Science and technology intersect with geopolitics and climate risk in today’s headlines. In the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Bertha is pushing toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing warnings of heavy rain, coastal flooding and possible isolated tornadoes from Florida to Louisiana, a reminder that even a below-normal hurricane season can still turn dangerous quickly. Elsewhere, uncertainty clouds a major infrastructure claim after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it struck Amazon-linked data facilities and U.S. air-defense systems in Bahrain with cruise missiles, assertions not yet independently confirmed. In the Pacific, Japan has raised safety concerns after a Chinese destroyer conducted live-fire drills near remote Okinotori during joint exercises with Russia. Against that tense backdrop, more constructive developments came from Australia, where Gateway expanded a promising gold discovery in Western Australia, and from Rotterdam, where MVRDV won a competition to design a striking new “Shift Embassy” blending architecture, landscape and climate awareness.