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1. The Best Genetic Risk Tools Don’t Work Equally for Everyone
   Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.
2. The Sewer Knows What You Ate
   During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to understand how communities eat.
3. A Mathematical Tribute to the Soccer Ball
   As the World Cup final approaches, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful symmetries of humanity’s favorite truncated icosahedron.
4. Rare Pair of Improbably Light ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Is Discovered
   They’re less dense than cotton candy, and they will help astrophysicists better understand the most unusual ways giant planets can form.
5. Why Does Wildfire Smoke Turn the Sky Orange?
   It’s about how light scatters in our atmosphere.
6. Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
   It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.
7. Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus
   The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
8. Meet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)
   It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.
9. Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual
   The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.
10. Taylor Farms Expands Iceberg Lettuce Recall to 27 States Amid Cyclospora Outbreak
    The affected products were shipped starting June 29 and have expiration dates through Aug. 3.
11. As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming
    Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.
12. The Latest Texas Floods Tested Warning Systems. This Time, They Passed.
    A lack of sirens and flood forecasting systems made the state’s Hill Country vulnerable to deadly floods last summer. That has changed.
13. Rudolph Marcus, Who Illuminated Electrochemical Processes, Dies at 102
    He received a 1992 Nobel Prize for developing a theory that explained fundamental processes behind photosynthesis, respiration, oxidation and even how fireflies produce light.
14. E.U. Proposes Changes to Emissions Trading System
    The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods
15. Burning Houses to Save Houses
    We visited researchers seeking ways to make homes safer. They set a lot of fires.
16. Mary-Dell Chilton Dies at 87; Helped Create First Genetically Modified Plant
    In 1982, she led the research team that figured out how to genetically alter plants, a discovery that would eventually transform global agriculture.
17. National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
    Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
18. Will SpaceX’s 13th Test Flight of Starship Be Lucky?
    The 33 engines of the rocket’s booster stage had begun to ignite during Thursday’s launch attempt, but were then shut down. SpaceX will try again on another day.
19. The F.D.A. Approves a New Pill to Slash Cholesterol Levels
    The new pills can lower cholesterol levels far below what can be achieved with statins, clinical trials have shown.
20. Door-to-Door Search for Grapevines Sold at Costco Begins in California’s Santa Clara County
    Officials in Santa Clara County began knocking on doors on Monday to collect potentially infested plants sold at some Costco stores.
21. New Jersey Couple Aids Meteorite Discovery After it Crashes Through Their Roof
    A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.
22. Canada Wildfire Air Pollution and Heat Wave Combo Pose Heightened Health Risks
    Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health hazards.
23. Traffic Deaths Spike After Deadly Mass Shootings, Study Suggests
    Some gun violence experts are skeptical. But the research raises questions of whether there’s a cause-and-effect relationship and if so, what’s behind it.
24. An Extraordinary White House Meeting
    A new book sheds light on President Trump’s affinity for fossil fuels.
25. Public Health Groups Sue F.D.A. Over Flavored E-Cigarette Policy
    Executives unhappy with the agency donated and lobbied President Trump directly. Major companies have already begun to prepare and ship new products.
26. New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin
    Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back into the air.
27. Roger Worthington Is Suing Over a Heat Wave
    Roger Worthington is helping to lead a $50 billion lawsuit against oil producers. This week he’ll face powerful critics in Congress.
28. Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman
    Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.
29. Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas
    Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.