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‘Task’ Star Tom Pelphrey on Finding Himself in His Devoted Dad Role — and Nearly Playing Professor X

The two-time Emmy nominee was a runner-up for the new 'X-Men' movie, and jokes that at least audiences won't have to see him bald: "The only hat I can wear is a fitted size eight. It is empirically a big fat head, and I don't know if we want to see it shaved."

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Jingling Pot in England

Jingling Pot is one of the most popular vertical cave systems in the West Kingsdale area of Yorkshire. The cave, or as is known locally, pothole (pit cave in American English), is on the flanks of one…

Low Rivers, High Stakes: Europe's Nuclear Cooling Crisis

The extreme heat experienced across Europe in recent weeks has caused widespread disruption to nuclear power plants. Governments across the region have been forced to take extraordinary measures to…

  • Extreme heat and record-low river levels strain Europe's nuclear power plants.
  • Low river levels increase water temperatures, harming aquatic life and violating legal limits.
  • France faces potential 1.4 percentage-point GDP reduction due to heat.

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