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In today’s edition: a nonprofit is helping rightwingers questioning Trumpism find a way out of the Maga movement, solar power leapfrogs coal as China’s biggest source of installed power capacity, and a new AI tool spots signs of heart disease in fewer than two seconds.
The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addiction. People can sign up for a newsletter that shares testimonies about people’s journeys out of Maga, access a guide on how to talk to family members and friends still engaged in Trumpism and join online group chats and meet-ups with others who have left.
Source: The Guardian
Solar farms overtook coal plants in July to become China’s biggest source of installed power capacity, state media reported on Tuesday. Although coal remains the dominant source of electricity generation, the new data point toward the ever-growing expansion of solar power across the region.
Source: Reuters
The technology has been trained on millions of electrocardiograms and works by extracting more information from a routine ECG than the human eye can typically see. The traditional ECG records electrical activity in the heart, including the rate and rhythm, and has been a vital tool in diagnosing heart attacks and abnormal heart rhythms for a century.
Source: The Guardian
Trials by the NHS have found that a new non-invasive urine test can detect more than 90% of bladder cancer cases, offering a simpler alternative to more invasive tests and potentially helping with earlier diagnosis.
Source: BBC News
Communities in Ecuador’s Intag Valley have built a micro-hydropower plant to generate electricity locally, something which might become a model for community-owned renewable energy. Whether the approach can be replicated elsewhere will depend on local support and cohesion, access to water and funding.
Source: Mongabay
Scientists have found a direct link between illegal mining, miners’ routes and malaria cases in Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous Territory – pointing to a possible way of using mining activity data to help predict outbreaks.
Source: Mongabay
Drivers on residential roads in Japan have been forced to take their foot off the accelerator, after the speed limit was slashed from 60km/h (37mph) to 30km/h in an attempt to reduce deaths and injuries among pedestrians on narrow urban streets.
Source: The Guardian
The Balearic Social Housing Institute has won the 2026 Obel Award for a public housing model that uses sustainable design and government support to deliver affordable homes and tackle the region’s housing shortage. The approach might bring about lessons for other places facing similar housing pressures.
Source: Dezeen
The government of New South Wales, Australia, will introduce a permanent drug-checking service at up to 15 music festivals a year from October, following a one-year trial. Health Minister Ryan Park said the service was not a “silver bullet” and would not endorse drug use, but acknowledged the benefits of such checks.
Source: ABC News
Young adults are increasingly turning to gardening as a way to switch off from screens, improve their wellbeing and reconnect with their local communities. For some, growing plants offers a simple, practical alternative to the endless scroll.
Source: BBC News
