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The stories people are actually searching for, explained — what happened, how the mechanism behind it works, and what is still uncertain. Explainers with a shelf life, not wire copy.
The US has recorded more measles cases in seven months of 2026 than in any full year since 1991, and is on course to lose the elimination status it earned in 2000. The virus's contagiousness is the part most coverage skips.
On 12 August 2026 the Moon's shadow crossed Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain — mainland Europe's first totality since 1999. It lasted barely two minutes. Next August, one lasts six and a half.
A channel 33 km wide at its narrowest carried a fifth of the world's oil. Traffic through it has collapsed to a tenth of normal, talks on reopening keep stalling, and the reason there is no workaround is mostly plumbing.
Searches for fibermaxxing are up 115% in 90 days and dietary fibre interest has hit an all-time high. The underlying evidence is unusually strong — which makes it worth being precise about where the trend gets it wrong.