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... Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Life Makes Clouds, and Their Discoveries May Drastically Improve Climate Science

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-are-just-beginning-to-understand-how-life-makes-clouds-and-their-discoveries-may-drastically-improve-climate-science-180986872/

... When 'The Wiz' Debuted on Broadway 50 Years Ago, It Sparked a Brand New Day for Audiences

How the remarkable musical transformed a beloved folk tale into a celebratory vision for the future of Black America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/when-wiz-debuted-broadway-50-years-ago-sparked-brand-new-day-audiences-180986814/

... America Deported Her for Publishing a Book Titled 'Lesbian Love.' Years Later, She Was Murdered by the Nazis for Being Jewish

Eve Adams, an immigrant and the proprietor of a 1920s lesbian tearoom, was imprisoned for disorderly conduct and obscenity, then sent back to Europe, where she became a target of the Holocaust
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/america-deported-her-for-publishing-a-book-titled-lesbian-love-years-later-she-was-murdered-by-the-nazis-for-being-jewish-180986864/

... A Search for the World's Best Durian, the Divisive Fruit That's Prized—and Reviled

Devotees of the crop journey to a Malaysian island to find the most fragrant and tasty specimens
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/search-worlds-best-durian-where-divisive-fruit-prized-reviled-180986806/

... Diane Arbus' Largest-Ever Retrospective Features Photographs of Society's Celebrated and Marginalized Figures

With 454 images arranged with as little order as possible, viewers are encouraged to wander and make their own observations—much like Arbus did on the streets of New York
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diane-arbus-largest-ever-retrospective-features-photographs-of-societys-celebrated-and-marginalized-figures-180986833/

... These Lizards Mysteriously Survived the Asteroid Strike That Killed the Dinosaurs—and Their Descendants Are Still Alive Today

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, a new study suggests
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-lizards-mysteriously-survived-the-asteroid-strike-that-killed-the-dinosaursand-their-descendants-are-still-alive-today-180986879/

... See the Face of a 10,500-Year-Old Woman, Reconstructed by Archaeologists and Artists

Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in Belgium's Meuse Valley during the Mesolithic period
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-face-of-a-10500-year-old-woman-reconstructed-by-archaeologists-and-artists-180986852/

... See the Artworks That Explore the Forgotten History of Harriet Tubman's Civil War Triumphs

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved laborers, is now the subject of an exhibition in Charleston
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-artworks-that-explore-the-forgotten-history-of-harriet-tubmans-civil-war-triumphs-180986853/

... Ancient DNA Reveals Mysterious New Group of Humans in Colombia With No Genetic Ties to People Today

The previously undocumented lineage of hunter-gatherers seems to have disappeared around 2,000 years ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-reveals-mysterious-new-group-of-humans-in-colombia-with-no-genetic-ties-to-people-today-180986819/

... Our kids cry for food: Most families in Gaza survive on one meal a day

Most families in the Gaza Strip are surviving on one meal a day and one-third go entire days without eating as a result of Israel’s continued bombardment of the enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and partners.  
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164951

... Despite the fall of Assad, the illicit drug trade in Syria is far from over

When Bashar Al-Assad ruled Syria, his regime was widely accused of profiting from the production and trafficking of Captagon, an illicit synthetic drug that is most commonly abused by users in the Middle East. 
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164696

... Fuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death, UN warns

The rapid depletion of the remaining fuel stocks in the Gaza Strip is threatening efforts to keep critical lifelines up and running, the UN reported on Wednesday. 
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164946

... UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine

Dozens of civilians – including children and school staff – were killed or wounded in Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities this week, in what UN human rights monitors described as a “foreseeable” tragedy caused by strikes on populated areas.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164941

... Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism

It’s been 10 years since the Addis Ababa Action Agenda was established to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world’s roadmap for ending poverty, protecting the planet and tackling inequalities.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164936

... Iran: Return to inspections top priority for UN nuclear agency

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that his “number one priority” is for its inspectors to return to Iran’s nuclear sites to evaluate damage caused by recent bombing and to verify stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164931

... Responsibility to Protect: An unfulfilled promise, a ray of hope

The UN Secretary-General has warned that the world today is failing to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes, calling for a renewed global commitment to the Responsibility to Protect – a principle adopted two decades ago that remains, in his words, “a moral imperative” and “an unfulfilled promise.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164926

... A moral failure: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war

When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three-years-old, she woke up to missiles falling around her, forcing her and her family to flee their home.  
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164921

... Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO

Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge greater financial support for renewable energy. 
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/06/1164906

... Centrifuges at Fordo No Longer Operational, U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Head Says

Rafael Grossi told French radio that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after Washington dropped bunker-buster bombs on the Iranian facility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/world/middleeast/centrifuges-fordo-damage-iran.html

... Hegseth and Caine Delve Into Details but Not Results of Iranian Strikes

Neither man repeated President Trump’s assertion that the strikes had “obliterated” the Iranian facilities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/iran-hegseth-caine.html