A melting glacier shifts the border between Switzerland and Italy. A mountain lodge says it's not changing its menu or wine list. / Euronews.green

Gen-Z eco-activists on New York City's Upper East Side are deflating tires on SUVs. / The Guardian

Saudi Arabia wants to build a roadless, carless city that's more than 100 miles long, with nine million residents, running on renewable energy. / NPR

See also: The National Press Club calls a Saudi-funded LIV golf event a bid "to minimize the grisly bone-saw attack on Jamal Khashoggi." / Twitter

Given Russia's Ukraine invasion, African leaders say the UN Security Council is a dysfunctional relic, no longer fit for purpose. / The Economist

White House officials worry China may move against Taiwan in the next year. Meanwhile, Republicans urge Pelosi to visit. / The New York Times

The Biden administration prepares to develop a next generation of Covid-19 immunizations. / STAT

"Engineers don't have to be crash test dummies." Interview with an amusement park safety inspector. / The Prepared

How can NASA search for life on Mars? By making it an actual goal. / The New Atlantis

The giraffe is such a strange animal, people around the world have long thought it was a mash-up of other species. / Language Log

A new satellite that looks like a disco ball aims to measure how Earth's rotation drags the fabric of space-time around itself. / Nature

Related: Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 jacket sells at auction for $2.8 million. / Reuters

A visual effects designer complains of being "pixel-fucked" by the Marvel cinematic universe. / Vulture

The Wharton School launches a certification program titled "Business in the Metaverse Economy." / Fortune 

Eighty percent of young Americans still live within 100 miles of where they spent their teenage years. / Vox

Vogue says "core" is the new "chic." Gawker says Sydney Sweeney is the new Tom Brady. Is pickleball the new fidget spinner of sports? / Vogue, Gawker, GQ