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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Why Does Wildfire Smoke Turn the Sky Orange?
   It’s about how light scatters in our atmosphere.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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
13. Burning Houses to Save Houses
    We visited researchers seeking ways to make homes safer. They set a lot of fires.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. An Extraordinary White House Meeting
    A new book sheds light on President Trump’s affinity for fossil fuels.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah
    Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
26. A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy
    It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues into how life may have arisen on Earth.
27. Appeals Court Revives Lawsuits Tying Tylenol Use in Pregnancy to Autism and A.D.H.D.
    A federal appeals court overruled a district court judge who dismissed the lawsuits, citing unreliable scientific evidence.
28. ‘We’re Fighting Satan’: The War to Save Bees From a Hornet Invasion
    As yellow-legged hornets spread through South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, threatening the local honey crop, a state team of bee defenders is racing to the rescue.
29. What Is an Aortic Dissection?
    The condition that killed Senator Lindsey Graham is deadly, sudden and difficult to treat — “like a knife to the heart,” one expert said.
30. Years After He Quit Smoking, a Lung Cancer Scan Saved His Life
    Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and older adults are at higher risk. But only about a quarter of patients eligible for screening are up-to-date.
31. Kids Can’t Stop Watching ‘Moana.’ There’s a Scientific Explanation.
    The 2016 release has become the most watched movie on Disney+. Parents and experts explain why kids can’t get enough.