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Joe Rohde, former Walt Disney Imagineer and author of the upcoming book, Floating Mountains: The Art of Imagining the Impossible.Melody MalmbergWhen guests walk into Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, they likely don’t think about the teams that designed the park and its ethos. They are concerned with getting on the best rides in the park, seeing animals up close in hyper-realistic environments, and probably snapping a picture with Mickey Mouse. But behind all the smoke and mirrors that make a theme park like Animal Kingdom operate is a team of people whose creative minds come together to solve problems…

At the base of Orion are 186 blocks of a material called Avcoat; they are individually attached to provide a protective layer that allows the spacecraft to survive the heating of atmospheric reentry. Analysis after the Artemis I mission found that this Avcoat material was “impermeable,” essentially meaning it could not breathe. During reentry, gases became trapped in the heat shield, leading to cracking. After considering several options, including swapping the heat shield out for a newer one with more permeable Avcoat, NASA decided instead to change Orion’s reentry profile. For Artemis II, it would return through Earth’s atmosphere at…

Burnham claims he has ‘clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong’ with UKBurnham says, coming back to the Commons after 10 years, he has “a clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong”.He goes on: double quotation markAnd let me lay it out clearly. From the 1980s, this country took a series of wrong turns. Political power was centralised, economic power privatised, the country de-industrialised austerity followed, hollowing out councils and depriving them of the agency to act to reverse any of this. And then Brexit compounded the damage, ushering in a decade of low growth and stalled regeneration. Change begins…

An international research team led by scientists in Canada has uncovered a likely explanation for one of the more unusual features of snake development: why embryos curl into tight spirals before hatching. This coiling behavior appears to help snakes accommodate the exceptionally long bodies that distinguish them from every other vertebrate. The findings, published in Current Biology, suggest that the spiral forms as the embryo’s body rapidly lengthens while its gut acts as a tether. That physical constraint causes the growing body to buckle and twist into a right-handed coil. “It’s like when you adjust the length of a strap…

Key events4th over: England 20-0 (Bouchier 6, Dunkley 12) Just two off Maguire’s first five balls and a bit of pressure beginning to mount… Dunkley releases the valve with a fine shot down the ground for four.Share3rd over: England 14-0 (Bouchier 5, Dunkley 7) Brilliant pressure from Prendergast who stitches together an immaculate maiden to Bouchier. This will be a good test for this England side, they have lots of talent but are raw – the average of this team is 22, the youngest it has been since 2001.Share2nd over: England 14-0 (Bouchier 5, Dunkley 7) Jane Maguire shares the…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Blackstone Publishing’s October 6th publishing of Return to the Motherfreaking Fun Factory, a new horror novel by Neil Kleid, Russell Hollander‘s North of Moorpark has optioned rights for feature development. Here’s the book summary: Ten years ago, five children were lured into the dark machinations of a twisted, whimsical toymaker, forced to compete for a grand prize — all the toys they could ever dream of — and, as happened, their lives. Today four of those kids — now morally ambiguous young adults — seek revenge on the insane man who terrorized them, and once again find themselves trapped…

The Osun State Government has raised the alarm over a website being circulated as the “Osun State Sports Trust Fund”, describing the platform as fraudulent and warning members of the public against dealing with it. The government, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the website, osunsportstrustfund.com, was neither owned, authorised nor operated by the state government. It consequently advised members of the public to disregard information published on the platform and refrain from responding to fundraising appeals or requests for transactions emanating from it. The statement read, “The Osun State Government wishes to alert members of the public that…

Palestinian residents inspected the destruction after Israeli occupation forces bulldozed olive trees belonging to local farmers at the entrance to Arraba, southwest of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.Published On 1 Sep 20261 Sep 2026Share Palestinian farmers inspect olive trees bulldozed by Israeli forces on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with the news media after he suspended trade negotiations with the United States, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada August 22, 2026. Chris Tanouye | ReutersCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for “doing memes” and “throwing shade” against his nation amid a growing trade war.Carney’s comments came in response to a reporter’s question about Trump officials mocking Canada’s military in social media posts and comments, and President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.”The prime minister said there is a “positive opportunity that has always existed with the United States for…

Amazon secretly overcharged more than a million advertising customers by manipulating online auctions it uses to set ad prices, according to a lawsuit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of 22 states.According to the lawsuit, filed on Monday, the alleged scheme has likely netted the firm $20bn (£14.8bn) from advertising customers since 2019.”Amazon overrides and replaces the actual auction results with higher prices set by Amazon to increase its profits,” says a complaint filed in the company’s home state of Washington.In a statement to the BBC, Amazon said it “strongly disagrees” with the premise…