The Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Edition
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The record number of miles an ultra-long-range Airbus A350 flew nonstop from Australia to France, staying aloft for a full 24 hours. The test flight paves the way for commercial routes as long as 22 hours.
Source: The Register
Today: The Federal Reserve concludes its two-day policy meeting today, with a rate decision at 2 p.m. ET followed by the chair's press conference.
This week: Watch for UEFA's next move: its 55 member associations are weighing a potential World Cup boycott in response to FIFA's $20 billion Kushner-backed commercial plan.
2027: The 2027 Grammy Awards will debut the Recording Academy's new Asian pop performance category -- without any BTS submissions in contention.
- 1836The Arc de Triomphe is inaugurated in Paris after 30 years of construction
- 1890Painter Vincent van Gogh dies of a gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France
- 1958President Eisenhower signs the act creating NASA, the US space agency
- 1981Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London
How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors
How lasers could enrich uranium and reshape the way fuel gets made for nuclear reactors.
MIT Technology Review · Casey Crownhart$ Subscription
Signal then storm: A researcher's 50-year hunt for the source of chronic pain
A researcher's 50-year hunt for the biological source of chronic pain, and what the search reveals about how suffering works.
Aeon · Stephani Sutherland
How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back from the Dead
How the startup Zanskar is bringing dead geothermal wells back to life in the hunt for always-on clean power.
Wired · Molly Taft
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