What the Russians thought of James Bond in the 1960s

The newspaper Izvestiya dismissed the film of Dr No as ‘rubbish’; but Novy Mir had a shrewder, more prescient take on the Bond ‘brand’, James Fleming discovers
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Egyptian pharaoh reveals his secrets after ancient mummy is 'digitally unwrapped'

Egyptian scientists have unwrapped a 3,500-year-old royal mummy without peeling away a single layer of embalming linen.
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Shipwrecks, Stolen Jewels, and Skull-Blasting Are Some of This Year's Best Mysteries

These unfinished tales still flummox historians, scientists, artists, and chefs.
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How are Rome's monuments still standing?

Nearly 2,000 years on, how are the Colosseum and the Pantheon still standing despite earthquakes, floods and military conflicts?
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China's road to homegrown chip glory looks to be going for a RISC-V future

The RISC-V Summit is over - here's what you need to know
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Long Long Man

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China Evergrande finally defaults. Now what?

Instead of resolving questions about the fate of the Chinese behemoth, the announcement that it has defaulted has only deepened them.
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Alaska’s Absent Snowy Owls

The only reliable snowy owl breeding site in the United States has a conspicuous shortage of owls.
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Why happiness is becoming more expensive and out of reach

New research from University of Sydney has found that the income level required to be happy in Australia has been increasing and moving out of reach of most Australians.
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Canadians all crash their cars on the first snow day, it's because we're idiots

If you cause a collision on the first snow day of the year, it’s not an “accident"; it's because you're a dope
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Satellite reveals Australian coal mines emit much more methane than expected based on national reporting

A group of Dutch scientists has used space instrument TROPOMI to calculate methane emissions from six Australian coal mines. Together, these account for 7 percent of the national coal production, but turn out to emit around 55 percent of what Australia reports for their total coal mining methane emissions.
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A Japanese robot cafe shows how avatars can foster human connection

The task of designing solutions for homebound populations is particularly acute in Japan, where over a quarter of its population is unable to work due to physical disabilities, mental illness, or old age
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Ban Private Jets

No one should be able to take a private jet to a climate conference. In fact, no one should be able to take one anywhere at all.
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Abandoned former USSR sites – in pictures

In post-USSR Russia and neighbouring states, places now abandoned offer reminders of the region’s turbulent history
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Hastings party company makes impression on social media with giant phallus bouncy castle

Leave the kids at home - this bouncy castle is for the adults.
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Swedish prime minister resigns on her first day in job

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Why this city is Europe's best kept cycling secret

Portugal's bike factories have been very busy since April 2020 as cycling has surged in popularity.
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Dead Sea evaporates as global warming ramps up

As much as some deny the existence of global warming, the Dead Sea, like Lake Tuz in Turkey, begs to differ.
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Sunday Reading: Television in Popular Culture

From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of pieces about notable shows and how they have helped transform our culture.
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Will an Island in Indonesia Become a New Frontier in the Space Race?

An Indigenous clan fears it will lose its place in the world as the government pursues a quest to open a spaceport and lure the billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
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Air pollution killed over 300,000 in EU in 2019 — report

New air quality guidelines from the WHO could have saved the lives of almost 180,000 people in 2019, the European Environment Agency has revealed.
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Try, try and try again: why did modern humans take so long to settle in Europe?

Homo sapiens migrated to the continent in waves – but the reasons for their early failures to overcome Neanderthals are a mystery
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We need to have a conversation about wombats

This comic is about a lot of things, but mostly it is about butts.
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Chinese version of Fortnite to close in November

Epic Games has not explained the decision to end the Fortress Night game in the country.
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Hawaii's beaches are disappearing due to climate change

Martha Raddatz covers Hawaii’s response to climate change on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday.
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Why are Google and Apple still silent on Russian censorship?

The two tech giants need to be transparent on why they caved in to Russian pressure to censor an opposition app.
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A mummy discovered in a vast burial ground of Egypt's pharaohs could change how ancient history is understood

Analysis of the mummy of a nobleman from the Age of the Pyramids suggests that expensive resins and fine linens were used, surprising experts.
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Arctic was a safe haven for nesting birds, but climate change impacts are changing that | CBC News

Research scientist Paul Smith is a lot like the birds he studies; every spring when the ice recedes, he migrates north to the Arctic. But while he's been able to adapt to the changing climate, the nesting birds have not been so lucky in the face of new threats.
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Where Facts Were No Match for Fear

Civic boosters in central Montana hoped for some federal money to promote tourism. A disinformation campaign got in the way.
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China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more 'Chinese'

China is removing domes and minarets from thousands of mosques. Authorities are taking down overtly Islamic architecture as part of a "sinicization" push to make them seem more traditionally Chinese.
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Israel Just Took One Step Closer to Making Compact Wingless 'Flying Cars' Real

While other VTOL companies toy with battery-based flight, an Israeli company has high hopes on Hydrogen fuel to power its flying taxis.
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Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past

The long read: Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organised their societies – and hint at possibilities for our own
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Amazon copied products and rigged search results, documents show

A trove of Amazon documents reveals how the company ran a campaign in India of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own products.
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‘Killed like animals’: documents reveal how Australia turned a blind eye to a West Papuan massacre

Dozens of West Papuans were tortured and thrown into the sea 23 years ago. Days later, Australia knew details of the attack, yet remained silent
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Why the Huntington Beach oil spill is so harmful to wildlife

A ruptured pipeline spewed crude oil into the Pacific Ocean, and it may foul ecosystems for years to come.
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The Success of ‘Squid Game’ Should Come as a Surprise to No One

To those riding the Korean Wave, it was only a matter of time for a TV show to break through like “Squid Game” did.
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How Iranians came to deal drugs in Japan

In Japan’s underworld of organised crime, there is of course the infamous Yakuza, but there are also foreign nationals, including Iranians. For more than two decades now, they have been dealing drugs…
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Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild

Wild sandalwood populations in Australia have been slowly collapsing for decades. New research found the Western Australian government has been warned repeatedly for a century.
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Russia is building its own kind of sovereign internet — with help from Apple and Google

Russia’s latest actions have worrying implications for democratic opposition movements.
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Why Japanese Games Are Increasingly Releasing at the Same Time Across The Globe - IGN

Japanese publishers and developers are increasingly pushing for worldwide releases of games, and while there are plenty of upsides to this method, some key challenges are still a major factor in the process.
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Yemen's ancient, soaring skyscraper cities

Constructed using natural materials, Yemeni high-rises are superbly sustainable and perfectly suited to the hot and dry Arabian desert climate.
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Venezuela introduces new currency, drops six zeros

Venezuela has for years seen some of the world’s worst inflation, complicating cash transactions amid economic crisis.
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Cocktail of pesticides in almost all oranges and grapes, UK study finds

Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products, many with links to cancer
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China’s population could halve within 45 years, new study warns

Researchers say previous estimates may have severely underestimated the pace of demographic decline.
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China PCR test orders soared before first reported COVID case

Government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases starting May 2019
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Roe v. Wade is in the Supreme Court's crosshairs

The court is likely to exacerbate America's already existing fault lines.
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Squid Game is a brutal show about social inequalities — and it's Netflix's next major hit

Netflix has recently announced that South Korean dystopian horror series Squid Game -— famed for its brutal violence — could be its biggest release ever. CBC News spoke with two culture experts to understand its themes and origins.
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Indigenous knowledge and the persistence of the 'wilderness' myth

Aboriginal people view so-called wilderness as sick, neglected land. This runs counter to the view of wilderness as pristine and healthy, which underpins non-Indigenous conservation efforts.
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Analysis: Boris Johnson's Brexit choices are making Britain's fuel and food shortages worse

Rising energy bills, higher prices and a critical shortage of workers leading to food and fuel supply constraints are threatening to stall Britain's recovery from the pandemic.
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Mexico Canta : Rancheras, Corridos y Canciones de la Revolución

Felices 200 años de independencia, México !! :-)
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