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Just like a ride on a carousel, childhood should be a swirl of color, movement and magic. The seven books below capture that spirit of wonder. Each one invites kids to explore in ways that feel natural, exciting and real. Some awaken creativity, others offer fresh ways of seeing the world. All of them help young readers dream bigger and feel more connected. Whether your child lights up at the thought of animals, gets lost in puzzles or is always chasing their next idea, these books are made to inspire. Get ready for stories that turn curiosity into joy and…

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The playful pair of Rozi the cheetah cub and Ziggy the labrador-kelpie-collie mix show that sibling bonds can transcend species boundaries. Rozi was born in late February at Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, by emergency caesarean after her mother, Siri, went into labour early. Siri never produced milk, and because Rozi was critically unwell for the first weeks of her life, the mother and daughter had to be separated. Rozi’s two siblings were stillborn, so as the sole surviving cub, she faced the prospect of at least 18 months in isolation, leaving her ill-equipped to join the zoo’s breeding…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day, also known as Spider-Man 4, has received a big production update. Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be the next MCU film following the recent release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Arriving in just a little over one year, the movie will see Tom Holland once again reprise his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. What is the Spider-Man 4 update? Per The Glasgow Times on X, Spider-Man 4 will officially begin production this week. “Streets in the city centre have started being transformed ahead of filming for the next Spider-Man blockbuster,” the outlet reports. “Cameras are set…

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The Stray Cats have announced a 2025 US tour for this fall. Featuring all three original members, it will mark the rockabilly band’s first dates since frontman Brian Setzer revealed he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. After kicking off on October 25th in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, the tour will make stops in cities including Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and more. See the full itinerary below. Get The Stray Cats Tickets Here Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 1st at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Beforehand, there will be an artist…

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Featured Podcasts Lenny’s Podcast: Pricing your AI product: Lessons from 400+ companies and 50 unicorns | Madhavan Ramanujam Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product. Subscribe to Lenny’s Podcast. The Talk Show With John Gruber: ‘The Shift-2 Crowd’, With Jason Snell The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more. Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber. Big Technology Podcast: Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the…

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25 Jul 2025 6 Biographies & Memoirs of Discovery These aren’t just stories of where someone came from—they’re about who they chose to become. Across countries, careers, and collisions with fate, each voice reveals what it means to build a life from the inside out. You’ll walk away inspired, unsettled, and wide awake. Searching for Home by Judy Kashoff Release Date: July 2, 2025 They traveled for 5 years by horseback, on elephants, and leaky boats, but mostly by bicycle. They drank tuak with headhunters in the jungle of Borneo, slept in a Wat on Christmas Eve, and watched a…

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Toxic algae, collected here, can disrupt water supplies, ecosystems and recreation activities—and pose serious health risks. Credit: Brittany Barreto Martinez The San Luis Reservoir in Merced County—one of California’s largest artificial lakes—not only irrigates Central Valley farmland and supplies drinking water across the Silicon Valley and the South Bay, but also draws swimmers, boaters and anglers year-round. Yet for months at a time, forest-green blankets of algae spread across the lake’s surface. Despite their calm appearance, these harmful algal blooms (HABs) can disrupt water supplies, ecosystems and recreation activities—and pose serious health risks. Over the past decade, the California Department…

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The ’80s were a decade defined by excess. You had your big hair, bold fashion choices, and big personalities.From TV and movie stars to sports heroes and pop stars, the ’80s gave rise to a whole new level of celebrity, who would battle for magazine covers, dominate prime-time TV, and dominate the news with just a wink and a big, toothy grin. Those were the days.What Made Someone Famous in the 1980s?Actors Burt Reynolds and Meryl StreepGetty ImagesREAD MORE: The Coolest Cars of the 1980sObviously, this was before social media, so fame was not measured by the number of followers. It…

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Former Anti-Flag frontman Justin Sane has been ordered to pay nearly $2 million in damages to a woman who alleged that he raped her in 2010, Rolling Stone reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The woman, Kristina Sarhadi, filed a lawsuit against Justin Sane, whose legal name is Justin Cathal Geever, in 2023, but the singer never responded to the complaint in court. As a result, Judge Brenda K. Sannes granted a default judgment against Justin Sane.Judge Sannes handed down her ruling on Tuesday, July 22. She awarded Sarhadi $1,170,800 in damages related to her claims of assault, battery, and sexual…

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As late as 1974, it was a crime to have visual differences. Called “unsightly beggar ordinances” (and later named the “ugly laws”), these grotesque regulations made it illegal for those with disabilities to “expose himself or herself to public view,” or they’d be met with fines and arrests for no other reason than demonstrating some type of visible impairment. It’s a stark contrast to Disability Pride Month, which honors what makes people unique. It’s also one of the reasons why Maya Moore—an amputee, model, and disability advocate—refuses to hide.”If there aren’t clothes offered for people that are disabled or beauty…

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Oppo Reno 14FS 5G is in development and could be launched in the coming weeks, according to a report. While the company has yet to reveal any plans to launch a new Reno series smartphone, the purported Oppo Reno 14FS 5G is expected to arrive with better specifications than the Reno 14F model that was unveiled last month. The specifications, design, and anticipated pricing of the handset have been leaked online, leaving very little to the imagination ahead of its debut.Oppo Reno 14FS 5G Price, Launch Timeline (Expected)According to a Ytechb report, the purported Oppo Reno 14FS 5G will be launched…

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Present-day speakers of Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian have substantial Siberian ancestry, a new study of ancient genomes finds. These roots likely spread westward from a group of people living in the forest steppes of the Altai Mountains of Central and East Asia 4,500 years ago.Ancient DNA revealed that this group was patrilineal, or organized based on descent from fathers.However, while ancient DNA can show where a group moved over time, it’s challenging to use genetics to track language. So experts have noted that the results do not definitively prove a link between speakers of these languages and the ancient DNA…

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On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss The Fanastic Four: First Steps and spoke to its star Ralph Ineson. We then review the latest Hong Sang-Soo film, What Does That Nature Say To You and finally, for film club, revisit The Green Ray. Joining host Leila Latif are David Jenkins and Kambole Campbell. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, talking to some of…

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Destiny’s Child returned for one unforgettable night. During the final stop of her Cowboy Carter Tour at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Saturday (July 26), Beyoncé surprised fans by reuniting onstage with former group members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, marking their first performance together in seven years. “Destiny’s Child, b—t!” Bey shouted to a roaring crowd after briefly disappearing from the stage, then returning with Rowland and Williams as their hit “Independent Women” began to play. The surprise reunion arrived during the Renaissance segment of the show, as the trio kicked off a medley of iconic hits with their…

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It shouldn’t be surprising if a plate of chicken lababdar tastes delicious. The dish is among my favorite North Indian gravies, a slightly edgier cousin of butter chicken that’s a bit spicier and tangier but just as creamy.What was surprising was that this particular chicken had arrived in the mail. Specifically, it came in a microwaveable tray from CookUnity meal delivery service that looked a little like a white-label TV dinner—packed up earlier that morning in Seattle, then driven down to me in Portland, Oregon.The world of prepared meal delivery is erupting in popularity as of late, and pretty much…

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The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace A rollercoaster, genre-bending thriller that will keep you guessing. “Death is louder than I thought it would be. I could have predicted the blinding white light … But the roar. No one mentioned the roar.” When the narrator of Melissa Pace’s The Once and Future Me opens her eyes after what she assumes is her death, she finds she is on a bus with bars on the windows and half a dozen other women, and when the bus grinds to a halt, it is in front of a building with…

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The Skydweller droneSkydweller A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet could fly for weeks or months at a time, according to its operator, while watching for drug-smuggling vessels, pirates or naval warships. It has been performing test flights off the US Gulf Coast this month. The Skydweller drone, operated by US-Spanish firm Skydweller Aero, has a wingspan of 72 metres – exceeding the width of most commercial passenger jets. But it weighs only about 2500 kilograms – as much as a Ford F-150 truck. It is based on the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft,…

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A new trailer for Peacemaker Season 2 has been released. The first season of Peacemaker premiered on HBO Max in January 2022. Created by James Gunn, the show serves as a spin-off to 2021’s The Suicide Squad and sees John Cena reprise his role as Chris Smith. The second season of Peacemaker premieres next month. While the first season took place in the DCEU, which ended with 2023’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Peacemaker Season 2 will now be part of Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU. Gunn has reassured fans many times that the new season will address the continuity…

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Ozzy Osbourne’s passing marks the end of an era — and few in the modern country music world have a personal connection to the Prince of Darkness quite like Post Malone.Before venturing into hillbilly rock, Posty did something few Nashville artists can claim: he scored a collaboration with Ozzy himself.The result was “Take What You Want,” a haunting, genre-blending track from 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, featuring the Prince of Darkness alongside Travis Scott.While the song was a standout, the real treat came when Post Malone met Ozzy in person for the very first time.Post Malone’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Meeting With OzzyOzzy recorded his vocals…

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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride. Val Kinzler will be a featured guest on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 at 2 PM ET live from the infamous Pangea Restaurant. Wendy Stuart is…

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Ah, to be Dua Lipa on vacation in Italy. She had such a good time during her recent stay in Palermo that she posted a 20-slide carousel to her Instagram account documenting it all. And one of the outfits she featured prominently throughout the carousel included a pair of cutoff denim shorts.Denim shorts—especially cutoffs—get a bit of a bad rap these days, with some proclaiming that the style is “dated” compared to newer shorts trends. But I am personally team denim shorts, and love to see it when celebrities and fashion people (and celebrities who are fashion people, such as…

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Jackson Chen / Engadget: Some users are circumventing UK’s age checks by using VPNs, providing fake AI-generated photo IDs, or using images of high-fidelity video game characters — As of Friday, anyone trying to watch porn online in the UK will need to subject themselves to an awkward selfie or get their photo ID ready. View Original Source Here

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25 Jul 2025 Not Just Teen Drama: These Young Adult Novels Hit Hard From unexpected betrayals to long-lost secrets, these stories aren’t afraid to shake things up. Each one follows teens facing big questions, bigger feelings, and the biggest leap of all—growing into who they are. The ride might be wild, but it’s always worth it. Setanta and The Lady by the Water (The Raven Chronicles Book 1) by J.M. Lane Release Date: July 3, 2025 A dark Irish folktale for readers who believe legends never truly die. Setanta knows only this: his mother vanished, his father is a ghost…

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Birds are perhaps the most colorful group of animals, bringing a splash of color to the natural world around us every day. Indeed, exclusively black and white birds—such as magpies—are in the minority. However, new research by a team from Princeton University in the United States has revealed a surprising trick in which birds use those boring black and white feathers to make their colors even more vivid. In the study, published today in Science Advances, Rosalyn Price-Waldman and her colleagues discovered that if colored feathers are placed over a layer of either white or black…

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