The Download: how to store energy underground, and what you may not know about Trump’s AI Action Plan
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
Archive for July 2025
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Casey Crownhart
20:00
This startup wants to use the Earth as a massive battery
The Texas-based startup Quidnet Energy just completed a test showing it can store energy for up to six months by
What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan
A number of the executive orders and announcements coming from the White House since Donald Trump returned to office have
Elroy Grumbles
20:00
Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines
Russian ambush drones have been seen in Ukraine fitted with cheap solar panels, which enable them to lurk indefinitely, waiting
Bong Drews
20:00
Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline
Healthy habits like exercising and eating well really do seem to improve cognitive decline, particularly if followed in a dedicated
Zonia Antes
20:00
Puppy and cheetah cub make unlikely pair of step-siblings
An Australian zoo has recruited a puppy to help socialise a precious cheetah cub after she had to be separated
Blythe Catt
19:59
Hiding in Not-So-Plain Sight: AI Spots Interval Breast Cancers Missed on Mammography
MedPage Today) -- Mammogram analysis by artificial intelligence (AI) identified a third of interval breast cancers not seen on the
Camellia Kazmierczak
19:59
Ivermectin Reduces Malaria Transmission in Trial
MedPage Today) -- Mass ivermectin administration in areas with widespread community use of insecticidal bed netting reduced the incidence of
Elida Damron
19:59
Shipments of Duchenne Gene Therapy to Resume After FDA Review of Patient Death
MedPage Today) -- Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said it would resume shipping its gene therapy for some patients, following a brief
Yuri Noren
19:59
Its Hard to Hate Rand Paul
The junior senator from Kentucky would be an appalling right-wing president, and yet he is a valuable politician: a man
