American Graffiti and the lasting impact of nostalgia on cinema 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try {…
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Credit: Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program COVID-19 has killed 7 million people worldwide so far. The novel coronavirus that causes it is widely believed to have jumped from animals to humans at a market selling live animals in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. Now the results of a new study suggest we are as vulnerable as ever to the emergence of another such virus as deadly, or even more so. In early July, researchers at Harvard Law School’s Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program and New York University’s Center for Environmental and Animal Protection released…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Percy Jackson and the Olympians middle grade fantasy series by Rick Riordan is getting a long-awaited TV adaptation with Disney+, and the first teaser trailer has just dropped! It stars Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood. The series will premiere on December 20th, with the first two episodes coming out on the same day. From there, new episodes will come out weekly. These first two episodes were written by Rick Riordan…
Spoilers below.This week’s time travel episode is brought to you by the haunted look in Brandon’s eyes as the designers pound the lockers of MoMA PS1 high school in Queens. “That entrance brought me back to a place that I’m not sure I was ready to go,” he proclaims—not exactly the cheeriest foreshadowing for the plaid, pleather, and puffer looks to come. In episode 6, “Totally ’90s,” the designers are tasked with dividing into two teams to dream up collections inspired by the ’90s. The key, however, is to make these dreams modern and coordinating. Oh, and no Clueless costumes!The…
Interviews with OMRs who worked at other facilities suggest that the practice of sending injured employees back to work isn’t limited to the Albany warehouse. Eight OMRs who spoke to WIRED say they faced direct pressure from managers to keep the number of workers they sent to doctors low, despite Amazon protocol requiring them to offer injured employees the option of being referred to outside medical care. Several former OMRs say that when an injured worker requested to see a doctor, they had to wait for a senior manager to interview the worker first, although Amazon says this is not…
Tragedy has struck the TV world as it has been revealed that beloved actor Ron Cephas Jones has died. A representative for the This Is Us alum told People on Saturday and revealed his death was caused by a “long-standing pulmonary issues.” Jones appeared in all six seasons of the NBC series, which wrapped its run in 2022. This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman issued a statement on the actor’s death via X, formerly known as Twitter. “A massive loss. Ron was the best of the best – on-screen, on stage, and in real life.” “The coolest. The easiest hang…
Weird lights appear in the sky way more often than most people realize. Often, photos of these bizarre light shows come with wild speculation about what caused them, from aliens to secret military weapons.But unfortunately for conspiracy theorists, there is always a more Earthly scientific explanation for these luminous displays. From UFO-like rings to blood-red arcs, here are 10 bizarre atmospheric light shows with a surprisingly simple explanation.Eerie UFO-like ring A halo of red light briefly appeared in the night sky above a town in Italy. (Image credit: Valter Binotto)This bizarre disk of red light appeared to briefly flash above the…
The Strokes invited Regina Spektor on-stage for a rare rendition of their 2004 collaboration “Modern Girls and Old Fashion Men” at Queens, New York’s Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday. The reunion was not only notable for its meeting of two cherished hometown acts, but also the live revival of the duet that first appeared as a b-side on the 2004 “Reptilia” single. The Strokes and Spektor last performed the song in-concert at New York’s The Theater at Madison Square Garden in 2003. “It only took 20 years but look who showed up,” The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas teased as Spektor…
Lie with Me review – a spiralling queer portrait of ardent memory 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {};…
Tough and Competent: Leadership and Team Chemistry by Eugene F. Kranz The unique leadership and teamwork principles that pushed America’s space program to the moon and back are the focal point of former NASA Director of Mission Operations Eugene F. Kranz’s riveting memoir, Tough and Competent: Leadership and Team Chemistry (Gatekeeper Press). Best known as the leader of the NASA flight controllers “Tiger Team” who brought the Apollo 13 spacecraft back to Earth, Kranz follows up his bestselling Failure Is Not an Option with this mentor-infused memoir that shares hard-won leadership lessons for today. He also chronicles the ineffable power…
Scripps Research scientists have shown that analyzing a certain type of immune cell in the blood can help identify people at risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a life-threatening autoimmune disease. The new approach, if validated in further studies, could be used to select suitable patients for treatment that stops the autoimmune process — making type 1 diabetes a preventable condition. In the study, which appeared in Science Translational Medicine on July 5, 2023, the researchers isolated T cells (a type of immune cell) from mouse and human blood samples. By analyzing the T cells that can cause type 1…
Look, I’ll be the first to admit that Le Labo’s iconic Santal 33 scent smells really good. In addition to owning a bottle myself, the fragrance has become so wildly popular over the years that it’s basically a calling card for in-the-know millennials. Basically, if you know, you know. But the Brooklyn-based perfume brand has so much more to offer in the way of its oil-based unisex scents beyond just its best-seller—and I’m here to walk you through where to even begin.It’s easy to see why the brand has become so popular; each of the fragrances are layered with an intoxicating medley of notes and since they’re oil-based, one…
“While looking through my parents’ old photo albums, I noticed that they had lots of pictures of friends gathered together. It made me think about the camera roll on my phone, which is full of screenshots and selfies. Why don’t I take pictures with my friends?”—Say CheeseDear Cheese,All modern technologies bend toward self-referentiality. Long before the birth of the smartphone, the earliest screenshots required actually pointing a camera at a television or computer screen, an act that (for those who can remember it) recalled the repelling force of two like-charged magnets, or the nauseating infinite regress of two mirrors facing…
After being added to Netflix last month, Suits has completely broken their all-time streaming record. Suits has gained 3.14 billion minutes of streaming time in just one week, and it continues to grow. Starring Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, the series ran from 2011 to 2019 on USA Network, and fans are starting to wonder if this will prompt a surprise tenth season. The series takes us through the intense yet comical dynamics of a New York City law firm, with a twist: There’s a fake lawyer involved. Harvey Spector (Macht) is intrigued by Mike Ross (Adams) after the…
Song of the Week delves into the fresh songs we just can’t get out of our heads. Find these tracks and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Mitski returns with the low-key, acoustic “Bug Like an Angel.” Just over a year removed from her last album, Laurel Hell, and sparking discourse over concert etiquette on her subsequent tour, indie’s crowned queen of cathartic, I’m-not-okay anthems is set to return with a brand new, full-length album, the depressingly-named The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We.…
Close to dogliness: the Christian undertones of canines in Hollywood 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try {…
The beneficial root endophytic desert bacterium Pseudomonas argentinensis sp. SA190 enhances drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis by priming target gene promoters in an epigenetic ABA-dependent manner. Credit: EMBO reports (2023). DOI: 10.15252/embr.202256754 Priming crop plants with a microbe sourced from the roots of desert plants could be a powerful tool to boost crop plant’s resilience to drought. Germinating Arabidopsis (thale cress) and alfalfa with a microbe taken from the roots of a common desert plant has been shown to help them to thrive under drought conditions. “Mitigating the effects of drought on crop plants is an urgent goal for those…
Author Nancy Bilyeau has taken a few journeys into the past. Her debut series — the acclaimed Joanna Stafford trilogy — guided readers through the tumultuous Tudor era. With The Blue and The Fugitive Colors, we were transported to 18th-century London. Dreamland is set in 1911. With her latest historical mystery, The Orchid Hour, Bilyeau takes us back to Prohibition — 1923 New York, to be exact. There we are introduced to Zia Deluca, a recent widow who strikes up a friendship with a man who is murdered outside the library where she works. She didn’t do it, of course,…
Linen is a notoriously tricky fabric for retailers because it has the habit of looking like a crumpled mess in no time, but over the past few summers, fashion buyers are going back to it like it’s an ex-partner who’s promised they’ve changed. It still creases, but linen has somehow become the one fabric that can add effortless ease and polish to a warmer weather outfit in an instant. With a return to raw, natural fabrics like raffia and hemp, the slight crinkle can also have a lovely charm to it. Though, you will still probably want a steamer or iron on hand for the…
In America, presidential election cycles are political beauty contests. Vying for the presidency requires candidates to schmooze their way through the heartland, and all roads run through Iowa. The Hawkeye State is ground zero for early-stage political maneuvering, and because January’s caucus often signals which candidate has the best chance of winning elections in other states, this past weekend was especially telling as politicians descended on the Iowa State Fair selling their specific brand of progress.Although former president Donald Trump, twice impeached, faces multiple indictments in four criminal cases—the most recent, this week, charged him with racketeering and participation in…
Snakes are quite quantum, mathematically speakingShutterstock / Matt Jeppson The motions of undulating animals and the states of quantum objects can be described using strikingly similar equations. Alexander Cohen at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his colleagues have found an equation that describes the motion of worms, snakes, centipedes and undulating snake-like robots. They began by looking at previously recorded laboratory footage of Caenorhabditis elegans worms, Western shovelnose snakes (Chionactis occipitalis), brown centipedes (Lithobius forficatus) and bio-inspired mechanical snake robots in motion. They identified specific movement patterns these undulating creatures perform, and … Read The Full Article Here
Victor Kiriakis was killed in a plane crash as Maggie and his family were left to grieve his loss back in Salem. Our TV Fanatics, Jack and Christine, are joined by Monica from MyHourglass, a Days of Our Lives fan forum, to choose their favorite flashbacks, debate whether Chloe should accept Xander’s proposal, if Li’s gift had ominous intent, and if Paulina should be mayor? And it was Suzanne Rogers’ (Maggie) 50th anniversary on Days of Our Lives. See what our round table team thought of the celebration… It was Suzanne Rogers’ 50th anniversary with Days of Our Lives. Do…
A New York City drug dealer was sentenced Friday (Aug. 18) to 10 years in prison for providing The Wire actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena, 40, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams. Cartagena had pleaded guilty in April to conspiring to distribute drugs. Williams overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. He died hours after authorities said he bought the heroin from Cartagena on a sidewalk in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood in a deal recorded by a security camera. Williams famously portrayed Omar Little, the rogue…
Last year, Peacock revealed that it was remaking the seminal Hong Kong action classic The Killer — and that the film’s original director, John Woo, was returning to update his own work. But we’ve learned a bit more about the production — which had almost finished shooting when the actors’ strike began.The new details come from producer Charles Roven, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. (Roven also produced Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.) Roven was discussing his upcoming projects and specifically mentioned The Killer, which he described as a “wonderful movie.”Roven also revealed that the new Killer was being shot in Paris, and that it stars Nathalie Emmanuel — best known as Missandei on Game…
Captivated by Jessica Rooker What’s it About? Shy innkeeper Amelia is trapped in a toxic relationship. When billionaire playboy Quinton realizes Amelia is unattainable, he executes a plan to ensure their paths will cross again. Fate steps in and gives Quinton the opportunity he needs to make Amelia his. “I dreamed of her before I knew she even existed. That has to mean something.” When Quinton Starks books a room at Amelia’s inn, she doesn’t expect to see the man from her steamy dreams standing across from her. And Quinton doesn’t expect the woman with the sapphire eyes from his…
Ultra-processed foods — including industrially produced packaged snacks, fruit-flavored drinks, and hot dogs — have been linked to health issues ranging from weight gain to certain cancers. So where are the food policies helping Americans to steer clear of these foods? A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that only a small number of U.S. policies consider ultra-processed foods, lagging behind countries such as Belgium, Brazil, and Israel. “In some countries, ultra-processed foods have been directly integrated into national dietary guidelines and school food programs, but in the U.S., few policies directly target ultra-processed foods,”…
Jacket, $895, skirt, $996, AREA. Shirt, Proenza Schouler, $1,290. Earrings, necklace, Van Cleef & Arpels.Tyrell HamptonAs the late, great Aaliyah once said, “If at first you don’t succeed, then dust yourself off and try again.” This rings especially true for GloRilla, a rising star in hip-hop, who cites the R&B icon as one of her inspirations. Take, for instance, when a cheating ex inspires an anthemic, spelling bee-like romp that declares you’re “F-R-E-E, fuck nigga free” and rapidly becomes a smash hit. Or the moment when logistical hiccups curtail your solo Hot 97 Summer Jam 2023 performance, prompting you to…
Gideon Lichfield: If I were a cynic, which of course I’m not at all …Mustafa Suleyman: [Chuckle] Not at all.Lauren Goode: Not Gideon.Gideon Lichfield: I might say that you and the AI companies are setting up a pretty sweet deal for yourselves, because you’re getting to say to government, “Look, you, government, can’t possibly understand this stuff well enough to regulate it, so we’re going to voluntarily set some guardrails, we’re gonna drive the agenda, we’re gonna decide how precautionary the precautionary principle needs to be.” And so I think the question I’m asking is, what is the incentive of…
If you’re starved for new content, remember that Hallmark Media never lets us down. Today, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries revealed a new movie premiering on Friday, September 15, starring Roswell, New Mexico’s Heather Hemmens and Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Niall Matter. In Come Fly with Me, a new United States Air Force Thunderbird pilot and a civilian are brought together by their young daughters, but her dedication to duty may mean their romance won’t be cleared for take-off. Come Fly With Me was filmed in cooperation with the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense. The Department of…
Editor’s Note (8/18/23): This article was updated after posting to include new details of the situation on the ground, including the death toll from the fires. At least 111 people have been confirmed to be killed by wildfires that raged uncontrolled on the famously beautiful Hawaiian island last week. People were left with little time to escape from the fast-moving flames, and a few even fled into the ocean to avoid the blaze. Officials say they expect the death toll to rise, and news reports have included accounts of people looking for missing relatives. The fire that struck the historic town of Lahaina on…