Here’s what I’m reading up on this morning:
- St. Louis police shoot a black man after he allegedly opens fire in Ferguson, Missouri.
- Oops. The EPA spills three million gallons of toxic metals into the Colorado River.
- The Pope designates September 1 as environmental prayer day.
- A grizzly bear kills and eats a hiker off-trail in Yosemite.
- Berkshire Hathaway will acquire aerospace firm Precision Castparts for $37 billion.
- On Facebook, laughter is now more widely expressed with haha-ing instead of lol-ing.
- "True Detective" wraps up.
- Coca-Cola is funding scientists to tell you that drinking sugary garbage is perfectly fine.
- Vertical and horizontal slit eyes correspond with predator and prey animals.