• Homicides in England and Wales at lowest level in nearly 50 years. BBC.
• India has expanded rural tap water access from 16.7% of the population in 2019 to 81% in 2026, connecting 125 million rural households to clean, running water. In sheer numbers, this is the biggest, fastest, and most important sanitation drive in human history. PIB Delhi.
• A century of hair clippings from Utah show exposure to lead has fallen by a factor of more than 100 since the 1960s. Scientific American.
• For each year from 1994 to 2023, the US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government. Cato Institute.
• Global trade in plastic waste has fallen by more than two-thirds over the last decade. Our World in Data.
• New worm species discovered in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It was once thought only two species could survive there. NPR.
• Two decades after a breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive—an astonishing result for metastatic disease. Science Daily.
• For the first time in history, scientists have used artificial intelligence to design the genetic code of a brand-new biological organism that destroys killer bacteria. The Times.

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