The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Planet

Scientists are already trying to explain an anomaly in some of the pictures from the Curiosity rover. [latimes]

The next step is of course sending humans to Mars. [pcmag]

It should come as no surprise that July was officially the hottest month on record. [nytimes]

The US begins its first official project to clean up Agent Orange in Vietnam. [bbc]

Scientists are working on a new glass that will prevent the estimated hundreds of millions of birds from running into it and dying every year. [npr]