Links for you. Science:

Hundreds of racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists
Cease-fire. The Only Way to Prevent a Polio Epidemic Among Gazan and Israeli Babies. The response to the threat of the highly infectious polio virus, recently detected in sewage in Gaza, must be coordinated and comprehensive. As Israeli public health professors, we call for a cease-fire to stop it spreading
Why We Need an Immunome. How can we know the primacy of our immune response for health yet be unable to measure it?
MERS-CoV exposure and risk factors for MERS-CoV ELISA seropositivity among members of livestock-owning households in southern Jordan: a population based cross-sectional study
Physicist, 98, honoured with doctorate 75 years after groundbreaking discovery
‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor

Other:

Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas. Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.
Biden resignees are more hopeful about Harris’ Israel policy: “I’ve worked for Kamala, and I know she’ll do the right thing,” said Lily Greenberg Call, who resigned from the administration in May.
DEMOCRATS, STICK TOGETHER FOR ONCE AND TELL “BIDEN MUST RESIGN” REPUBLICANS TO STFU
A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player (gift link)
Low-income residents to receive debit cards in Oakland’s ‘universal basic mobility’ program
Melting on Minnesota Avenue: A relentless struggle against record heat
Will Biden’s Honorable Exit Save America From His Nemesis, Trump?
Biden flips the script — and Republicans forget their lines
What is the Kamala Harris coconut tree meme and why is everyone sharing it?
Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chain
Biden’s Timing: Undercutting Bibi
A Candidate, Not a Cult Leader. After Biden’s decision to leave the race, the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans could not be clearer.
As a scholar, he’s charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors has closed its doors
Elon Musk Is Winning. Twitter has always been in the doomscrolling business, and business is booming.
Donald Trump Is Now the Weaker Candidate
Trump’s GOP is no country for MAGA women. At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there’s no place for them in Trump’s GOP
This Is Exactly What the Trump Team Feared. A campaign that had been optimized to beat Joe Biden must now be reinvented.
Harris has not been a great politician. But hopefully she’s good enough. Busting the myths against replacing Biden with his vice president as the Democratic nominee.
Biden can go down as an American hero — but only if Harris can beat Trump