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Craig and Lindsay Foreman end hunger strike in Iran

A British couple jailed in Iran after being accused of espionage have ended their hunger strikes after 93 and 84 days respectively.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a motorcycle journey from Europe to Australia. They were both sentenced to 10 years in jail in February, but Craig Foreman's family said his punishment had been extended by two years after speaking to the media.

Urban canals can cut temperatures by more than 2°C during heat waves

New research from The University of Manchester has found that urban canals can cool their immediate surroundings by more than 2°C during heat waves.

How 'Camp Miasma’s Crew Revived a Pre-CGI Technique with

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Published Aug 10, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT

The movie's production designers break down its best and most impressive visual tricks

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Kris (Hannah Einbinder) walks into the darkness of an abandoned summer camp mid-winter, in the dead of night, and turns to the camera. Her face, framed by a thick, wooly hooded coat, looks clear and crisp, but behind her, the sky is a dreamlike swirl of blues, pinks, and purples. It looks like a dream, but that's just the magic of the old-school movie effects that director Jane Schoenbrun and their team resurrected for their new movie, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

‘Long-range sanctions’: Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losses

Eastern Ukraine – In a farm field in eastern Ukraine, a choking engine interrupts the sound of crickets and nightingales.

Then come indistinguishable shouts of male voices, followed by a crescendo – a loud sound like scissors tearing through wrapping paper.

Potatoes may have given Indigenous Andeans a digestive superpower

For thousands of years, potatoes have been central to life in the Andes. Indigenous Andean communities were the first to domesticate the starch-rich crop, turning it into a dietary staple long before potatoes spread around the world. Now, researchers have found evidence that this ancient reliance on potatoes may also have shaped human evolution.

Marvel Rivals hits the Ozempic, comes back 40 GB lighter

Incredible news, folks: Marvel Rivals has completely repackaged its assets. No, not those assets. Last Friday, the internet's most erogenous shooter announced that it was slimming down. As part of an "Optimized texture resource compression strategy across all platforms," Marvel Rivals now comes in about 40 GB lighter on PC than it did before.

'It's Complicated': Daredevil Star Charlie Cox Responds to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, And The Punisher's Claim He's Never Had a Friend Like Peter Parker

Daredevil actor Charlie Cox has been asked about a certain scene featuring Frank Castle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Warning! Spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day follow...

Marvel's latest blockbuster features the first big screen appearance of Jon Bernthal's Punisher after almost a decade of appearing in a swathe of TV projects, frequently alongside Cox's horn-helmed Daredevil.

Greenland glacier break creates new ice island

An international research team partly led by the University of Ottawa reports that Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland calved a 76.4 km² (29.5 square miles) ice island on Aug. 4, 2026, marking the glacier's largest loss of floating ice since 2012 and the largest Arctic calving event since 2020.