Iris on science · July 3rd

Storyflo Health — Daily Health Brief · Jul 3, 2026 · 8m

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief for July 3rd. It's Iris, July 3rd. Ten stories — evidence-led, no fluff, small inputs compound. Let's get into it. First, from Mongabay. Rare fungi help restore Palmyra Atoll rainforests, new study finds. Here’s how. Palmyra Atoll in the North Pacific is one of the most remote island systems on Earth. A native rainforest tree on the island performs a critical ecological service by providing nesting sites for thousands of seabirds, whose guano fuels the surrounding coral reefs. But a new study revealed that this entire cycle depends on an invisible…