Pacific Ocean pattern helps explain diverging wildfire trends in US and Australia
Two of the world's most fire-prone regions have followed strikingly different wildfire trajectories despite both experiencing a warming climate. Burned forest area has surged across the U.S. Southwest, while eastern Australia has not seen the same increase.
The busiest week in tennis? The one full of weddings - ESPN
Jul 30, 2026, 08:00 AM ET
Asia Muhammad didn't need to figure out a wedding date when her now-husband James Cross proposed to her last August.
While there were many -- many -- other details to figure out in the months ahead, picking a day was not among them. Knowing they wanted to get married in their home base of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the warmer-weather months narrowed their options down to exactly one week.
You Can Watch The Solar Eclipse With An Astronaut On These Cruises
A total solar eclipse darkens the sky above the ocean. Several cruise lines are positioning ships in the path of totality for the August 12, 2026, eclipse, with astronauts and other spaceflight experts aboard.
The Warriors are standing pat as the Curry era reaches another crossroads - ESPN
WAITING AT A traffic signal on the Las Vegas Strip in the dead heat of summer league, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr noticed someone filming him from the rear window of an adjacent car. Kerr rolled down his window to say hello. They asked about the team's ongoing pursuit of LeBron James.
'I Don't Know How We'd Tackle That' — Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Wants Symbiote Suit That's as Good as the Games
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: Jul 30, 2026 10:43pm UTC
Tom Holland thinks that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 game did the symbiote suit so well that he's unsure if they could pull it off in live-action.
Rural runoff funnels hurricane floodwater toward coastal cities, model finds
Coastal cities are at increasing risk of compound flooding events, such as when heavy rainfall and storm surges occur simultaneously during hurricanes. However, the processes that contribute to urban compound flooding aren't well understood at smaller scales.
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Sets Rotten Tomatoes Audience Record For Holland’s Spidey Films
Tom Holland in "Spider-Man Brand New Day." Sony Pictures Entertainment/Jay Maidment.
While Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day has the lowest critics’ score for the actor’s Spider-Man films on Rotten Tomatoes, the site’s users feel otherwise.
‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Team on Bringing a 1940s Family Adventure Into the Modern Era
In Vertical’s upcoming The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton’s 1940s children’s novels get a modern makeover, and one that director Ben Gregor, as well as stars Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, say brings the author’s messages around adventure and family to a modern audience.
Ben Affleck, ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Win $1 Million for Charity on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champ Jamie Ding are the latest celebrity winners of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
The actor-writer-director and his partner on the ABC game show, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, won the top prize of $1 million on Wednesday night’s edition, with the funds going to Affleck’s longtime charity, the Eastern Congo Initiative.
Uncovering the structure of the poxvirus 'portal complex'
Poxviruses have a long history in human disease as well as medicine: The first-ever vaccine was developed to protect against smallpox, which has since been eradicated. Despite this, scientists still don't fully understand how poxviruses infect and replicate inside our cells. Recent outbreaks of mpox highlight an urgent need to better understand poxvirus biology.