Primary instrument for Roman Space Telescope arrives at NASA Goddard (phys.org)
Japan’s Leader, Fumio Kishida, Will Step Down (www.nytimes.com)
Tim Walz Flames JD Vance For Pushing Stolen Valor Claims (www.thedailybeast.com)
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The mpox outbreak never ended in Africa. Now a deadlier strain is spreading. (www.vox.com)
Boaters in Florida find 56 pounds of barnacle-covered cocaine (www.independent.co.uk)
Scientists achieve rapid upcycling of microplastics to graphene (phys.org)
New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine (abcnews.go.com)
Newly Approved Missouri Referendum Could Reverse State Abortion Ban (www.commondreams.org)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels performer's next concert following comments on the killing of journalists in Gaza (www.abc.net.au)
Scientists cook up a plan to save freshwater crocodiles from toxic cane toads (phys.org)
Cane toads are at it again! Scientists from Macquarie University working with Bunuba Indigenous rangers and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) in Western Australia have trialed a new way to protect freshwater crocodiles from deadly invasive cane toads spreading across northern Australia.
Ilhan Omar defeats challenger in Minnesota House primary (www.washingtonpost.com)
Putin pulls units out of Ukraine to defend Russia, Kyiv says (www.politico.eu)
NASA scientists hope to use Cold Atom Lab to better understand dark energy (www.upi.com)
Quantum Entanglement in Your Brain Is What Generates Consciousness, Radical Study Suggests (www.msn.com)
For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain might require quantum processes to achieve cognition.
Trojan horse method gives malaria parasites a taste of their own medicine (scienmag.com)
More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive. Now, scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) say its role as a basic building block of life holds the key to treating deadly diseases caused...
‘We know who built this country’: Walz courts union workers in first solo event (www.theguardian.com)
German investment in China soars despite Berlin’s diversification drive (www.ft.com)
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Biden wants to free you from all those subscriptions you meant to cancel but didn’t (www.vox.com)
Turkey hosts another round of talks to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia (www.africanews.com)
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After Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying — and Polluting (www.propublica.org)
Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of rape says he considered quitting the Olympics (apnews.com)
Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, said Tuesday that he considered quitting the Paris Olympics amid the controversy surrounding his participation....
Death Valley's scorching heat kills second man this summer (apnews.com)
California’s Death Valley National Park has claimed another life in its second heat-related death of the summer, park officials said Monday....