke in orbit. Nature just published the physics proving we could catch them.
Rewriting Bun in Rust
One developer, one AI, 11 days, 360K lines of Rust. Bun's rewrite is both a systems-engineering case study and the most concrete evidence yet of what AI-assisted coding actually looks like at scale.
Can Ozempic End Addiction? | Dhruv Khullar
Gila monster saliva → diabetes drug → possible addiction cure. Dhruv Khullar traces how GLP-1s might quiet the brain's craving circuitry far beyond appetite.