“Within a decade coffee could become a luxury product.” The price for half a kilogram of ground-roast coffee in America has more than doubled since 2020. Climate change is to blame

The maverick scientist trying to save coffee from extinction

Climate change threatens your morning brew. Its future may depend on a long-lost plant

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From Danielle Paradis: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place

As premier, he gave vent to some of the grievances that now animate the movement

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The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

Opinion | The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous

Is more data about your body actually good for you?

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Nearly all ovarian cancers — and nearly all fatal ovarian cancers — are actually cancers of the fallopian tubes. Specialists and medical orgs are calling on doctors to offer tube removal to patients at the time of other abdominal surgeries. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...

There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.

The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.

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"The face is no longer supposed to be something that holds intimate, idiosyncratic human information; it has been reconfigured as a consumer guide and a disciplinary manual." Jia Tolentino on the growing popularity of the plastic surgery face: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Our Plastic-Surgery Nightmare

As cosmetic procedures become both more invisible and more extreme, our connection to reality is fraying.

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“My objective is world dominance in clinical enterprises.” 🇨🇦 @uhn.ca President and CEO Kevin Smith is pitching a national plan to build a $100B health science power base in Canada. Read @cfrangou.bsky.social's profile of the “Wayne Gretzky of health care”: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...

UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector

The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises

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Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

Twenty years ago, 🇨🇦’s Alex Stieda became the first North American rider to wear the yellow jersey. Here’s a great podcast about that story: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

KM0: Alex Stieda: Morning Glory, Afternoon Survival

Podcast Episode · The Cycling Podcast · July 11 · 44m

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I'm really into @theathletic.com's cycling coverage lately.

Alberta education policy blocks child abuse prevention programs in schools: theijf.org/article/albe...

Alberta education policy blocks child abuse prevention programs in schools

‘Due to the recent changes to the AB Education Act, our free presentations are temporarily unavailable’

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Annual cancer cases are projected to rise considerably worldwide by 2050, according to a new WHO report. It warns that global health care inequities are driving further cases and deaths.

Cancer cases worldwide are expected to soar in the coming decades, a report finds. Here’s why.

The World Health Organization tempered optimism about improvements in cancer treatment and said global health care inequities are driving more cases and deaths.

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"The definition of the TTT I’ve given before is if you’re fighting a bear: you don’t stop when you’re tired, you stop when the bear is tired.” How to win the 2026 Tour de France team time trial: The science behind cycling’s most complicated test www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

How to win the 2026 Tour de France team time trial: The science behind cycling’s most complicated test (Gift Article)

Celebrating the mechanical beauty of the TTT as the Tour prepares to begin with one for the first time since 1971

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"It was a night that bordered on the lunatic, flirted with the impossible — a rolling, shape-shifting diorama of human joy and suffering. It was football as a shaken-up fizzy drink, impossible to tamp down once it had been cracked open." www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Farewell to Mexico, the maddest and most beautiful part of this World Cup

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In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs. The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.

Honestly inspired to learn that former Explore mag editor James Little is riding Mont Ventoux as he nears 70. If he can do it, maybe I can do it someday too!! The men's Tour de France starts tomorrow. James' dispatch is a nice, wry appetizer:

Back to the Beast: cycling the “Giant of Provence”

He never planned to return to Mont Ventoux, one of the Tour de France’s most notorious climbs. But merde happens.

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90s scientists: “We cloned a sheep! We landed a robot on mars!” Scientists today: “Please stop drinking bleach and urine smoothies.”

A Provincial Flood Watch is now in effect for the Elbow River upstream of Calgary, and High Streamflow Advisories are in effect for both the Bow and Elbow Rivers within the city. The good news is that we are not expecting overbank river flooding in Calgary. Stay up to date at www.calgary.ca/flood

Five days after my husband died from cancer in June 2013, I started watching the Tour de France. It’s how I survived those first three weeks. In my latest for the @thewalrus.ca, a love letter to the TDF: thewalrus.ca/after-my-hus...

After My Husband Died, I Couldn’t Stop Watching the Tour de France | The Walrus

It carried me through those first three weeks without him

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Being on Bluesky is in itself a form of age verification.

It will never cease to amaze me that you can beat yourself up for weeks trying to write something, grinding out crap, and then suddenly, one day, it's just... there. Like you're typing as fast as you can just to keep up with the words flowing. (I will also likely never trust that this will happen.)

Millions of Women Are Left Out of Menopause’s Moment www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...

Millions of Women Are Left Out of Menopause’s Moment

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Utah's measles outbreak reflects America’s new reality, in which large outbreaks — the kind not seen for a generation—have forced health officials into a new paradigm: They have stopped racing to “contain” infections and shifted into “mitigation.” kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. - KFF Health News

Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...

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Nancy Wexler lost her mother, three uncles and grandfather to Huntington's disease. She dedicated her life to researching this condition and her work helped lead to a genetic test. That meant she had to decide whether she'd get tested. Excellent profile in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/s...

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know

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I'm late to this story by Chris Jones, but wow, wow, wow. www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

The Night My Marriage Fell Apart

In the span of about 20 minutes, I lost my wife, my best friend, and my grip on life. Finding it again took a lot longer.

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Alberta health system 'rudderless,' doctor says, as latest AHS leader departs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta health system 'rudderless,' doctor says, as latest AHS leader departs | CBC News

Another key health leader in Alberta is out, more than two years after the provincial government launched its health system overhaul, sparking fresh frustrations and worries among frontline staff.

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More strong reporting from @medpagetoday.com: Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting

Resignations included the organization's president-elect and scientific sessions chair

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An observation about this World Cup compared to the previous two. Russia and Qatar made massive efforts for obvious reasons to change public perceptions and really went extra mile with hosting. The United States seems to not care about external reputational harm in same way. And we are seeing that.

Medical transcription tool approved by Ontario linked to AI-generated news website: theijf.org/article/adgs...

Medical transcription tool approved by Ontario linked to AI-generated news website

Website touts testimonials from doctors who may not exist, investigation finds

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Five diabetes researchers, including the editor of a leading journal, were removed from the field’s premier conference, after handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the biomedical research enterprise. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House

The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.

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🎨 The 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — Best One-of-a-Kind Storytelling: 🥈: A Palestinian Photographer's Perseverance, @theglobeandmail.com 🥇: Et si Montréal avait sauvé son tramway ?, @info.radio-canada.ca #DPA26