Mangrove Restoration Funding: Two Universiti Malaysia Terengganu researchers won a RM3.9m, three-year grant to restore key Malaysian mangrove sites, aiming to rebuild ecosystems while improving local livelihoods through better “blue carbon” mapping and fairer value chains. Antarctica’s Hidden Ecosystem: An autonomous robot survey under the Filchner Ice Shelf found an “underwater city” of about 60 million fish nests, reshaping how scientists think about Antarctic food webs and survival pressures. Wildlife Conservation for Sharks: Natural England awarded nearly £1m to track and protect three endangered shark species using electronic tags, ultrasound scans for pregnancy, and structured interviews with anglers. Climate & Health: A Nature Reviews Microbiology analysis warns climate change is shifting waterborne disease spread in different ways for bacteria, viruses, and parasites—making public health responses need pathogen-specific tailoring. Space Science: Studies pin down the dinosaur-killing impactor as a rare CO chondrite using nickel isotope signatures in the global clay layer. AI & Society: UCSF researchers warn FDA clearance of Zyn nicotine pouches could give tobacco firms a new youth-targeting marketing lever, while separate work shows open-weight AI models can be poisoned to trigger dangerous behavior. Medical Research & Policy: India’s ICMR and NMC invite proposals to strengthen evidence-based medical education, and Arkansas researchers report population-level patterns of medical cannabis purchasing during pregnancy.