Hurricane Watch: Tropical Storm Lowell and Hurricane Karina continue churning in the central Pacific, with Lowell’s track still uncertain but officials warning the systems could bring impacts to Hawaiʻi later next week, including high surf and stronger winds. Volcano Science: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists are using exposed tephra and lava layers from the 2018 Kīlauea summit collapse to build a “tephra time machine” and better understand the volcano’s long eruptive history. Local Sports: The Rainbow Wahine pushed No. 21 Baylor to a fifth set but fell 15-9 in the deciding frame, while Hawaiʻi football opened with a 37-27 loss to Stanford after a late rally. Space & Research: The University of Hawaiʻi is set to play a major role in NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, with UH-developed infrared sensors and science planning tied to the telescope’s surveys. Environment: New DNA work using museum specimens shows Hawaii’s honeycreeper family tree has lost entire branches, with major evolutionary history disappearing. Health/Policy: A USPS mail-voting rule is facing legal fights after a court temporarily blocked it, raising concerns for states including Hawaiʻi where voting by mail is common.