Perhaps unsurprisingly, injuries from fireworks skyrocket on the Fourth of July.

Abstracts: Fireworks Injuries, Nobel Laureates, and More

• Perhaps unsurprisingly, fireworks injuries skyrocket on the Fourth of July. Check out these interactive graphs to see just how much. (STAT)

• More than 100 Nobel laureates are asking Greenpeace to reverse its position on genetically modified organisms. (Vox)

Suicide

Depression still carries a stigma, even in the medical community. But that is starting to change.(Visual by unsplash.com/Pexels)

• Depression still carries a stigma, even in the medical community. But with 350 to 400 doctors committing suicide every year, that is starting to change. (Chicago Tribune)

• The World Anti-Doping Agency announced that it is suspending accreditation for Rio’s Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory, making it very difficult to catch any doping at the Olympics this August. (Wired)

• After zebra mussels in Texas required a pipeline to be replaced at a cost of $300 million, the invasive species continues to spread. (Dallas Morning News)

• The Yellowstone River is both iconic and heavily abused, but one man has a plan to save it. (High Country News)

• Astronomers are using supernovas to measure the size of the universe. (Slate)

• As Arctic tourism increases, scientists are using visitors to collect and document data on the ice. (Eos)

• And finally, this week the Supreme Court refused to hear a Washington state case on how much religious freedom pharmacists have. Two editors debate the pros and cons of the case, and the refusal. (Seattle Times)

Ian Evans is a science and nature writer living in the Boston area. He earned a bachelors in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and recently completed a master's degree in Science Journalism at Boston University. Ian is an intern at Undark Magazine for the summer of 2016, where his primary focus will be on nature, environmental science and ecology.