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Searching Time Machine Backups and Versions

9 July 2026 at 19:38

Howard Oakley:

Spotlight doesn’t currently appear able to search Time Machine backups reliably, at least not in Sequoia or Tahoe, although this may not be universal.

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If I now step back through my backups to reach one that I know contains that file, I can restore it. But if I type anything into the search field, nothing is found. If I change the scope of the search to that backup, the window title changes but its contents remain blank, and there isn’t even a busy spinner to indicate a search is in progress.

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As I can’t disable Spotlight indexing on that volume without macOS telling me that it’s required to be indexed by Spotlight, neither can I force that volume to be reindexed.

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My conclusion is that using Spotlight to search Time Machine backups no longer works, and the instructions given by Apple are also broken.

That has been my experience, too. As I see it, there are four separate problems:

  1. I want to be able to search all my backup snapshots, because I don’t know which one might contain the file I want to restore. Time Machine only lets you search one at a time.
  2. Searching an individual snapshot doesn’t actually work.
  3. Spotlight indexing is invasive, using lots of CPU time, and with spinning hard drives causes wear and tear and creates lots of noise. If search doesn’t work anyway, I’d like to turn it off, but macOS won’t let me.
  4. If the problem is with the index, there’s no way to reset it without deleting your backup.

Howard Oakley:

Unfortunately, all those saved versions in the version database fall outside the scope of Spotlight indexing, and Spotlight search can’t look inside any of the old versions saved in a volume’s version database. Surprisingly, the version browser doesn’t offer any search facilities either, as that’s presumably another feature intended for a future that never came.

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One way around this is to save each document version as a separate file, allow Spotlight to extract their contents and add those to its indexes for that volume, then to search those files. This is quick and simple using my free utility Versatility.

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Sunsetting Maestral

7 July 2026 at 20:52

Sam Schott:

As of June 2026, Maestral is no longer actively maintained. The current version will continue to work until certificates expire.

Via John Gruber (Mastodon):

I don’t know when these certificates are expiring. And I don’t know what I’m going to do when they do. I might try moving everything from my Dropbox account to iCloud Drive. That certainly seems worth trying before I resort to going back to Dropbox’s own monstrosity of a Mac client.

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In theory, because Maestral is open source, someone could fork it and keep it going.

Nick Heer:

I use Dropbox only for some relatively basic but necessary things, like hosting PDFs for this very website, which is why Maestral has been the perfect client for me. It is a testament to the effect of a good third-party app that I have stuck with Dropbox despite its corporate-focused strategy pivot.

I’ve switched to iCloud Drive, which seems better, but not better than Old Dropbox.

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Castro’s Customer Support Lessons

6 July 2026 at 19:45

Dustin Bluck (archive link, Hacker News):

I had an idea when I bought Castro that human support based around actual user experience was an easy differentiator. I’ve rarely gotten useful answers from support from services I use. I thought if I used my own product every day, read every email and answered it thoughtfully, people would appreciate this, and it would build some degree of loyalty and appreciation.

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However, what I found is this whole thing didn’t work as I thought it would. Sure sometimes we were able to wow customers, particularly when we responded right away with an exact fix for them. But the vast majority of our honest, thoughtful answers were deeply unsatisfactory to users, and it often annoyed them more than anything else.

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Customers email us with confusion about how podcasts work, how the App Store works, how their Mac works, and any number of tangential issues. What tends to happen is the same users do this over and over, and once they find out we answer, the requests get more frequent and more burdensome.

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To the user, any response aside from β€œOkay, we’re going to build that right now” is meh-to-negative. Various honest responses, such as β€œI thought about this or tried it in the past and it unfortunately didn’t work very well” are not going to knock their socks off. These just don’t do much in terms of loyalty and rapport.

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Avoiding explanations and specifics tends to get a neutral response and doesn’t suck anyone in or waste too much time. In other words, the best approach for us is what most companies do. Because building loyalty or rapport at the moment something isn’t working and the user is frustrated hasn’t worked. The real positive experience comes when you actually improve the product, so that’s where we’re spending our time.

I have definitely seen all these categories of customer interactions, but I don’t agree with the conclusion. Yes, in the end you want to be improving the product, but I don’t think that’s fully separable from interacting with customers as humans. I’ve found spending time on customer support incredibly valuable for making my products better. Even a lone report of an issue can often lead to a fix and learning something important that has wider implications. It’s also enjoyable and motivational to hear about real people making use of what I’ve built or to turn around someone who started with a negative view. And it seems to help with marketing, too.

I also see a correlation with the apps that I useβ€”the better ones tend to also have good support. That said, I use a podcast app that famously doesn’t offer support. There are different situations, and there’s more than one way to a good product and a successful business.

I do think there’s an art to all this. Not everything can be measured, and there’s more to it than just committing to answering e-mails thoughtfully. You need to set boundaries and steer the interactions to make them productive, efficient, and satisfying for both sides. I’m still learning.

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Update (2026-07-07): Jeff Johnson:

This is what you get from the free with IAP business model: most of your support emails are from freeloaders!

My apps are upfront paid, thus most of my support emails are from customers. I don’t get overloaded with emails, and paid customers are more incentivized to solve issues with you, because they’ve invested money into the app.

Vitor:

I find myself agreeing with you that customer support is valuable and we should do it. But over the years I have also realised that, in a way, being good at support is punishing. I’ll explain[…]

CrashReportExtension

22 June 2026 at 21:51

CrashReportExtension:

The Crash Report Extension framework allows you to perform analysis and produce a report when your app crashes. Your crash-handling code executes out-of-process, rather than from a signal handler or other in-process techniques.

You implement your handler by writing an app extension that conforms to the CrashReporterExtension protocol. The system calls your processCrashReport(process:) method when the app crashes. Use the CrashedProcess parameter to inspect the state of the crashed app by retrieving a crash reason, symbolicating relevant addresses, and communicating with the process over a read-only Mach port. After collecting the crash data, you can send a report back to your own server.

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Crash Report Extension is available on iOS 27 and later. It isn’t available to Catalyst-based macOS apps, or on iOS apps running on Mac computers with Apple silicon.

The top of the page says β€œmacOS 27.0+,” so I guess this means it does work for regular AppKit and SwiftUI Mac apps. It’s great to finally have a supported way to do this.

I don’t know why they can’t just give you the crash report text or .ips JSON directly, though. It looks like you have to use Mach IPC with the corpsePort to get the backtrace for each thread and then use the extension API to symbolicate the addresses. Even then, I’m not sure you can get all the information that’s in a standard crash report, such as the Application Specific Backtrace. Maybe you can find the address for gCRAnnotations/__crashreporter_info__ and load it with mach_vm_read?

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AI-Generated Shortcuts

16 June 2026 at 20:34

Hartley Charlton:

Apple today announced that users can now describe a shortcut in natural language, with Apple Intelligence automatically building the automation in the background.

Marcus Mendes:

Users can simply describe what they want, such as β€œwhen I’m leaving work, text my wife with my expected ETA,” and Shortcuts will actually build the shortcut to make it work.

This sounds great in that I find creating shortcuts annoying. It’s not always clear which building blocks I should be using, and stringing them together properly seems tedious and fiddly. On the other hand, I dislike how AppleScript doesn’t get first-class support for the functionality and triggers that are available to Shortcuts.

Simon B. StΓΈvring:

Data Jar got sherlocked, and that genuinely makes me happy.

Simon B. StΓΈvring:

Apple should let users filter out and maybe even rewrite notifications from any app using Shortcuts.

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The new notification automation trigger in Shortcuts is super cool. As far as I can tell, it won’t let me modify the notification content or filter out notifications based on the content, but it’s still a quite powerful addition.

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Third-party automation triggers in Shortcuts are now possible. Sort of.

Just send a notification containing data meant for the new notification trigger to consume.

Anders Borum:

iOS 27 allows 3rd party shortcuts actions to run for longer than 30 seconds making me publish 2 actions that have been hidden behind feature flags for years.

Create cloud servers, run commands and destroy them again right from Shortcuts.

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Update (2026-06-26): Jason Snell:

This is as close as we’ve come, across 40 years, to the original dream of putting computer power in the hands of everyone. You can literally tell your device what you want it to do, and when—”every morning show me my to-dos and calendar events for the day”—and it will generate a program to do it and a schedule to run it.

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Yes, there are lots of limitations. Describe a Shortcut doesn’t work with third-party apps, only Apple’s own stuff (at least, for now). It can sometimes get confused, especially with complex queries. And it has an interesting tendency to kick things to the Use Model actionβ€”why am I not surprised that an AI model likes to build Shortcuts that themselves use AI models?

But when it works, which is most of the time, it’s magical.

Simon B. StΓΈvring:

Shortcuts on macOS Golden Gate is… Something.

Dedicating that much window space to a larger shortcut tile and a text field feels incredibly wasteful.

Apple TV adaptarΓ‘ β€œPeculiar Stars”, futuro romance de Rebecca Yarros

22 July 2026 at 18:41

O Apple TV adquiriu antecipadamente os direitos de produΓ§Γ£o de β€œPeculiar Stars”, o vindouro (e bastante disputado) romance de Rebecca Yarros, autora conhecida pela sΓ©rie de livros β€œEmpyrean”.

A aquisiΓ§Γ£o foi confirmada pelo serviΓ§o no X. A sΓ©rie serΓ‘ produzida pelo Apple Studios e contarΓ‘ com Yarros como produtora executiva, por meio da sua empresa Full Measures Productions.

A new tale of survival and romance from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

Apple Studios will develop Peculiar Stars, and Yarros will serve as executive producer through her banner Full Measures Productions. pic.twitter.com/g2KTQ6ZnSL

β€” Apple TV (@AppleTV) July 22, 2026
Uma nova histΓ³ria de sobrevivΓͺncia e romance da autora best-seller Rebecca Yarros.

O Apple Studios desenvolverΓ‘ β€œPeculiar Stars”, e Yarros serΓ‘ produtora executiva por meio da sua produtora, a Full Measures Productions.

β€œPeculiar Stars” serΓ‘ publicado em novembro e acompanharΓ‘ uma jovem que fica presa em uma ilha deserta com um membro da famΓ­lia do seu noivo β€” o que transformarΓ‘ sua visΓ£o sobre o amor.

Quando eles sΓ£o finalmente resgatados e retornam aos seus mundos repletos de privilΓ©gios, expectativas e segredos, esse retorno se mostra muito mais perigoso do que a ilha onde estavam.

De acordo com o Deadline, a Apple ainda estΓ‘ Γ  procura de um roteirista para escrever a adaptaΓ§Γ£o. No livro, a histΓ³ria terΓ‘ um ritmo lento, se desenrolando por 543 dias na ilha supracitada.

O AppleΒ TV estΓ‘ disponΓ­vel no aplicativo AppleΒ TV em mais de 100Β paΓ­ses e regiΓ΅es, seja em iPhones, iPads, AppleΒ TVs, Macs, dispositivos Android, smart TVs ou online β€” alΓ©m de tambΓ©m estar em aparelhos como Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast com Google TV, consoles PlayStation e Xbox. O serviΓ§o custa R$29,90 por mΓͺs, com um perΓ­odo de teste gratuito de 7Β dias. Por tempo limitado, quem comprar e ativar um novo iPhone, iPad, AppleΒ TV ou Mac ganha 3Β meses do AppleΒ TV. Ele tambΓ©m faz parte do pacote de assinaturas da empresa,Β oΒ Apple One.

NOTA DE TRANSPARÊNCIA: O MacMagazine recebe uma pequena comissΓ£o sobre vendas concluΓ­das por meio de links deste post, mas vocΓͺ, como consumidor, nΓ£o paga nada mais pelos produtos/serviΓ§os usando os nossos links de afiliado.

Sleep Quality Links Synergistically with Frailty to Increase Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity in Elderly Chinese

19 July 2026 at 14:33

Sleep has long been suspected to influence how aging bodies manage multiple chronic conditions, but the interplay between rest quality and physical decline has been harder to untangle. Now, a new cross-sectional study of Chinese older adults adds an evidence-packed twist: poor sleep and frailty are not just independently linked to cardiometabolic multimorbidityβ€”they also appear to act synergistically.

Researchers analyzed how sleep quality and frailty relate to the co-occurrence of cardiometabolic disorders, focusing on patterns that emerge when both factors are present at once. Using statistical modeling suited for observational data, the team assessed whether the combined effect of sleep impairment and frailty exceeds what would be expected if each acted alone.

The findings point to independent associations in both directions. In other words, older participants with worse sleep quality were more likely to show cardiometabolic multimorbidity, and those with greater frailty also faced higher odds. This dual relationship strengthens the biological plausibility of the sleep–health link in late life.

But the headline result is synergy. The study suggests that the joint presence of insufficient or low-quality sleep and frailty corresponds to a disproportionately greater burden of cardiometabolic multimorbidity. Such interactions matter because they imply that tackling only one factor may leave a major portion of risk untouched.

From a mechanistic perspective, poor sleep can disrupt metabolic regulation, impair glucose homeostasis, and contribute to inflammatory signaling, all of which can accelerate vascular and metabolic dysfunction. Frailty, meanwhile, reflects reduced physiological reserveβ€”often shaped by chronic inflammation, muscle loss, and stress-axis dysregulationβ€”creating a vulnerable platform for cardiometabolic disease to cluster.

The cross-sectional design cannot prove causality, but it helps map where risk concentrates in real-world aging. The authors argue that clinicians and public health programs should consider sleep quality and frailty together, rather than treating them as separate problems.

In a Viral science news framing, the study’s message is clear: β€œbetter sleep” and β€œless frailty” may be more connected than previously assumed, potentially offering a more coordinated prevention strategy for seniors facing multiple cardiometabolic conditions.

Subject of Research: Sleep quality, frailty, and cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Chinese elderly population (cross-sectional analysis)

Article Title: Independent and synergistic associations of sleep quality and frailty with cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a cross-sectional analysis in Chinese elderly population

Article References: Bing, S., Liu, W., Song, S. et al. Independent and synergistic associations of sleep quality and frailty with cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a cross-sectional analysis in Chinese elderly population. BMC Geriatr (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-07985-8

Image Credits: AI Generated

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-026-07985-8

Keywords: Sleep quality; frailty; cardiometabolic multimorbidity; older adults; cross-sectional analysis

Physical Activity and Health Inequality in China’s Older Adults

19 July 2026 at 04:29

Older adults in China are not experiencing health improvements evenly, and a new study links part of that gap to how physical activity is distributed across communities. Researchers report that physical activity is associated with better health outcomes, but the benefits are not uniformβ€”creating measurable health inequality rather than a single β€œone-size-fits-all” effect.

The findings focus on older adults and examine whether differences in activity levels translate into unequal health trajectories across demographic and socioeconomic conditions. Instead of treating β€œactivity” as a simple yes-or-no behavior, the analysis considers how gradients of movement relate to disparities in health.

To quantify inequality, the study employs population-level metrics commonly used in health economics and epidemiology. These approaches can separate overall health variation into components that reflect group differences, allowing investigators to estimate how much of the inequality is potentially attributable to physical activity patterns.

The work also emphasizes that health inequality can widen even when average health improves. In this scenario, some groups may adopt or maintain activity more easilyβ€”because of access to safe spaces, health literacy, social support, or fewer mobility constraintsβ€”while other groups fall behind.

Technically, the authors analyze observational data and control for key confounders that might otherwise explain both activity and health status. This helps reduce the chance that the observed association is merely driven by factors such as baseline chronic disease burden, education, or geography.

Importantly, the results suggest that physical activity does not just correlate with healthβ€”it may act as a modifiable lever shaping how evenly health benefits are shared. If interventions can shift activity patterns among disadvantaged groups, the study implies that inequality could shrink, not just outcomes improve.

Because the paper is based on real-world evidence from China, it also highlights cultural and structural realities that shape behavior. Urban design, community programming, and the availability of age-friendly exercise options may influence who can be active consistently.

From a β€œviral science news” perspective, the headline takeaway is straightforward: getting older doesn’t have to mean accepting unequal health. The study frames physical activity as both a health tool and an inequality amplifierβ€”meaning targeting participation gaps could deliver outsized public health impact.

Subject of Research: Health inequality among older adults; physical activity effects
Article Title: The impact of physical activity on health inequality among older adults: evidence from China
Article References: Dang, X., Pan, J., Xing, X. et al. The impact of physical activity on health inequality among older adults: evidence from China. BMC Geriatr (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-08008-2
Image Credits: AI Generated
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-08008-2
Keywords: physical activity; health inequality; older adults; China; public health; epidemiology

Factors Influencing Elderly Preference for Dental Services

18 July 2026 at 23:15

A new study highlights what shapes how older adults choose dental services, offering insights that could help clinicians and policymakers make care more reachable for aging populations. Published in BMC Geriatrics, the research examines preferences from the perspective of elderly people, focusing on the practical and psychological drivers behind where they seek treatment.

Researchers report that dental service choice is not determined by clinical need alone. Instead, older participants weigh multiple factors, including perceived quality, trust in providers, and the comfort they expect during visits. Such preferences can influence whether seniors present early for care or delay until symptoms become more severe.

The analysis also underscores the role of access-related conditions. Transportation difficulties, scheduling constraints, and the overall convenience of clinics can strongly affect whether elderly adults follow through on appointments. In practice, even when dental services are available, logistical friction can reduce uptake.

Cost perception emerges as another key theme. The study points to the way affordability, expected out-of-pocket expenses, and insurance-related clarity can shape willingness to seek preventive services. When costs feel uncertain, older adults may prioritize only urgent needs rather than routine checkups.

Beyond logistics and economics, communication quality matters. Participants appear to value providers who explain procedures clearly, demonstrate patience, and treat them with respect. For many seniors, feeling heard can improve satisfaction and reinforce continued engagement with dental care.

The findings also suggest that health-related experiences influence preference. Prior dental outcomes, fear of pain, and past interactions with the healthcare system can steer individuals toward specific service settings. This is particularly relevant for older adults who have accumulated years of unmet needs or negative impressions.

Importantly, the study frames these determinants as modifiable targets. By improving appointment accessibility, strengthening patient-provider communication, and ensuring transparent pricing, dental programs could better align services with senior expectations.

As populations age worldwide, these behavioral insights may help reduce barriers to oral healthcare. The research calls for strategies that address both the measurable elements of service delivery and the lived concerns of older adults deciding where to go for treatment.

Subject of Research: Factors influencing elderly preferences for dental services

Article Title: Factors related to the preference for dental services from the perspective of the elderly

Article References: Shirzadi, Z., Moeini, M., Shojaei Barjoei, N. et al. BMC Geriatrics (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-07982-x

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Key Factors Driving Sustainable Stormwater Management Success

18 July 2026 at 22:18

A new study in npj Urban Sustainability points to the practical levers that determine whether stormwater systems actually deliver long-term sustainability. As cities expand and rainfall extremes intensify, green and nature-based infrastructure has been promoted to capture runoff, reduce flooding, and protect water quality. But the research warns that success is not automatic: design decisions and operational realities can make or break performance.

The authors, Sun, Randrup, Blecken and colleagues, analyze what they call β€œdecisive factors” governing sustainable stormwater management. Their central message is that the most visible featuresβ€”such as bioswales, permeable surfaces, or detention basinsβ€”only work when supported by the right planning assumptions and measurable hydrological outcomes.

A key technical theme is how stormwater must be matched to system capacity under changing conditions. The study emphasizes that system sizing, soil or media properties, and infiltration or storage behavior strongly influence whether the infrastructure can handle typical storms and rare, high-intensity events. When these factors are misestimated, treatment efficiency can collapse during peak flows.

Equally important are maintenance and lifecycle considerations. Sustainable stormwater is sensitive to clogging, sediment accumulation, vegetation health, and changes in catchment behavior. The research highlights the need for maintenance regimes that reflect likely failure modes, rather than generic schedules that ignore local hydrology and traffic or land-use impacts.

The paper also stresses the value of monitoring and model-informed decision-making. Reliable data on rainfall patterns, runoff routing, and pollutant loads allow managers to validate performance and adjust operations. This feedback loop helps prevent long-term degradation that otherwise remains invisible until issues become costly.

For cities seeking viral, widely transferable β€œwhat works” guidance, the authors’ findings offer a shortlist of priorities: realistic capacity planning, robust material characterization, design for multi-storm performance, and maintenance strategies tied to specific mechanisms. Together, these elements translate sustainability goals into systems that function under real weather and real urban change.

The study’s DOI is 10.1038/s42949-026-00448-4.

Subject of Research: Sustainable stormwater management / urban sustainability
Article Title: Decisive factors in sustainable stormwater management
Article References: Sun, Z., Randrup, T.B., Blecken, GT. et al. Decisive factors in sustainable stormwater management. npj Urban Sustain 6, 104 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00448-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00448-4

Frequency-Dependent Deep Brain Stimulation in Motor Thalamus Alters Speech and Swallowing

18 July 2026 at 18:50

A team of neuroscientists has reported that deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeted to the motor thalamus can reshape how the brain controls both speech and swallowingβ€”and crucially, that the outcome depends on stimulation frequency. The findings, from experiments reported in Nature Communications (2026), suggest that β€œtuning” DBS parameters may offer more refined control over complex, real-world behaviors than previously possible.

The study centers on motor-thalamus DBS, a strategy explored for movement disorders and related symptoms. Instead of treating stimulation as a single fixed setting, the researchers tested multiple frequencies and monitored changes in speech-related signals and swallowing performance. This frequency sensitivity points to circuit-level dynamics where different stimulation rates engage distinct neural processing modes.

In practical terms, the results imply that higher or lower frequencies may preferentially drive or suppress specific pathways that contribute to oral motor timing. Speech production relies on precisely coordinated patterns of muscle activation, airflow, and sensory feedback; swallowing requires rapid, sequence-based control to protect the airway. Alterations in these timing networks could explain why DBS can influence both functions simultaneously.

The authors describe the effects as frequency-dependent, meaning that the same DBS target produces divergent outcomes when the pulse rate changes. Such divergence is consistent with the idea that stimulation can shift synaptic interactions, firing synchrony, and network oscillations within the thalamocortical loop. When the stimulation rhythm matches intrinsic circuit oscillations, the brain may stabilize certain motor programs; at other rates, it may destabilize them.

Importantly, the work frames DBS not only as a way to modulate symptoms, but as a potential tool for β€œbehavioral steering.” If translated to clinical settings, clinicians could adjust DBS frequency to reduce speech side effects while maintaining or improving swallowing safety, rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all configuration.

The study also highlights an often-overlooked challenge: therapies optimized for movement may inadvertently affect speech and swallowing, both of which share overlapping motor control resources. Frequency tuning could become a lever for mitigating such trade-offs, improving quality of life for patients who already depend on DBS.

While the research is mechanistic, its implications are immediately viral-science-worthy: the possibility that a single hardware intervention can be dynamically optimized for nuanced functions. The next step will be confirming how these frequency effects scale across different individuals and disease states.

As DBS devices become more programmable, the field is moving toward personalized stimulation β€œdial settings.” This report adds to that momentum by providing evidence that the motor thalamus does not respond uniformlyβ€”frequency matters, and the brain appears to treat different pulse rates as different control regimes.

Subject of Research: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeted to the motor thalamus and its frequency-dependent effects on speech and swallowing.

Article Title: Frequency-dependent effects of motor thalamus deep brain stimulation on speech and swallowing.

Article References: Tang, L.W., Grigsby, E.M., Damiani, A. et al. Frequency-dependent effects of motor thalamus deep brain stimulation on speech and swallowing. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75588-3

Image Credits: AI Generated

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-75588-3

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Carbon capture is a fig leaf for fossil fuel expansion | Letters

17 July 2026 at 17:35

The predicted Β£264bn cost by 2050 could be even higher, plus renewables avoid a far higher total of emissions than can be captured, writes Andrew Boswell, while Simon Oldridge calls out vested interests

Prof Myles Allen and colleagues, in their letter (12 July) on carbon capture and storage (CCS), propose licensing gasfields on condition that producers store an increasing proportion of β€œthe carbon dioxide their products generate”. Their proposal only considers CO2. Methane is excluded by choice although it leaks throughout global fossil-fuel supply chains, including during extraction, processing, liquefaction and shipping.

A growing academic literature, supported by satellite observations of major methane plumes, shows that these emissions can be very substantial, and are the dominant near-term climate impact for gas supplied as liquefied natural gas.

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Β© Photograph: Peter Cade/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Peter Cade/Getty Images

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E.U. Proposes Changes to Emissions Trading System

17 July 2026 at 16:48
The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

Β© Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters

Europe, which often holds itself up as a climate leader, has been facing political infighting over some of its policies.
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