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The Guide #244: From Chinese microdramas to an Arctic comedy – what the world is watching
In the newsletter: Our global writers share the shows captivating local audiences, from Côte d’Ivoire’s hottest soap to the next best thing out of Canada since Heated Rivalry• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s high time for another of our occasional glances at what the world is watching; the TV popular on the beats covered by some of the Guardian’s many global correspondents. Last time we asked our reporters in Brazil, Jamaica, Japan, Nigeria and Poland, and heard...
Researchers ask us to rethink the ways we see and study the Arctic
Researchers ask us to rethink the ways we see and study the Arctic Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor The Arctic and sub-Arctic are places where communities already live, produce knowledge and self-govern. Yet recent geopolitical and economic involvement are bringing renewed interest in the region. Since the 1990s, research output about the Arctic has doubled, with approximately 11,000 Arctic-focused publications now produced annually.
Arctic river deltas face rising climate pressure while holding vast frozen carbon reserves
Arctic river deltas face rising climate pressure while holding vast frozen carbon reserves Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Many rivers flow into the Arctic Ocean north of the Arctic Circle—including the Lena in Siberia and the Mackenzie River in Canada. The deltas of these large and small rivers store large amounts of carbon, which is bound there in frozen soils and sediments.
US and Tehran dispute the future of Iran's uranium
President Trump has again insisted that Tehran is ready to hand over its enriched uranium as part of a deal to end the war, despite Iran saying no such agreement is in place, and that its nuclear material is "going nowhere". Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is open - but shipping companies have been warned to steer clear. Tehran threatens to shut the key shipping lane once more if the United States continues its blockade of Iranian ports, hours after the waterway was announced as reopened...
UN calls for 'urgent action' over oceans' 'deepening crisis'
Oceans, which cover 70 percent of our planet and are vital for our global ecosystem are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action a massive UN report warned on June 8, also World Oceans day. The document represents five years of work by 600 international scientists called on the international community to take “urgent action” in the face of global warming, pollution, and the threat to marine life, warning specifically that the Arctic could be ice-free as early as the 2030s....
Sea ice loss in the Arctic has triggered a critical tipping point that's destroying the food chain
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AGILE: Hand-Object Interaction Reconstruction from Video via Agentic Generation
arXiv:2602.04672v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reconstructing dynamic hand-object interactions from monocular videos is critical for dexterous manipulation data collection and creating realistic digital twins for robotics and VR. However, current methods face two prohibitive barriers: (1) reliance on neural rendering often yields fragmented, non-simulation-ready geometries under heavy occlusion, and (2) dependence on brittle Structure-from-Motion (SfM) initialization leads to frequent...
An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet
A surprising study suggests that chemicals introduced to protect the ozone layer may have unintentionally created a growing global pollution problem. Researchers found that refrigerants and certain anesthetic gases have generated more than 335,000 tonnes of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a highly persistent "forever chemical," that has been deposited across Earth's surface since 2000. The pollutant is now showing up everywhere from rainwater to remote Arctic ice, and scientists expect levels to...
Navy probe finds reason UK's largest warship unable to provide security from Russian threat
Navy probe finds reason UK's largest warship unable to provide security from Russian threat The Ministry of Defence has returned the results of an investigation into the HMS Prince of Wales, which was left briefly out of action while carrying out a critical defence brief A Navy probe into the UK's largest warship has discovered the reason behind the £3.5 billion vessel's latest breakdown, as it encountered another setback while serving a vital defence brief. The HMS Prince of Wales, which...
Royal Navy's entire available fleet of hunter-killer submarines unfit for war and stuck in dock
Royal Navy's entire available fleet of hunter-killer submarines unfit for war and stuck in dock This week the UK's military warned that the threats faced by Britain are greater than at any time since the Cold War - it comes as all five of its Astute class submarines are stuck in port and unable to sail The Royal Navy's entire available fleet of hunter-killer submarines is stuck in port unable to sail - leaving Britain at risk from Vladimir Putin's Russia. All five of its Astute class...