The Guardian
The Perseid meteor shower peaks this week with up to 100 meteors per hour, a new moon, and zero need for a winter coat - just don't look at your phone.
The Guardian
London mayor Sadiq Khan uses his new powers to tell Westminster council to stop trying to kill the city's nightlife, one vertical drink at a time.
The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht was the closest vessel to a stranded boat but didn't respond, leaving a cruise ship to do the actual rescuing - because of course.
The Atlantic
Raccoons are breaking into homes, eating lasagna, and possibly evolving into pets - because why not add 'domestication' to their list of trash-panda achievements?
ScienceDaily
New study finds frequent cannabis users wake up with higher cortisol, suggesting the stress-reliever might actually be messing with your stress system. Surprise, surprise.
The Guardian Europe
William Orbit, the producer who made Madonna sound like the future and classical music sound like it was beamed from space, has died at 69. He left school at 15, lived on a grain barge, and turned sound into putty.
BBC World
Puerto Rico's drought has turned water into a luxury item, with rotating shut-offs and leaky pipes - because who needs running water when you have climate change?
The Guardian Europe
One man's act of kindness in a blizzard goes beyond a ride home, delivering a life-affirming message that resonates long after the snow melts.
BBC World
Ecuador charges a former minister and six others in the assassination of a presidential candidate, proving once again that the plot twists in real life are often more predictable than fiction.
The Guardian Europe
NASA chases a solar eclipse in a Cold War-era bomber, capturing nanoflares and feeling small, because 2 minutes 18 seconds of darkness just isn't enough.
The Guardian
Chinese EVs hit record sales in Europe, sparking tariff debates, while Tesla makes a comeback and PHEVs enjoy a loophole before it closes.
The Guardian Europe
Meta's smartglasses are earning creators dirty looks and 'pervert glasses' labels, proving that even a flat white can't escape the surveillance backlash.
The Guardian
Senate Democrats hold tabletop exercises to prepare for election chaos, because apparently the future is a choose-your-own-adventure where every path leads to a constitutional crisis.
ScienceDaily
Study finds teens who light up may be dimming their own brainpower, because what else could go wrong?
The Guardian Europe
Neuroscience reveals that sleep, exercise, and diet all boost mitochondria, the ancient energy engines powering our brains - so Grandma was right, just for reasons she couldn't have known.
The Guardian
A 112-hectare fire in Suffolk devastates rare wildlife, but rewilding is not to blame - climate change, barbecues, and lingering WWII ordnance are the real party crashers.
The Guardian
A cowboy mimes his way through a desert of existential dread and wooden horses in this delightfully bemusing one-man spaghetti western.
The Guardian Europe
20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Gulf as Iran's blockade drags on - because nothing says 'peace deal' like abandoning ship crews to missile fire.
The Guardian Europe
The Falkland Islands, where penguins outnumber people, is divided over a massive salmon farm proposal - so opponents want a referendum to let residents decide their own fate.
BBC Business
Two mums in Devon set up a free school uniform swap to save families from 'forking out' on expensive clothes, and it's already a hit.
The Good Times
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