Tim Duncan is one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history. But his baby is the real all-star. 

The basketball legend was watching his old team, the San Antonio Spurs, take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night when the cameras caught this adorable scene. 

Whaaaaaaat. That’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Let’s zoom and enhance. 

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Source: Mashable | NBA legend Tim Duncan upstaged by his baby daughter

“That spaceship, that’s painted with the Aboriginal flag colours. No one else knows that but us.”

Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok was filmed in Australia’s Gold Coast, and stars locals Chris Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett, but that’s not what makes it a particularly Aussie film.

Talking to the Australian government’s film and television development agency, Screen Australia, the New Zealand director revealed that he’s dropped a bunch of easter eggs in the film for people from Australia and New Zealand — with a particularly Indigenous focus. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Taika Waititi peppered 'Thor: Ragnarok' with Indigenous Australian and New Zealand references

Brian Fies lost everything when his house was consumed by the California wildfires: family heirlooms, photos, ornaments made by his children.

He’s taken the painful tragedy and turned it into a gut-wrenching web comic with details that capture the hellish experience.

His account of losing his house to flames last Monday is relatable, telling, and haunting. One of the comic’s panels lists what he gathered from his house with only 15 minutes’ warning, another shows what he bought to survive once he realized he was homeless.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | The 'hell' that was the California fires comes alive in gut-wrenching web comic

Take note, men.

Comedians Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek are both hosts on KIIS FM, a radio station in Sydney, Australia. They do the same job, ribbing off each other as you do on an afternoon show, but Langbroek was getting paid significantly less than her male counterpart.

“I found out last year that you get paid 40 per cent more than I do for doing this show,” she said on air back on International Women’s Day in March. 

Hughes was aghast at the revelation, and said he felt “terrible.” Up until that point, the pair had never discussed how much they get paid. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Radio host discovers she got paid less than her male co-host. So he took a pay cut.

It’s 2017, which means a week cannot go by without a megastorm potentially devastating some part of the planet. As Hurricane Ophelia fades from headlines, now all sharp weather eyes are turning to Typhoon Lan in the western Pacific Ocean. 

The storm is currently churning to the east of the Philippines, slowly moving over some of the warmest waters on Earth. Computer models show that warm water, plus low atmospheric wind shear and other favorable conditions may allow the storm to rapidly intensify during the next 48 hours, potentially bringing Typhoon Lan to Category 4 or 5 super typhoon status by the end of the week.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Typhoon Lan will be Earth's next megastorm, with effects rippling across the Pacific

Not just a Looney Tune, Tasmanian devils are some of Australia’s most unique little creatures, at risk of extinction from disease and dwindling in numbers.

But there’s adorably good news afoot.

Dubbo’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo has welcomed the arrival of not one but two litters of Tasmanian devil joeys, the first with three joeys and the second with four.

First-time mums Lana and Pooki have done bloody great work bringing seven little devils into the world. Lana’s (two male, one female) arrived on March 19 and are currently exploring outside the den, while Pooki’s only showed up on June 19 and are yet to emerge from the pouch. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | These new little Tasmanian devil joeys are as clingy as human babies

Another year, another super impressive bunch of photos from the Wildlife Photography Awards.

The winners of the competition, which will go on display at London’s Natural History Museum later this the month, were announced on Wednesday.

The 15 photos below are all winners of their respective categories. Some are dark, some are amusing, and they’re all incredibly visually arresting in their own way …

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017, Grand Title Winner

A black rhino bull is seen dead, poached for its horns less than 24 hours earlier at Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa. Black rhino are the most endangered rhino, with less than 3000 left in the wild today Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Here are some of the most stunning nature photographs of 2017