Links for you. Science:

Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth. Life may share one ancient genetic code, but new evidence suggests free-living cells emerged independently twice. (paper here)
Bigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great Forests
HHS document offers new clues to Kennedy’s vaccine plans
She grew up unvaccinated. Now she’s a leading voice for science — and empathy
We killed off California’s grizzly bears over a century ago. Can we resurrect them?
How much of a cancer drug is too much? Patients, researchers challenge FDA-approved dosages.
BGSU research finds toxins from algal blooms present in air samples

Other:

‘It embarrasses me to be involved’: Inside the National Guard D.C. deployment
We Need To Hear From Jeffries. He needs to be drawing redlines, not signaling compromise. Did he get snookered, or does he really intend to work cooperatively with thieves?
The Quest for the Holy Grail of Downtown Recovery
He Picked a Fight With Black America. I’m Here to Finish It.
Why does the New York Times keep calling the left ‘divisive’?
‘People are p***** off’: Black voters are turning out after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act
You’re Not Censored, But Get Off My Stage. It’s not deplatforming when security won’t let me rap with Kendrick.
Never Apologize For Being a Class Traitor
What actually happened to faculty hiring under DEI? (“During the pandemic, faculty hiring dropped dramatically but DEI policies kept minority hiring flat/slightly elevated — leading to ~1 additional faculty hired per institution per year relative to the counterfactual.”)
Hey, So Why The Hell Is Hakeem Jeffries Meeting With Prince Jared Of Trump?
Born on technology’s third base
Dan Osborn staffers infiltrated rival political party, tried to dissolve it
What Democrats can learn from Mitch McConnell
Are the polls overestimating Democrats again?
The friction-free design principles at the heart of Japan’s busiest cities
USS Lincoln sailor heartbroken after Trump’s ICE goons arrest his dad
Trump’s Third-Worldism
Trump-Aligned America First Policy Institute Backing Ex-NBA Player Tossed from WNBA Game
49ers Owner Jed York Red-Faced After Arrest In Ohio
Secret White House bunker undercuts Trump’s ballroom lawsuit, ex-officials say
The Density Divide and the Southernification of Rural America
Narrative Vehicles: The law enforcement bullets that killed Renee Good, Kohen Wiley, and John Albers entered from the side. Why did the official accounts say the cars were driving straight at officers?
US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific
Does Your Cat’s Butthole Touch Everything It Sits On? One Middle-Schooler Devised an Experiment to Find Out
Trump Seethes at Natalie Harp Mess as Leaks Grow Damning
How Canada can help Americans and defeat America