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M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin and 80 for Brady knocked James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the domestic box office with $14.2 million and $12.5 million apiece, per Deadline. Both aren’t much to write home about. Shyamalan used to draw $40 million opening weekends in his prime but has settled into smaller market fare by producing low-budget thrillers that don’t need massive gains to be successful. Knock at the Cabin cost $20 million and will likely finish close to Old’s $48 million domestic total. Meanwhile, 80 for Brady is playing the long game and hopes older crowds will take advantage of discount ticket pricing…

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31 Jan 2023 Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Michael Anderle, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Annalee Newitz, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from T.S. Malpass, T.W. Pearce, Theophilus Monroe, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading! Fantasy Science Fiction Related selena scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed =…

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 Ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves could help reveal the secrets at the dawn of time, just moments after the Big Bang, new research suggests. And physicists say they can learn more about these primeval gravitational waves using nuclear fusion reactors here on Earth.In a new study, physicists used equations that govern how electromagnetic waves move through plasma inside fusion reactors to create a theoretical model for how gravitational waves and matter interact. That, in turn, could reveal a better picture of the earliest moments in time. Moments after the Big Bang, the universe was permeated by a soup of hot,…

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Emmy-winning actress Uzo Aduba will don a detective hat for The Residence, a Netflix murder-mystery drama from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland. Created by Paul William Davies and inspired by the book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by journalist Kate Andersen Brower, the upcoming, eight-episode series will have Aduba’s character investigating a crime at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. “132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous state dinner,” Netflix touts in a logline for the series. “The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House,…

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One of the big plots point in season three of Emily In Paris is the titular character’s hairstyle, her iconic “trauma bangs,” a look all too familiar to women who are really going through something. The show’s star, Lily Collins, shared a behind-the-scenes look at her big chop on Instagram on Tuesday, joking that at least she didn’t do it herself.In the show, Emily Cooper had a pretty tumultuous love triangle while in Paris, and decides to deal with it by cutting her own hair. In the clip, stylist Gregory Russell does the deed as she laughs, “Baby’s first bangs!”…

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That overall temperature rise made weather more outrageous than ever in some parts of the world in 2022. The above map from NOAA, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a nice visualization of where temperatures were particularly hot and where records were set.Asia had its second-warmest year on record. On April 30, temperatures reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit in Jacobabad, Pakistan—unseasonably early for the region. When summer came around, heat waves may have killed 50,000 people in the European Union in July alone, and as vegetation dried out, fires broke out across London and burned wide swaths of France, Spain, and…

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Congolese musician Petite Noir has announced his second full-length studio album, MotherFather, with a video for the new single “Blurry,” featuring Zambian vocalist Sampa the Great. The new album is due out April 14 via Roya. Check out the full tracklist and the video for “Blurry,” directed by Hector Aponysus, below.Of the new single, Petite Noir said in a statement: “‘Blurry’ is a song about growth in love. Being ready to take that next step whether it means being together or apart. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just move forward with your life solo. Choosing you above…

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The intense body horror Piggy is part of the Hulu schedule for February 6-12. On Thursday, February 9, the streaming service will add Piggy to its available content. Written and directed by Carlota Pereda, the movie stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro, Camille Aguilar, Pilar Castro, and Claudia Salas. “During the sweltering summertime of rural Spain, Sara carries an extra load of teenage agony due to the perpetual bullying from her peers,” reads the film’s synopsis. She’s also an outsider at home—her parents and little brother just don’t understand her—so, feelings internalized, she’s often found buried in…

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Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a series of tombs dating back around 4,300 years at Saqqara, including a sarcophagus holding the oldest known ancient Egyptian mummy that is covered with gold. The record-breaking tomb had a sealed sarcophagus containing the mummy of a man that a hieroglyphic inscription identifies as Hekashepes, and whose remains were found covered with gold. “When the sarcophagus was examined, it was found to be completely sealed with mortar, just as the ancient Egyptians had left it 4300 years ago. When the lid was raised, we found the mummy of a man covered with gold leaf,” the team…

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books are great, and books that come in twos are even better! I’m talking about duologies — SFF duologies, to be exact. I remember when I read Octavia Butler’s Parable series (consisting of Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents), the idea of a duology was totally new to me. I’m not sure if it was a product of my age or a reflection of the time, but I’d literally never heard of a duology. Interestingly, these days, it seems amazing…

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Did Nolan and Bailey catch their killer? On The Rookie Season 5 Episode 14, the pair went on a mission to find a lone gunman after a shooting hit too close to home. Meanwhile, Aaron struggled to live within his means and joined Lucy to help Tamara when the mother of a child she looked after went missing. Elsewhere, Wesley suspected that a judge was taking bribes after he excluded valuable eyewitness testimony from the case. Use the video above to watch The Rookie online right here via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and…

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Foods high in sugar and salt can be unhealthy, but these additives are too delicious for many to give up. What if people could somehow enjoy these compounds’ tastes without actually eating them? A student team has now designed a spoon with a structure that stimulates taste buds to produce a sensation of sweetness—without adding calories or chemicals. The project follows previous work involving flavor-enhancing cutlery, such as chopsticks that amplify saltiness with a mild electric current. The five undergraduate and graduate research students wanted to develop their new spoon for people with disorders such as diabetes, which affects 11.3…

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Harry Styles’ mom Anne Twist gave a generous gift to fans on Wednesday, December 28, sharing a post of the family’s Christmas festivities on her Instagram account that included a pic of her super star son. In the image, Twist poses with Styles and his sister, Gemma, and Gemma’s boyfriend, Michal Mlynowski. They’re standing against a backdrop of beautiful English countryside.In the group shot, Styles is wearing a blue hoodie under a yellow jacket and black North Face jacket, with a pair of sunglasses and his hair pulled up out of his face, and he’s grinning happily despite the cloudy…

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Gas stoves can also leak benzene, a carcinogenic gas, another study Lebel worked on shows. In small kitchens with poor ventilation and high-emitting stoves, these levels could be comparable to living with a smoker, Lebel says.All AflameThe recent stove drama was spurred by statements from Richard Trumka Jr. of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, who called the stoves “a hidden hazard” and told Bloomberg this week that “any option is on the table,” including potential bans. He has clarified that such regulations would apply to new products. Biden does not support plans to ban gas stoves. The commission’s chair issued a statement explaining it…

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The breakfast cereal manufacturer Post is suing the pop-rock rock group OK Go over their band name, after Post recently started making a line of on-the-go cereals under the brand name “OK Go!”The band OK Go was formed over two decades ago in 1998. They made a name for themselves in the 2000s with highly stylized, humorous music videos for their singles, such as 2006’s “Here It Goes Again.”The cereal company filed the suit against the musical group after the band had already accused Post of violating the United States Trademark Act by attempting to register and use their trademark in…

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Attack The Block is a horror-comedy about an alien invasion directed by Joe Cornish, starring John Boyega. After over a decade, a sequel to the film is finally in the works. The movie didn’t fare extremely well at the box office, but it did exceptionally well with critics. It was also Boyega’s film debut. In May of 2021, it was announced that a sequel was on the way, with Cornish set to direct and Boyega once again in a starring role.Joe Cornish recently sat down with EW to talk about what the sequel is going to look like.“We are working hard…

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31 Jan 2023 Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Robert Horton, Eleanor Shearer, Liz Harmer, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading! Related selena scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here

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From Goldfinger to No Time to Die, James Bond has long showcased the latest tech advances. Might 007’s next adventure involve protecting a low-cost, lightweight, high-capacity battery from sinister forces, asks Kathryn Harkup Technology | Comment 23 November 2022 By Kathryn Harkup Simone Rotella SIXTY years ago, Sean Connery first introduced himself as Bond, James Bond. The 007 franchise has seen a lot of changes over the intervening decades, but a constant theme, alongside the cocktails and quips, is science and technology. From lasers to space shuttles, the Bond films have showcased some of the latest technological advances. Where might…

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Penn Badgley’s sociopathic killer Joe Goldberg is back for Season 4 of the thriller, You, but this time the homicidal book lover should be watching his own back. Here’s why: London Calling Having fled the U.S. in Season 3 after offing equally murderous wife Love (Victoria Pedretti), Joe is posing as a U.K. professor named Jonathan Moore. And he likes teaching! (Credit: Courtesy of Netflix) The Brit-Stirrers What he doesn’t love are some new acquaintances: a hedonistic colleague (Stephen Hagan), an icy art gallery director (Charlotte Ritchie), and the owner of a private club (Lukas Gage) where they all party.…

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Dame Vivienne Westwood died on Thursday, December 29 in South London. The iconic designer was 81 years old, and her representatives said in a statement that she was surrounded by friends and family at the time of her passing.Her husband Andreas Kronthaler, with whom she frequently collaborated on creative projects, said, “I will continue with Vivienne in my heart. We have been working until the end and she has given me plenty of things to get on with. Thank you darling.”The creative artist was reportedly busy up until the time of her death, working on art, her writing, and on…

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But because of how ChatGPT works—by finding statistical patterns in text rather than connecting words to meaning—it will also often fabricate facts and figures, misunderstand questions, and exhibit biases found in its training data. This is likely to complicate efforts to use the technology widely, by for example by mixing misleading or biased information into search results. One reason for tech industry excitement around ChatGPT, fed by its parlor tricks, is the suggestion it might disrupt the long-standing dominance of Google and other tech giants, by allowing small companies to outcompete much larger competitors. One popular theory is that the bot could…

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Stranger Things and Encanto claimed the top spots for the most streamed television series and movie, respectively, in the US in 2022, according to new figures released by Nielsen. As reported by Variety, the premiere of the Netflix sci-fi smash hit’s fourth season ultimately contributed to 52 billion minutes viewed in 2022 for the entire series. On top of leading every television streaming metric, Stranger Things was also the most-watched program overall last year, followed by the long-running CBS drama NCIS in a distant second place with 38.1 billion minutes streamed, the children’s show Cocomelon at 37.8 billion minutes, and…

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Poker Face is a pleasurable throwback to the golden age of television 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 = {};…

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Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a key way to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on the dual benefits of reduced air pollution and improved health has been largely hypothetical. A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have now begun to document the actual impact of electric vehicle adoption in the first study to use real-world data to link electric cars, air pollution and health. Leveraging publicly available datasets, the researchers analyzed a “natural experiment” occurring in California as residents in the state rapidly transitioned to electric cars, or light-duty zero emissions…

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The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont (St. Martin’s Press) Dear Reader, Here’s an alarming adage: “If you want to know about a man’s job, ask his wife. If you want to know about a man’s wife, ask his mistress.” In 1926, Agatha Christie’s husband demanded a divorce so he could marry another woman. The author became so distraught she disappeared for 11 days — not even returning when the hunt for her was splashed on the front cover of every newspaper in the world. The Christie Affair imagines this hundred-year-old mystery from the perspective of the one person nobody…

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Stock-car racing has come a long way since Bill France and his buddies got together in 1947 and formed the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. The first race was held on a road course at Daytona Beach on February 15, 1948, and was won by Red Byron driving a modified 1939 Ford. NASCAR celebrates its 75th season and its storied past as it looks ahead to 2023. Here are some of the highlights and the racing schedule: NASCAR Loves L.A. NASCAR is returning to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum preseason…

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Bits of the stars are all around us, and in us, too. About half of the abundance of elements heavier than iron originates in some of the most violent explosions in the cosmos. As the universe churns and new stars and planets form out of old gas and dust, these elements eventually make their way to Earth and other worlds. After 3.7 billion years of evolution on our planet, humans and many other species have come to rely on them in our bodies and our lives. Iodine, for instance, is a component of hormones we need to control our brain…

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It is a widely discussed fact in the Who What Wear group chat that M&S shoes are some of the best on the market. Last week, when I shared that I was planning on popping in to try on a load of its latest shoes (all in the name of journalistic research), it was met with exclaims and admissions of how highly my fellow editors rate the high-street hero’s footwear. “I have such a soft spot for M&S shoes” and “the comfort insoles are the one” are just a couple of examples. But I too consider myself a loyal fan, and some of my longest-lasting, most-loved pairs have…

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