Links for you. Science:

We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures
How close is a new bird flu (H5N1) pandemic?
Philosophical Dead Ends: John Dupré reviews Richard Dawkins’s “The Genetic Book of the Dead” and Sara Imari Walker’s “Life as No One Knows It.”
A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans. Surviving Neanderthal genes in modern genome tell a story of thousands of years of interactions
‘Brutal’ math test stumps AI but not human experts
Single mutation in H5N1 influenza surface protein could enable easier human infection

Other:

We got rid of polio with vaccines. RFK’s lawyer wants to bring it back
Gillibrand Presses Biden to Amend the Constitution to Enshrine Sex Equality (why not? If nothing else, it rallies Democrats, and forces Republicans on the defensive)
Trump to discuss ending childhood vaccination programs with RFK Jr.
The Democrats are not acting like a democratic political party
A Disease of Affluence: Trump’s supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
It’s Time to Break Up Big Medicine
How to get an abortion in D.C.
Revoke the Polio Vaccine???
Not enough dead Kennedys
The commercial news industry is incapable of fulfilling its constitutional duties
How a great nonprofit news organization would cover national politics
Manchin: Biden ‘went completely insane on me’ over American Rescue Plan opposition (good!)
Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food
Right-wing conspiracy theories are having a bad day. FBI at the Capitol riot? Nope. Joe Biden taking a bribe? Even more nope. New evidence that emerged Thursday via an inspector general report and guilty plea further debunk the claims.
Let’s talk about what the authoritarian aggression we know is coming will look like.
The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War
A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits
Life is good, says the second coming of Cassandra
As East Village’s Little India Fades, One Place Keeps Its Lights On
Elizabeth Warren introduces Senate bill to hold capitalism ‘accountable’
Democrats Need To Understand That Persuasion Is A Business—A Big One
Trump’s Crypto Project Was a Bust Until Justin Sun Stepped In
Elon Musk’s harassment of federal employees proves DOGE is weaker than he pretends
The incurious investigative reporter
Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses
What Doctors Like Me Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger