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With the benefit of hindsight – much like Ultron deciding to destroy the world after spending a few seconds online and seeing humans interact with one another – the warrior priest Parashurama’s divine fury is quite understandable, given how the word “Brahmin” has become a bogeyman in modern parlance, not just in India but globally. For the uninitiated, Parashurama is …

Book Review: The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything by Peter Brannen  The New York Times How taming fire made us human  Big Think This is Carbon Dioxide’s World—We Just Live in It  Scientific American New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action  New Scientist A tale of fire and ice — how CO2 shapes world …

President Donald Trump has picked Jim O’Neill, a former investor and critic of health regulations serving under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to take control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following a tumultuous week in which the agency’s director was forced out. O’Neill, Kennedy’s deputy at the Department of Health and Human Services, will supplant Susan Monarez, …

Nothing makes me feel older than the inescapable, soul-crushing passage of time, which waits for no one and marches ever forward, towards — without any exceptions — our lonely deaths. But coming in second I would say it’s probably Troma, the little independent movie studio that could. And what it could do, was sleaze. Cheap, scuzzy, prurient sleaze with, somehow, …

EXCLUSIVE: There is a big change in the top TV ranks of Netflix. Jinny Howe has been named Head of UCAN (US-Canada) Scripted Series. Reporting to Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, she will succeed in the role Peter Friedlander, who will be departing the streamer after almost 14 years. Howe has been a rising star since joining Netflix in 2018, …

The Toxic Avenger, a semi-reboot of the 1984 superhero splatter-fest, made the rounds of the festival circuit back in 2023. But all the violence and gore scared off most distributors, so the film—starring Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) in the title role—has been languishing in the vault for much of the last two years. Thanks to Cineverse, The Toxic Avenger …

Line up once more, New York City! Free Shakespeare in the Park, as overseen by the Public Theater, is back after two years away and an $85 million facelift. First, as ever, you must negotiate safe passage across a Central Park drive with runners and cyclists who halt for no-one. If you survive this perilous crossing—Space Invaders fans fare best—you …

The classic music documentary series, The Beatles Anthology, is being remastered by Peter Jackson’s production companies and will stream on Disney+ later this year. As well as digitally enhanced versions of the original eight episodes, there will also be a brand new ninth episode, created from previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr coming together …

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will give you $200,000. He only asks that you have a great idea and fully commit to it—and the $26 billion tech entrepreneur thinks the only way for young, aspiring entrepreneurs to go all-in is by dropping out of college. Since 2011, the Thiel Fellowship has been equipping young people with money and an influential business …

Review | FX’s ‘Alien: Earth’ delivers Xenomorph terror with a ‘Peter Pan’ twist  The Washington Post In ‘Alien: Earth’, the Future Is a Corporate Hellscape  WIRED How to Watch ‘Alien: Earth’ Online Without Cable for Free  The Hollywood Reporter ‘Alien: Earth’ is a tense, dark meditation about what makes us human  Los Angeles Times ‘Alien: Earth’ Is About a Different Kind of Monster  The Ringer …