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Month: July 2026
Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle. If they opened the door, the sheet would tighten and strangle him. The detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, had been in
A hunter in Tuktoyaktuk in Canada’s Northwest Territories uses decoy geese to lure birds Natalya Saprunova The realities of a changing global climate collide with years of tradition in Natalya Saprunova’s icy blue photograph, above, part of a series that won the New Scientist Editors Award in the Earth Photo 2026 competition. The image shows
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Apple has a MacBook for everyone. The Neo is a great value for anyone who wants a laptop for light tasks, while the Air is the next step up for tackling a wider range of computing needs. The Pro, on the other hand, is Apple’s
The Root of the Game (Várzea: Onde Nasce o Futebol) is a Portuguese-language sports documentary that delves into the communities of Brazil’s very specific brand of football. Directed by Alec Cutter, the documentary explores Várzea, the community-led amateur football league played on the streets of São Paulo and other major cities. Think English non-league but with
Jorja Smith has set a release date for her third album. What Are The Odds lands on FAMM on August 21, and Smith previewed it today with a new song with Wizkid, “Alive.” A music video, which follows the singers as they dance, sweat, and flirt their way through a Paris summer night. Watch it
Summer House star Kyle Cooke was allegedly spotted cozying up to Next Gen NYC star Ava Dash. After they locked lips in the Hamptons, what is next for the duo, and are they taking it to the next level? Keep reading for more details on what is happening with the Bravolebs. Kyle Cooke & Ava
Solo Leveling just went live-action, but not in the way anyone predicted. A new trailer reveals the franchise’s boldest adaptation yet, featuring a World silver medalist in the lead role. Solo Leveling on Ice musical launches new trailer Solo Leveling on Ice has dropped a brand new trailer across its official social media channels. Notably,
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The June heatwave is estimated to have killed more than 5000 people in France Laurent EMMANUEL / AFP via Getty Images Europe’s most extreme heatwave so far may have killed between 17,000 and 25,000 people, according to an early estimate based on past deaths from heat in the region. “These numbers are preliminary,” says Christopher
The two biggest issues on the table in our negotiations with Iran are a do or die for the world’s economy—the Strait of Hormuz– and a possible do or die for humankind– Iran’s nuclear program. How are the Iran talks going this week? Lumpy, bumpy and confused. Thursday of last week, June 25th, Iran struck a
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The two most streamed movies in June were about the end of the world, but they offer wildly different takes on how it will go down. This month’s top streamers indicate a collective subconscious that’s split down the middle. For every violent, cynical, dog-eat-dog survival
Survival of the Thickest Season 3 arrives as Mavis Beumont, stylist-turned-designer, takes the fashion world by storm, in addition to managing life challenges as they come along. The Netflix original quirky comedic drama series, written and co-created by Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, is inspired by Buteau’s acclaimed book of essays. The series is executive-produced
Djrum has a new EP on the way. I Wander, the British producer’s follow-up to Under Tangled Silence, is due August 14, via Houndstooth. The record, says Felix Manuel in a press release, “can be digested in bitesize chunks, or taken as a whole. Each track tells a different story on their own, but taken
Amy Adams had been circling the Superman universe for a long time before she played Lois Lane in Man of Steel. During Smallville Season 1, she played Jodi Melville, a kryptonite-powered villain with a rather memorable body-horror arc, and she later auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in that same series but lost it
Game of Thrones‘ ending gets a new twist in HBO’s latest release, and it corrects what fans had been complaining about Daenerys Targaryen’s fate for a new generation. Game of Thrones grew to be one of HBO’s most popular TV shows ever, as well as one of the biggest series of all time. At its
My Heartstopper hyperfixation continues—which is not a surprise, because the final book and movie come out in a couple of weeks. To be honest, my reading has been mostly in the fanfiction arena lately, but my obsession did lead me to pick up a few books in June. First up was I Was Born for
Last month, my colleagues and I published an investigation into a Texas oil refinery startup, America First Refining, that had secretly gotten investment from Donald Trump Jr. We discovered a saga involving the Trump administration’s tariff policy, sanctioned Russian oil and an Indian billionaire family’s private zoo. At the center of the story was the
SpudCell is the first synthetic cell system built from non-living components to complete a full cell cycle Orion Venero, Adamala Lab The “SpudCell” is being proclaimed by its creators as a major advance in synthetic biology. Some of this hype is justified – yes, it’s a cell, but perhaps not quite what you could call