It's National Ice Cream Sundae Day, which might be a good day to Potter, Nebraska, the birthplace of the Tin Roof Sundae. Plus: Roswell, New Mexico is very popular with UFO tourists, but it's also home to the Miniatures and Curious Collections Museum.

Why Is It Called Tin Roof Sundae? (Chowhound)

The Miniatures and Curious Collections Museum of Roswell, NM, is filled with wonderful things (Boing Boing)

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Lots of people have warned about robot invasions, but not like this: tiny bots that don’t want to take over the world, but want to help clear your sinuses of germs. Plus: a group of 15 monkeys living at Kyoto University's primate research institute figure out a way to escape their habitat.

Light-powered robot swarms may replace antibiotics for tough sinus infections (Interesting Engineering)

Monkeys use trees to catapault themselves out of Japanese laboratory (Daily Telegraph)

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America's second president once said that Independence Day should always feature "illuminations." We'll explain how those pyrotechnics illuminate the sky each July 4. Plus: Seward, Nebraska is a relatively small community, but it goes big every time this holiday rolls around.

The chemistry behind fireworks (University of Pennsylvania)

Seward Is A Small Town In Nebraska That Offers Plenty Of Peace And Quiet (Only In Your State)

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