|
 The ‘Black Mirror’ plot that worries actors
BBC News · Shiona McCallum
A recent episode of the mind-bending show sees Salma Hayek stunned to learn her AI likeness doesn’t belong to her.
 Heat, flooding and smoke
NBC News · Evan Bush
The U.S. is in the midst of a summer of extremes.
|
 America’s therapy boom
Axios · Erica Pandey
The uptick in demand reflects a growing national crisis — but also healthier attitudes about therapy and honest conversations about mental health.
 How women are redefining soca music
andscape.com · Tenille Clarke
As the second wave of carnival celebrations wash across the Caribbean diaspora this summer, the genre is dominating the scene.
|
|
 Wimbledon stunner
Associated Press · Howard Fendrich
Markéta Vondroušová becomes the storied tournament’s first unseeded female champion.
 We can hear silence like a sound
Smithsonian Magazine · Will Sullivan
In a study, participants were tricked by “silence illusions” in the same way that illusions with sound fool the brain.
 The power of speaking strangely
bigthink.com · Kevin Dickinson
The good side of bad English.
 Like brother, like brother
ESPN · Staff
Bo and Josh Naylor are MLB’s first brothers to hit multi-run homers in a game — in the same inning for the same team.
 How I learned to stop worrying and love the Grateful Dead
The Daily Beast · Anthony L. Fisher
A writer was once repulsed by the band’s music and hippie iconography. But at the lowest point of his life, he got on the bus and never looked back.
 The 50 best action movies of all time
Variety · Owen Gleiberman, Peter Debruge, William Earl, Todd Gilchrist
Arnold, Sly and Bruce (both Lee and Willis) leave their marks on this list that wasn’t easy to make.
|
