The White House says hospitals must provide abortion services in "emergency situations" to save the life or health of the patient, citing a federal law that supersedes state bans. / BuzzFeed News

Related: Such emergency conditions include "ectopic pregnancy, complications of pregnancy loss, or emergent hypertensive disorders, such as preeclampsia with severe features." / Reuters

The FDA will evaluate a birth-control pill that, if approved, would become the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication available in the US. / Axios

Pulse oximeters can inaccurately measure oxygen levels in patients with darker skin, which has resulted in those patients receiving less supplemental oxygen in ICUs. / STAT

Texas bitcoin miners pause operations as extreme heat pushes the state's grid to its hilt, allowing "for over 1% of total grid capacity to be pushed back onto the grid." / Decrypt

Related: "Bitcoin miners could save the Texas grid—or sink it." / Texas Monthly

As severe drought conditions batter the American Southwest, the Great Salt Lake, which plays an incalculably vital role for nature—and people—is in peril. / Bloomberg

See also: A World War II landing craft has emerged at Lake Mead, as water levels reach an unprecedented low due to extreme drought. / CNN

A theory for how the surge in field recording with digital devices might contribute to the decimation of the very ecosystems it's trying to document. / Dada Drummer Almanach

Influencers for hire spread disinformation targeting Kenyan journalists, judges, and activists by exploiting Twitter trends. / The Elephant

Olympian Mo Farah says he was trafficked to the UK from Djibouti when he was eight or nine—and did not, as he'd previously stated, arrive with his parents as a refugee. / BBC News

"Every new image has the potential to become our deepest view yet." Why the photo released yesterday from the James Webb Space Telescope presents such a staggering achievement. / The Atlantic

NASA is now releasing more photos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. / Colossal

See also: A side-by-side look at a Hubble Space Telescope photo and the first JWST image. / @ianlauerastro

More than 300 independent bookstores have opened in the US over the past two years, and many are run by nonwhite booksellers. / The New York Times

"Gamers like the idea of video game archives, but, as someone who maintains a research collection, I can tell you that few people ever visit them." / Waypoint

The history of the modern smiley face—drawn by one artist for $45 in 1963, then remade and copyrighted by an entrepreneur eight years later. / The Hustle

Ann Shulgin, who with her husband Sasha wrote a pair of groundbreaking psychedelic journals, has died at 91. / Boing Boing

Cat Power will recreate Dylan's 1966 Royal Albert Hall show where he "went electric." / Pitchfork

See also: Calculate your Best Bob Dylan Album. / The Morning News