The physical space presents other technical challenges. One is the volume of people: Interstellar Arc can accommodate up to 170 participants at once, Raphaël says, quite a crowd even in a room this large.That can be an issue for typical VR headsets, which rely on cameras and sensors to triangulate their position within a room. Those devices lock onto fixed surfaces when you’re alone, but it’s much harder with more than 100 people roaming around. “You might start drifting in space and bouncing around, disappearing and reappearing somewhere else,” Raphaël says.F&P uses an intriguing workaround that utilizes an additional camera…
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12 Dec 2025 Six Spine-Tingling Mysteries & Thrillers for Your Winter Break Whether you’re traveling, staying home, or hiding from family gatherings, these twist-filled thrillers are perfect companions. Each story hooks fast, hits hard, and leaves you breathless. Somerset Odyssey (The Elliot Todd Mysteries Book 3) by Lionel Ward Release Date: November 27, 2025 Following his adventures in Rome, Elliot is invited to present a copy of The Lyrical Ballads to the Coleridge Society in Somerset. He decides to combine it with a quiet walking holiday. However, things don’t quite go as planned, especially as his dynamic mother just happens…
The Gale crater on MarsZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy A Mars crater may have once contained water that sloshed back and forth as a tide came and went. If that is true, it follows that Mars must have had a moon that was massive enough to exert a gravitational pull on the planet’s seas sufficient enough to create tides. Neither of the two moons it currently possesses are big enough for the job. Suniti Karunatillake at Louisiana State University and his colleagues have found that traces of tidal activity seem to be preserved in thin layers within sedimentary rocks in Gale crater.…
Film director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead in their Los Angeles home Sunday, TMZ reports. Los Angeles Fire Department reportedly responded to a call at the house around 3:38 pm. Firefighters found Reiner, 78, and Singer, 68, dead inside the home. Officials from the Los Angeles Police Department soon arrived on the scene. TMZ also reports that Reiner and Singer had knife-like lacerations on their bodies. Reiner was a prolific director, writer, actor and producer who helmed movies like “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally…,” “A Few Good Men,” “Stand By Me” and “This Is Spinal Tap.” He…
When 94-year-old Eleanor’s (June Squibb) best friend of 70 years and roommate Bessie (Rita Zohar) passes away, she decides it’s time for a change, and moves back to her native New York. In an attempt to get her out of the house and socialising, her daughter Lisa encourages Eleanor to attend classes at their local Jewish Community Centre, where she accidentally sits in on a group for Holocaust survivors. When they ask her to share her story, Eleanor (who is not a Holocaust survivor) panics, and recounts Polish-born Bessie’s story instead. She’s approached by journalism student Nina (Erin Kelliman), who wants to profile her…
Ever since drummer Josh Freese was let go by Foo Fighters back in May (two years after he replaced the late Taylor Hawkins), he – as well as fans – have been asking one basic question: “Why?” Well, during his recent appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk, Freese revealed that he still doesn’t know precisely why he was fired from Foo Fighters (but he has some ideas that he won’t share).What Did Freese Say About His Firing?Per Blabbermouth, the Dec. 10 episode of Eddie Trunk’s show saw the rock radio personality ask Freese if he’s had “any clarity” on…
There’s a reason why so many people only wear black leggings. They’re flattering, spill- and sweat-proof, and go with everything, whether that’s a mismatching sports bra, a cool leather jacket, or a bright pair of sneakers. Black leggings are the easy choice, but if you’re interested in branching out like Jennifer Lopez, Allison Brie, and Elsa Hosk have been lately, then brown leggings are a great alternative. They’re just as chic, with the same complimentary traits, and they create a bit of diversity in your leggings collection. Win, win, and win! The only issue is that they’re not quite as…
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered ourselves on Book Riot this week. December’s selections offer plenty of interesting choices, from a narrative nonfiction book that had a super popular adaptation to a romance with rich family history. There’s also a contemporary novel about obsession, a multi-generational family novel chosen by many book clubs this year, a fascinating historical novel based on the real Tipu’s Tiger, a novella/short story collection centering transness, a Jane Austen novel, and more! It’s a great…
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies and satellites of the Milky Way. The LMC is about 163,000 light-years away and the SMC is about 206,000 light-years away, and their close proximity makes them excellent laboratories for the study of galaxies in general. The Clouds are the focus of a new research group being formed at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP). View Original Source Here
Netflix If we went back to the summer of 2016 and told David Harbour that the final season of “Stranger Things” is the biggest thing on TV in 2025, we can’t know for sure what he’d say — but he might call us liars and accuse us of giving him false hope. In fact, during the initial rollout of Netflix’s nostalgic horror saga, Harbour reportedly was pretty frustrated with what he perceived as a half-hearted marketing campaign. In an interview with Radio Times, series co-creator Matt Duffer recalled that Harbour “was discouraged by…
The Abbott Elementary Season 5 Episode 9 release date and time is on the horizon. In the winter finale episode, “Birthday,” Janine celebrates her 30th birthday amidst chaos at her school. The episode begins with Janine trying to keep her birthday special, but the day takes a hit when a broken furnace causes a school emergency, leading to burst pipes. It forces everyone to temporarily move to an abandoned mall. Meanwhile, the episode also explored Janine’s strained relationship with her mother, Vanetta. Upon arrival, she judges Janine’s life choices with dismissive comments. Here are the release date and time details about the next…
Garbage took the stage for a concert at Sydney Opera House just hours after a terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach killed at least 12 people and injured nearly 30 others. Singer Shirley Manson addressed the tragedy during the show, telling the gathered crowd: “This has become an astoundingly frightening, violent, hateful, intolerant world, and I think the only thing we can do really, as people who do not believe in all this separation and all this intolerance, all we can really do is really try and profess our love for one another.” “We have been…
It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn’t in our solar system—it was orbiting another star. We call this an extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet” for short.Since then, astronomers have cataloged more than 6,000 exoplanets. If you thought it was hard to remember the names of our own planets, try all the planets, with names like HD 189733b. (A jolly place where it rains molten glass and the wind blows 9,000 kilometers per hour.)Even the closest exoplanets are more…
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan “The Secret Christmas Library would be a welcome stocking stuffer for anyone who dreams of endless shelves filled with a tantalizingly marvelous miscellany of books.” It’s no secret that this reviewer thoroughly enjoys the work of New York Times best-selling, prolific author and gifted storyteller Jenny Colgan, despite professing an aversion to romances. In addition to charmingly cozy novels, she has also written several scripts for television, children’s books, Doctor Who stories and other works of science fiction. The Secret Christmas Library is a holiday gift to booklovers and treasure hunters…
quick factsWhat it is: Gamma-ray burst GRB 250702BWhere it is: 8 billion light-years away, in the constellation ScutumWhen it was shared: Dec. 8, 2025A gamma-ray burst (GRB) — the most energetic type of explosion in the universe since the Big Bang — is detected once every day, on average. But what happened on July 2, 2025, was highly unusual: NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which has been orbiting Earth since 2008, recorded an unusually long-lived GRB that continued emitting in bursts for more than seven hours.Astronomers leaped into action, using the world’s telescopes to detect the explosion’s afterglow and discover…
NBC Finally, there’s a stripper for women who like their men a little… softer. “Saturday Night Live” host Josh O’Connor joined featured player Ben Marshall in this week’s episode as a pair of sweater-wearing, feminism-promoting strippers who were hired for a bachelorette party. The bride played by Ashley Padilla insisted that strippers “aren’t really my thing,” but her friend played by Sarah Sherman assured her she got her “a different kind of stripper.” She opened the door to reveal Marshall and O’Connor as Auggie and Remington, clad in beanies and fuzzy sweaters, and…
I don’t have a lot of memories from my childhood birthdays. But I vividly remember my 14th birthday party.My parents took me and a dozen or so of my best buddies to Movie City 5 in East Brunswick, NJ to see Street Fighter. For a video-game loving child of the 1990s, the Street Fighter movie was a pop-culture event somewhere on magnitude of a Squid Game/Stranger Things crossover. This wasn’t just exciting; it was important. It was the culmination of something. It was an action movie starring one of the hottest action stars at the time, Jean-Claude Van Damme, plus the great Raul Julia, a favorite amongst ’90s kids…
Alabama Shakes have lined up a string of North American tour dates for 2026. Brittany Howard and the band’s spring run includes multiple stops in Florida and a concluding two-night stint at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado. Check out the new dates, plus their previously announced festival shows, European itinerary, and Zach Bryan support dates, below.Support for the headline shows comes from Joy Oladokun, Mon Rovîa, Lamont Landers, and JJ Grey & Mofro. For every ticket sold, $1 will go towards nonprofits around the United States via the Alabama Shakes Fund, a press release notes. There is, as yet,…
There’s a lot to love about the holiday season, but among my top five favorite things is stocking stuffers—buying and receiving them. Give me all the hair accessories, tiny travel gear, and miniature beauty products, and I’m in gifting heaven. But I’m well aware that stocking stuffers can be a bit of an afterthought for most. I think we’ve all done our share of panic buying to fill those oversized stockings on the mantel. So, to avoid that and protect our collective sanity, I put together a pretty epic stocking stuffer gift guide, if I do say so myself.Whether it’s…
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12 Dec 2025 Romance Reads to Melt Your Winter Blues From slow-burn tension to heart-thumping meet-cutes, these six romance picks deliver warmth in all the right ways. Perfect for curling up under a blanket and letting the swoon take over. The Christmas Market Mashup (Sparks in Paris Book 3) by Lexi Haddock Release Date: November 14, 2025 This Christmas, all I wanted was a drama-free vacation in France with my bestie. I had one rule: no falling for a charming stranger, no matter how perfect the setting. But when a series of fated encounters throws a handsome American pilot in…
A glacier meets the sea in Dickson Fjord, GreenlandJane Rix/Alamy The Arctic will retain about 1.5°C of warming even if the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere returns to pre-industrial levels and the planet as a whole cools. The region is also predicted to retain about 0.1 millimetres per day of excess precipitation, regardless of whether we deploy large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects. “These findings highlight the irreversible nature of Arctic climate change even under aggressive CDR scenarios,” the researchers wrote in the study. Atmospheric CO2 levels are currently about 1.5 times as high as they were in the pre-industrial…
Apple TV Only two seasons in, “Severance” has established its place as one of the finest prestige shows around. Judging by the bloody and brilliant Season 2 finale, the show has no intention to get any less compelling in the foreseeable future, either. The true secret weapon of “Severance,” however, is its stellar cast. From Seth Milchick’s (Tramell Tillman) dangerous dance moves to the mysteries around Gemma Scout (Dichen Lachman), every major character on the show is played by an actor who’s more than up to the task of elevating the show and making…
This indie gem from 2014 comes to UK cinemas for the first time, and it’s an example of elite Holiday season cinema. Hangdog Noel (Kentucker Audley), in his woolen beanie and plaid workshirt, works as a house-maker most of the year round, but he picks up a few extra bucks during the festive period by selling Christmas trees in a lay-by. And to mix things up a little – and to perhaps guarantee a more vibrant variety of clientele – he works the night shift. It’s a job he executes with almost pathological diligence, using tried-and-tested sales patter with potential…
Lady Gaga suddenly halted her show in Australia after one of her dancers fell off the stage. During her Mayhem Ball stop at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Saturday (Dec. 12), the 39-year-old pop superstar paused mid-performance after a dancer accidentally slid off the stage while performing “Garden of Eden.” Fan-captured video on X shows the dancer, Michael Dameski, gliding off the end of the stage, which had become slippery due to heavy rainfall at the open-air venue, according to TMZ. After noticing the fall, Gaga immediately stopped the concert to check on the performer, earning applause from the audience. Fans…
Forget just calling 911; if you have an Android phone, you can now share live video directly with the dispatcher. It’s a new feature Google announced this week called Android Emergency Live Video, and it’s rolling out to folks in the US, along with select regions in Germany and Mexico, for phones running Android 8 and newer with Google Play Services.This capability becomes available during an emergency call or text, as a dispatcher can send a request to your phone to share live video. You need to tap to accept the request, and your phone’s camera will start streaming footage,…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Tournament of Books Shortlist I don’t know what I expected to find when I went to check out the Tournament of Books shortlist, but I was delighted by the selection of books. We’ve got award winners like Flesh by David Szalay, this year’s Booker Prize winner, big names like Angela Flournoy (The Wilderness) and Stephen Graham Jones (The Buffalo Hunter Hunter), and…
The Norwegian “rules of use” for Sámi reindeer husbandry were intended to help keep reindeer husbandry sustainable and allow for self-governance. But “sustainability” and “self-governance” can mean something completely different for authorities than reindeer herders. View Original Source Here
Prime Video The “Leverage” crew’s redemption tour is over: The sequel series “Leverage: Redemption” has been canceled after three seasons, TVLine has confirmed. (TV Insider first reported the news.) “Leverage: Redemption” brought back most of the cast of TNT’s long-running heist drama “Leverage,” with Gina Bellman’s grifter Sophie reassembling her old team, including Aldis Hodge’s hacker Alec, Christian Kane’s hitter Eliot, and Beth Riesgraf’s thief Parker. Noah Wyle — now an Emmy winner for HBO Max’s “The Pitt” — joined the cast as fixer Harry. The only original star missing was Timothy Hutton, whose character Nate Ford…