Human activity more than doubles Arctic fire occurrence, satellite analysis suggests

Fires in the Arctic are not solely a regional issue, as shown by the hazy skies in Switzerland last summer despite otherwise sunny weather. Smoke from major fires in northern Canada crossed the Atlantic and reached Europe. Until now, large-scale studies of Arctic tundra fires have focused primarily on rising temperatures and drought as the main drivers. The role of human activity has received much less attention, even as industrial development, settlements, roads and other infrastructure expand rapidly in parts of the Arctic, particularly in connection with extractive industries such as oil and gas production and mining.

Koe Wetzel Is Singing With Ella Langley and Leaving His Hard-Partying Days Behind

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“This is definitely the curtain call for how things have been up to this point,” says the Texas roughhouser, who drops the new Langley collab “Jaded.”

Koe Wetzel took a spin through the final mix of “Jaded” and smiles. “Yeah, for sure,” he says to his producer. The east Texas troubadour has been teasing the song almost from the moment he released The Night Champion in June, and for good reason: His favorite duet partner is back.

Reddit CEO Intends To Show More Reviews And Recommendations

Reddit’s Q2 earnings call revealed that Reddit intends to surface more evergreen content to users. The company also explained that it intends to make its search bar more visually engaging by integrating advertising modules. It’s clear that Reddit aspires to compete with online content publishers and become a stronger competitor to social networks.

Michigan, Missouri, Washington primary elections: Key takeaways

Michigan’s Democratic race for a midterm election nomination emerged on Tuesday as the latest battleground between the party’s progressive and centrist candidates, commonly referred to by Democrats as “moderates”, over US support for Israel.

X-Men Finally Solves a 33-Year-Old Mystery — and Changes the Meaning of an Iconic TV Episode

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Published Aug 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

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X-Men '97 breaks the rules of what a series revival can be thanks to a very unique set of circumstances. This is a direct continuation of the beloved 1990s X-Men: The Animated Series, but it's also working with the benefit of nearly three decades of X-Men comics that releases between the original cartoon and now. That means X-Men '97's writers can cherry pick the best plotlines and characters from 29 years of story development, while avoiding any pitfalls. It also means the series can circle back to major unresolved threads from The Animated Series with the gift of new information. (It's kind of like if there were 15 years of Scrubs comics that the Hulu revival could reference for ideas.)

Russian attack kills at least 17 in Kyiv as Ukraine hammers more Wildberries warehouses

An aerial view shows a massive column of smoke rising above Kyiv from a burning NOVUS supermarket chain warehouse following a Russian ballistic missile attack on the capital on August 5, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

Shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX tumbled after the company's first-ever earnings report revealed a huge jump in spending on artificial intelligence, spooking investors.

While the firm's quarterly revenue had nearly doubled to $7.8bn (£5.8bn) from a year earlier, its spending ballooned to $18.3bn, more than six times what it was a year ago, the bulk of which was for AI.

Vegetables to get smaller and more expensive due to hot weather, farmers warn

ByAlex DanielBusiness reporter and Esme StallardSenior climate and science reporter

This year's harvest could be the worst on record as farmers warn the exceptionally dry spring and summer could lead to "shrinkflation" in UK supermarkets.

SoftBank jumps 13% as Asia tech stocks track Wall Street AI rally

CANADA - 2025/08/07: In this photo illustration, the SoftBank Group (Soft Bank) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Labor’s gambling reform friendless as Coalition withholds support amid drug and sex worker allegations

Labor will be forced to make major changes to its planned crackdown on online gambling advertising, as the Coalition, Greens and independents demand tougher rules to stop betting companies offering generous inducements as well as further limits on broadcast ads.