How Long Can Life Wait? Mars For The Rest of Us

The forgotten formula for lovable cities Works in Progress

Despite sacrificing people after catastrophic El Niño flooding, ancient societies were generally peaceful Frontiers

Climate/Environment

Some Parts of the Ocean Are Turning a Weird Shade of Blue-Green. Scientists Suspect It’s Plastic ZME Science

Who Returned to Paradise? Brief Ecology

Climate Change Has Become So Bad That Rice Krispies Don’t Have Actual Rice in Them Anymore Futurism

Pandemics

Is America on the brink of an animal-flu pandemic? The Telegraph

Many more dairy workers are sick with avian influenza than is being reported. ICE is surging in Yakima. There have been 522 ICE abductions in Yakima from January through July 2026, the highest reported total of any Washington city during that period.

Workers are not being told about the risk of the virus. They are not being tested for H5N1 for fear of ICE retaliation.…