• ☝️ This is your brain on shrooms: In a new study, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis gave psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, to volunteers, then sent them through an MRI scanner.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed yesterday (S&P: -1.4%; Dow: +0.6%; Nasdaq: -2.8%); it marked the Nasdaq’s worst trading day since December 2022.
• 🕶️👕 EssilorLuxottica, which owns Ray-Ban, agreed to buy direct-to-consumer streetwear brand Supreme for $1.5 billion; it's the eyewear-maker's first foray into a market where the product doesn't have two stems and eyeholes filled with glass. 
• 📦 Amazon Prime Day: This year’s two-day event is expected to bring in nearly $14 billion, per estimates; the first day brought in $7.2 billion, according to Adobe Analytics.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏆 FX dominated the Emmy nominations: Shogun led the pack with 25 nods, while The Bear set a new all-time record for a comedy series with 23 nominations. | 🦸 The Russo brothers are reportedly in talks to direct next two Avengers movies for Marvel Studios. | 🎙️ Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly went toe-to-toe on The Daily Show for first time in a decade.
• 💕📲 Tinder launched a new AI feature that picks users’ most attractive photos for them.
• 🚫 Jack Black’s Tenacious D canceled their current tour after Kyle Gass, the other member of the comedy rock duo, made a comment suggesting he wished the shooter hadn’t missed former President Trump. | 🎶🏴‍☠️ A trio of major record labels – Universal, Sony, and Warner – are suing Verizon for allegedly continuing to serve customers accused of pirating music. | 🎮 Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been turned into a fan-made video game.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🦕 A near-complete stegosaurus skeleton, nicknamed Apex, was purchased by billionaire Ken Griffin at a Sotheby’s auction yesterday for $44.6 million; it’s the most expensive fossil ever sold by a margin of ~$13 million. | 🪓 The National Museum of Ireland recently received a pair of rare early Bronze Age axeheads, believed to be over 4,000 years old, from an anonymous sender.
• 💩 The ideal poop schedule for your long-term health involves bowel movements 1x or 2x per day, according to a new study.
• 🐶 Dogs might have evolved to read your emotions.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🏚️ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s $27 million San Francisco home is plagued with a leaky infinity pool and faulty piping that dumped sewage, per a new lawsuit. | 🌧️ Speaking of flooded mansions: Drake’s 50,000-square-foot compound experienced significant flooding on Tuesday, as intense rainfall near Toronto left 167,000 residents without power.
• 🗳️ 65% of Democrats believe President Biden should withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and let the party pick a different nominee, per a new AP-NORC poll. | 🦠🇺🇸 President Biden tested positive for Covid yesterday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House announced. | 🐘🗣️ Senator JD Vance (R-OH) made his debut as former President Trump’s 2024 running mate in a headline speech at the RNC.
• ☄️ A meteor created loud booms heard across parts of New York City and New Jersey Tuesday morning, per NASA; it also sparked a “rare daylight fireball.”

CLICKBAIT

• 🐋 World's Rarest Whale, Never Seen Alive, Washes Up on Beach.