*[image: Second death reported in growing measles outbreak]* An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death in a growing measles outbreak centered along the West Texas-New Mexico border, officials said Thursday. The individual did not seek medical care before death, New Mexico health department officials said. The official…

*[image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlWw8MWW8AAOw5E?format=jpg&name=360×360]* For those hoping to cure death, and they are legion, a 2016 experiment at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego has become liminal — the moment that changed everything. The experiment involved mice born to live fast and die young, bred with a rodent version of progeria, a condition that…

*[image: https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/gQpGD2oUozJiqqaTSlOl4g–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https:/media.zenfs.com/en/bloomberg_markets_842/08aee0e04bc78a87c56a7187d536ce4a]* (Bloomberg) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Ukraine should be granted the security of NATO without the actual membership in the military alliance. Speaking on the sidelines of a European Union leaders’ meeting in Brussels on Thursday, she said “we need to think about more durable solutions” than sending European peacekeeping troops…

*[image: Spooked by Trump and Putin, Europe rushes to rearm]* BRUSSELS — The European Union’s leaders made a rallying cry Thursday to embark on a military buildup to a degree they haven’t done in decades, as they contend with the specter of rising Russian belligerence and faltering U.S. support. Along with Russia’s war in Ukraine,…

*[image: https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/iy3D9UiWqYeRwIyfbaTkOA–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw/https:/media.zenfs.com/en/bloomberg_politics_602/795ab8b389d3cd3d515b13260ce821af]* (Bloomberg) — Canada is expanding its military presence in the Arctic region as it tries to appease the Trump administration’s calls for higher defense spending and deter Chinese and Russian influence in the remote region. The outlay is set to happen over 20 years, making the annual additional spending quite meager. Still, the…

[image: The USX-1 Defiant has been deployed into Washington waters after its construction finished last month ] A state-of-the-art unmanned warship designed for fully autonomous naval missions has been spotted in waters off of Washington state. The USX-1 Defiant was being pushed by tug boat earlier this week through the Saratoga Passage in Puget Sound,…