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Mutant Butterflies — shortly after the earthquake that led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, scientists began studying the pale grass blue butterfly. Today research from Scientific Reports reveals many of the butterflies in the sample size showed signs of mutation.

Apple’s Competitive Edge — Written in 2010, this competitive analysis shows benchmarking by Samsung’s product engineering team, and an overwhelmingly detailed screen-by-screen comparison of the iPhone and the Galaxy S I, in an effort to document and improve upon iPhone design failures and UI. Industry competitive intelligence or not, Apple is using this document to support its claims Samsung blatantly copied its iPhone. It could help determine the outcome of the tech giant’s $2.5 billion patent battle.

Mapping The Moon — For those who clamored around their computer screens late last night to view the harrowing ‘seven minutes of terror,’ this image of “Marvels of Science” shows just how far we’ve come in the era of space exploration. The 1946 issue devotes a lot of images and illustrations that commemorate the historic event of man sending a signal to the moon. It took two-and-a-half seconds for the signal to reach the moon and back to the United States.

Knee High By the Fourth of July? These days, many of the nation’s farmers don’t quite use this idiom from the era of ‘Farmer’s Almanac.’ While the drought will affect much of the nation’s corn yield, there are some farms in Illinois that are seeing resilient corn, rising from rich soil comprised of glacial till. The glaciers only moved about as far south as I-70, and the output north during this drought season could be drastically different. This infographic compares the crop across Illinois last year.

Lost, but not forgotten. Today, Amelia Earhart would have turned 115. Earhart, along with navigator Fred Noonan, were lost over the Pacific on July 2, 1937 in an attempt to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe solo.

Outlook: widespread drought with a chance of national disaster.