Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica have shed more than half-a-trillion tonnes annually since 2000 — six icy Olympic pools every second. Parts of Earth’s ice sheets that could lift global oceans by meters will likely crumble with another half degree Celsius of warming, and are fragile in ways not previously understood, according to new research. The risk, which will play out over centuries, may also be greater than expected for a significant portion of the world’s population in coastal regions. New research suggests that the number of people threatened by sea level rise has been underestimated by tens of…
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It takes a lot of confidence to completely revamp your look, especially when you’re in the public eye. Selena Gomez knows a thing or two about that. The 30-year-old songstress and Rare Beauty founder has managed to successfully define her style from the street to the red carpet, but as they say, “it takes a village.” Gomez can credit much of her evolution to stylist Kate Young, who she began working with in 2015 while promoting her Revival tour. The rest of her glam squad includes makeup artist Hung Vanngo, hairstylist Marissa Marino, and manicurist Tom Bachik. While she has…
Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank Private Limited said it expected the number of customers affected by a massive data breach to grow, after it discovered policy records of a further 1,000 customers had been stolen.Medibank, which provides coverage to one-sixth of Australians, said last week an unidentified person had shown the company stolen personal information of a 100 customers, including medical diagnoses and procedures.On Tuesday, the company said it had received more files from the criminal, showing information including personal and health claims data of more patients as well as files with some Medibank and international student customer data.”Given the…
Reunited post-hardcore act Botch have announced a Fall 2023 US tour, their first full outing in more than 20 years. Dates kick off October 5th with a three-night stand at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon, and run through a December 12th show in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 17th at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. You can also pick up tickets for sold-out shows via StubHub. Botch, who are pioneers of mathcore and metalcore, made their return with the comeback single “One Twenty Two” last August. The Washington-state band hadn’t released new music in 20 years,…
Why Fire Island deserves the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar 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 { if…
Libraries are essential to bookworms. Aside from free access to books, they act as community centers and safe spaces for many who crave for quiet refuge for reading and other educational activities. But as much as they are a lifesaver, libraries are affected by budget cuts and librarian salary slashes, which greatly diminishes the services they can offer to their patrons and communities. At the height of the pandemic, though, many finally realized libraries’ importance in their distance-learning education. Libraries gave free access to books and internet to students from low-income backgrounds. They also provided computer access to those who…
A major earthquake struck southern Turkey early on Monday, causing extensive damage and killing thousands there and in neighboring Syria. Rescue workers have been searching the rubble of buildings for survivors, who face bitterly cold winter temperatures, as well as electricity and water outages—and the terror of continuing aftershocks. The magnitude 7.8 temblor struck close to Nurdağı—not far from city of Gaziantep—at 4:17 A.M. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was also felt in Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus. The quake was followed by a magnitude 7.5 aftershock several hours later, as well as numerous smaller aftershocks. (The…
Always know where the exit is. Fantasy Island Season 2 Episode 7 plays on the fallacy that knowing how to get out of a situation means you can. Isaiah hangs his future on knowing when he’ll die, believing he cannot commit to a life with someone else unless he can promise to spend some length of time with them. Amber’s defense mechanisms — honed in a chaotic childhood — give her an almost compulsive escape fixation, but in the end, the Island forces her to face what she’s been running from. It’s easy to forget in Fantasy Island’s tropical sunshine…
“How are you doing?”—a seemingly straightforward question that is often loaded for Tara Zier, an individual living with Stiff Person Syndrome. Before she can even answer, people often assume she’s okay. An easy misdiagnosis when looking into the brunette’s warm eyes, bright smile, and observing her tall, sinewy physique. “That feels odd because of how sick I feel,” she reveals. Not wanting to complain or be a burden, she usually responds with, “I’m hanging in there,” even if it couldn’t be farther from the truth.From the bed to the living room and back again — the only places you’ll go…
Henry Cavill is back as Superman. Following a cameo in the post-credits scene of Black Adam, The Witcher actor confirmed his return to the role, via an Instagram video. “I wanted to make it official that I am back as Superman and the image you see in this post and what you saw in Black Adam are a very small taste of what’s to come,” he said, outlining his future in the DC Extended Universe. The update comes after reports from last week, which claimed that Warner Bros. was planning a sequel to 2013’s Man of Steel, and was looking…
Few words could sum up the whirlwind past year in the life of Italian glam rockers Måneskin as well as RUSH!, which also happens to be their perfectly-titled third album (out Jan. 20). Inside the massive 17-song release lives all the pent-up thrill and abandon that has made the quartet (singer Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi and drummer Ethan Torchio) the buzziest band in rock over the course of the past 12 months.After winning the behemoth international songwriting competition Eurovision in 2021, the band went on the fast track becoming overnight global rock ambassadors. In the…
Why I love Carl Franklin’s One False Move 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 { if (msgIsString)…
Moral Code by Lois and Ross Melbourne (Nonlinear Publishing LLC) Dear Reader, Dr. Keira Stetson has 2 passions: ethical AI and creating tech that helps children. She and her AI assistant, Elly, embed Keira’s trademark Moral Operating System into billionaire Roy Brandt’s SmartDust to rein in its power. But Brandt’s tech has been kept secret for a reason. Keira and Elly must fight to use this newfound tech for good and keep it out of the wrong hands … before it’s too late. 100% of proceeds generated through the sales of Moral Code will be donated to help fight the…
In the 1970s a young gorilla known as Koko drew worldwide attention with her ability to use human sign language. But skeptics maintain that Koko and other animals that “learned” to speak (including chimpanzees and dolphins) could not truly understand what they were “saying”—and that trying to make other species use human language, in which symbols represent things that may not be physically present, is futile. “There’s one set of researchers that’s keen on finding out whether animals can engage in symbolic communication and another set that says, ‘That is anthropomorphizing. We need to … understand nonhuman communication on its…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 finale, “Merry Bloody Christmas.”] The Farnon brothers are huggers now. As the third season of the Masterpiece drama All Creatures Great and Small concluded Sunday night on PBS, Samuel West’s Siegfried Farnon bid farewell to his younger brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) with a surprisingly demonstrative embrace. Tristan, expecting a simple handshake as he was about to board a train and leave England’s Yorkshire Dales to begin his World War II military service, appeared shocked and then overcome with emotion at the gesture. “Are we huggers…
The Colorado river is the lifeblood of the US Southwest, but today it is drastically depleted due to overuse, megadrought and climate change. Here’s how to rescue it Environment 22 November 2022 By Chelsea Whyte Water levels at Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the US, are falling fastMichael Friberg “The river was nowhere and everywhere,” wrote naturalist Aldo Leopold of the Colorado river delta, the region where waters originating in the Rocky Mountains meander into the Gulf of California in Mexico. Having explored the area by canoe in 1922, Leopold described the vast wetlands as a swirl of “a…
Photography by Getty Images From Cher’s iconic 1985 glam to Lady Gaga’s campy gold foil lashes, these are the most unforgettable Met Gala beauty moments of all time. By Lauren Knowles Date January 19, 2023 With the announcement of this year’s Met Gala theme — “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” — and its corresponding (yet complicated) dress code, “In honour of Karl,” consider the buzz for the 2023 Met Gala fully underway. The curiosity and speculation surrounding the looks to come and how the theme will translate onto the Met red carpet in May leaves us feeling nostalgic each…
Musk has also restricted the use of his Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine and made statements that have been interpreted as supporting Russia’s claims to Ukrainian territory. Musk’s other company, Tesla, relies on China as a market, as a manufacturing center, and as a source of raw materials, leading to concerns that he may be pressured to reduce or remove content critical of Beijing. In October, he was criticized for inserting himself into China’s dispute over the future of Taiwan.Twitter has been used in the past to influence national politics in several countries. The Guardian reported this week that an Israeli company…
Can’t keep up with every new rock and metal song that comes out each week? Leave it to Loudwire and our Weekly Wire playlist, which is refreshed each Friday afternoon with 50 newly released tracks.This week sees the release one of the year’s most anticipated albums — Godsmack’s Lighting Up the Sky — and the band has issued a pyro-heavy music video for the track “Soul on Fire,” which tops our Weekly Wire playlist.Steel Panther’s new record On the Prowl also dropped today, so take a listen to the power ballad “On Your Instagram,” a song only this band could pull off.Elsewhere,…
Why I love Song Kang-ho’s performance in The Host 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 { if…
Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives by Rick Bleiweiss Pignon Scorbion & The Barbershop Detectives (Blackstone Publishing), Rick Bleiweiss’ new murder mystery, is a whodunit with an unforgettable Police Chief Inspector Pignon Scorbion at its center. In a style reminiscent of Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, we enter the fictional town of Haxford in the English countryside, circa 1910, where Pignon (born in Paris), our idiosyncratic inspector, has just arrived in Haxford and is setting up his investigations in the local barbershop. What follows is Scorbion’s talent for detective work, assisted by a group of striking and unique characters, including a young…
Magnum P.I. returns following its final Season 4 episode on CBS, making its debut on NBC for its fifth season. CBS canceled Magnum P.I. — a reboot of the same network’s 1980s crime drama starring Tom Selleck— in May 2022. At the time, Magnum P.I. ranked as a Top 25 show in total viewers, according to Deadline. The same site later reported that CBS nixed the show amid challenging negotiations with Universal Television. “Magnum, P.I. comes to us with a passionate fanbase already in place that we intend to nourish,” Susan Rovner, Chairman of Entertainment Content at NBCUniversal, said in…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Cornell-led study is the first to report national, annual rates of sheltered homelessness over time across race and ethnicity, and finds “staggering” disparities, showing Black and Indigenous Americans are far more likely to experience homelessness than other groups. From 2007 to 2017, the lowest rate of homelessness among Black Americans—nearly 1.4%—was more than four times the highest prevalence for white individuals and families, the research team found. The lowest rates for American Indian or Alaska Native and the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities were at least double the highest rates for white and Asian…
Continuing my eternal quest to dress more French-like, I’ve set my sights—as I know many of you have, too—on winter. Winter is very much on my mind right now as cold-weather plans start to seep into my calendar and the promise of cosy, festive days begin to come into view.This year, I want to make sure I’m prepared for the seasonal switch, and naturally, I’ve turned my attention to ascertaining which pieces form a French girl’s winer capsule wardrobe. For this, I’ve taken a close look at the sartorial habits of some of my favourite French women, deep-diving into their respective feeds to see what…
Parents often worry about the harmful impacts of video games on their children, from mental health and social problems to missing out on exercise.But a large new US study published in JAMA Network Open on Monday indicates there may also be cognitive benefits associated with the popular pastime.Lead author Bader Chaarani, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont, told AFP he was naturally drawn to the topic as a keen gamer himself with expertise in neuroimagery.Prior research had focused on detrimental effects, linking gaming with depression and increased aggression.These studies were however limited by their relatively small…
Fleet Foxes are making Shore all of their fans have a chance to catch them on the road. Today, the band has added a new North American leg to their “Shore Tour,” promoting their 2020 album of the same name. The lengthy run also includes three co-headlining dates in California with My Morning Jacket. “Our shows last summer were by far the best of our career and we can’t wait to do it again in a few months,” the band’s Robin Pecknold said in a press release. “It’s an honor to bring this music to life with and for everybody…
Notre Corps – first-look review 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 { if (msgIsString) { json =…
Sydney, as a city, LOVES to party – especially during Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. This year, the party is even bigger as Sydney hosts WorldPride 2023. I honestly don’t know how the city is going to contain itself. Official celebrations began on 17 February, with theatre performances, storytelling sessions, art workshops, and photographic exhibitions. Some of the best events are available at our local libraries, often for free or heavily subsidised prices. That’s no surprise. Our local libraries have always been a treasure trove of communal knowledge and support, providing safe spaces for everyone in our community. #LoveLibraries…
Microscopic (STEM and TEM) images of the developed catalyst and its PEMFC power performance. Compared to the state-of-the-art fuel cell catalysts, the catalyst developed by the CNR-IBS team showed almost twice the power performance per platinum use. Credit: Institute for Basic Science A fuel cell is an electric power generator that is capable of producing electricity from hydrogen gas while discharging only water as a waste product. It is hoped that this highly efficient clean energy system will play a key role in the adoption of the hydrogen economy, replacing the combustion engines and batteries in automobiles and trucks, as…
Auditions, Part 1 Season 21 • Episode 1 American Idol is now old enough to drink as the series returns for season 21 (number 6 on ABC). No better way to celebrate than starting the auditions in Las Vegas where judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie rocked the house. Host Ryan Seacrest brought in a fresh crop of hopefuls to not only “Sin City” but also at auditions in New Orleans and Nashville. The premiere was not short on talent and tears, and included one emotional tribute to a fallen friend. We also saw a famous Idol alum…