Kyle Nowak

☝️ You’re looking at the best science images from June 2023, as selected by Nature’s photography team.

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”

–William Faulkner (1897-1962)

🌏 Around the world: Australia became the first country to legalize psychedelics to treat depression and PTSD, pieces of a Munich synagogue destroyed by Nazis in 1938 were just discovered, and more.

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan?

💉🎧 Last month, podcast host Joe Rogan held a three-hour interview with Democratic presidential candidate and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And one topic from their conversation is stirring up controversy: do vaccines cause autism and/or chronic diseases?

☝️ Alef Aeronautics announced that its Model A flying car is the first ever to receive FAA approval for testing in the air and on the ground; the CA-based startup aims to start delivering the $300,000 vehicle to customers by the end of 2025.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”

–Mark Twain (1835-1910)

🌏 Around the World: China is restricting exports of two minerals the US deems critical to the production of semiconductors, solar cells, and missile systems, the world recorded its hottest day ever on Monday (and then again on Tuesday), & more →

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college admissions?

⚖️🎓 On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20K in federal student-loan debt for over 40M eligible US borrowers.

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

–Voltaire (1694-1778)

🌏 Around the world: Norway’s Hornelen mountain (Europe’s highest sea cliff) recently opened three new climbing routes, the French government deployed 40K police officers as major cities experienced a third straight night of protests, & more

⚖️🎓 Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Together, the two rulings mean that US colleges and universities can no longer explicitly consider a prospective student’s race in their admissions process.

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"The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others."

–Wayne Dyer (1940-2015)

☀️🧲 After several years of downtime, the Sun is now entering a particularly active period for solar flares – which experts say have the potential to throw the entire world back into the analog age.

This weekly section delivers the most outlandish, off-the-wall, and occasionally laugh-out-loud news stories of the week, as well as some hilarious or… curious synchronicities crowdsourced from around the world.

🌏 Around the world: A newly-discovered painting in the ruins of Pompeii depicts a possible ancient ancestor of pizza, protests broke out across Paris after a 17-y/o driver was shot and killed by police, and more.

❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, which of the following events most likely happened?

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