07 Jul 2022 New Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read | July 2022 Have you been searching for some exciting new sci-fi and fantasy reads? You’ll be able to explore fantastic new worlds with these amazing new releases from bestselling authors Theophilus Monroe, Rory Surtain, Dave Klapwyk, Isaac Petrov, David Beers & Michael Anderle, and Tao Wong. Happy reading! Voodoo and Vampires (The Blood Witch Saga Book 1) by Theophilus Monroe Release Date: June 30, 2022 I’m Hailey Bradbury: Hedge Witch and Vampire. My sire was staked moments after I was turned. As a youngling, the Voodoo Queen took…
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 1 of The Bear, Episodes 1-8.] If you haven’t tuned in for FX‘s new series The Bear, then you’re missing out on plenty of kitchen drama, family trauma, and surprisingly hilarious scenarios wrapped up together in a tasty package like the sandwiches served at The Original Beef of Chicagoland. From showrunners Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo, this show captures the chaos of a culinary ecosystem with the help of a talented cast and expert chefs. Below, they’re sharing some behind-the-scenes secrets about their involvement with the binge-able series, but beware of spoilers…
Of all the elementary particles in the universe, neutrinos may be the strangest. Sometimes known as “ghost particles,” these mysterious little packets of energy have no electrical charge, have almost no mass and come in at least three distinct varieties. New research is bringing science closer than ever to understanding the nature of neutrinos, from their size to their fundamental properties. Neutrinos are mind-bogglingly tiny. With a mass of less than 0.8 electron volt each, they are “hundreds of thousands of times lighter than the next lightest particle, which is the electron,” says Kathrin Valerius, an astroparticle researcher at Germany’s…
Selena Gomez broke her silence after some commenters accused her of subtly insulting her ex Justin Bieber’s wife Hailey Bieber…by posting a silent skincare tutorial TikTok. Some fans believed that because Hailey regularly posts skincare videos on her TikTok (as Hailey is launching a skincare line, Rhode), Gomez’s video was mocking her posts, despite Gomez innocently just showing her fans her own routine and products she uses. There was no mention of Hailey or anyone else in the video. This content is imported from TikTok. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may…
Tata Motors aims to sell about 50,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in the fiscal year to March 31, and double that in the 2023/24 period, Chairman N Chandrasekaran told a shareholders’ meeting on Monday.In 2021/22, Tata Motors sold 19,105 EVs, a growth of 353 percent from the previous fiscal year.Chandrasekaran also said that his company’s performance is expected to improve in this fiscal year as the overall supply situation, including that of semiconductors, is gradually improving and commodity prices are stabilising.”We continue to work closely with our customers and ecosystem partners to mitigate risks and manage uncertainties. Accordingly, we expect performance…
In February, Crosby, Stills & Nash joined their old bandmate Neil Young in removing their music from Spotify to protest the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on the platform. Now, five months later the musicians’ music is back on the platform. Young spurred a sort of Spotify Exodus earlier this year when he announced he was taking his music off the streaming service to protest the COVID-19 misinformation spread by Joe Rogan’s Spotify-exclusive podcast. Graham Nash followed suit first, removing his solo recordings from the streamer and announcing “I completely agree with and support my friend Neil Young.” Soon after, Crosby and…
The final two episodes of Stranger Things Season 4 premiered on Netflix today, and as you might expect for the conclusion to the latest batch of shows from the most popular English-language Netflix series in history, demand was high. So high, it seems, that some people actually struggled to watch the finale for a while.Everything appears back to normal now — at least for us — but shortly after the final two parts of Stranger Things Season 4 appeared online many users reported being unable to access them, or anything on Netflix at all as the service became unusable. Just scroll through the responses to…
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It’s been a long time coming, but Big Brother has finally unveiled the cast for its 24th season. The cast will move into the Palm Springs-inspired “BB Motel” during the live 90-minute premiere event Wednesday, July 6 (8:00-9:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. This season’s cast includes an attorney, a Vegas performer, a hypnotherapist, a private chef, a chemical processing engineer, an interior designer, and a personal stylist, among others. A new twist planned for premiere night will send the Houseguests scrambling, and, beginning on premiere night, the opportunity for America to vote will impact the…
Could a brain ever exist on its own, divorced from or independent of a body? For a long time, philosophers have pondered such “brain-in-a-vat” scenarios, asking whether isolated brains could maintain consciousness when separated from their bodies and senses.Typically, a person’s experiences are characterized by a web of interactions between the human brain, body and environment. But recent developments in neuroscience mean this conversation has moved from the realm of hypothetical speculation and science fiction, to isolated examples where consciousness could be sealed off from the rest of the world. In a 2020 study, detailed in the journal Trends in Neuroscience (opens…
Photography by Getty Images If anyone was going to fix Barbie’s image problem, it was going to be Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. By Annika Lautens Date July 4, 2022 In the immortal words of TikTok: you know how men acted when The Joker came out? The upcoming Barbie movie — directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell and more — will be my Joker. To say I was a Barbie fan growing up is to put it mildly — I lived and breathed hot pink. On any given day, you could see dozens of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched multiple digital portals at the ongoing Digital India Week 2022 including a single sign-in portal Meri Pehchaan, a website IndiaStack.Global, MyScheme, on Monday. The launch came during the ongoing Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar.He highlighted that the masses had to hustle from pin to pole for basic registrations and documents, however, the country solved the issue digitally. “Just remember the situations 8-10 years ago. The line for taking birth certificate. If you want to pay the bill, then the line, ration line, line for admission, line for result and certificate, line in banks, India solved…
Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman’s long search came to an end Friday (July 1) when he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel. “My girlfriend is right there,” said Bachman, 78, a former member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, as the Gretsch guitar on which he wrote “American Woman” and other hits was handed to him by a Japanese musician who had bought it at a Tokyo store in 2014 without knowing its history. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news…
Lars von Trier checks in for another stay in The Kingdom with the first Exodus trailer 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’;…
Seismogram being recorded by a seismograph at the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts, USA. Credit: Wikipedia Using a method that works backward from a set of observed earthquakes to test seismic models that fit those observations, researchers working in the Delaware Basin were able to determine whether earthquakes in the region since 2017 were caused by oil and gas operations. The new study published in Seismological Research Letters also indicates whether seismic activity in a specific part or “block” of the basin, which stretches through West Texas and New Mexico, was caused by hydraulic fracturing or shallow or deep wastewater disposal.…
07 Jul 2022 Must-Read Biography Books | July 2022 In the mood for a new biography or memoir? Check out these instant bestsellers by Tracie Breaux, Séamas O’Reilly, Keri Blakinger, and more. Enjoy your new non-fiction picks! Refined by Tracie Breaux Release Date: July 1, 2022 Born to abusive parents, Tracie spent years stuffing her written hopes and dreams in her shoes. She found herself running away from her parents through a dark forest at the age of fifteen while being chased by two men with a rope. Only then would Tracie wonder if she’d made a mistake in running…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Your Honor, Season 1.] A few months after Showtime‘s Bryan Cranston-led drama, Your Honor concluded, the series was renewed for a second season. While this kind of news may excite viewers of most shows, the reveal was a little baffling considering Season 1’s ending. The show centered around Cranston’s Michael Desiato, a respected judge from New Orleans who finds himself in a sticky situation when his son Adam (Hunter Doohan) is involved in a hit-and-run accident. The victim of the hit-and-run happens to be the son of Michael Stuhlbarg‘s Jimmy Baxter, a much-feared…
Protein shakes can help you lose weight, get lean and build strength and endurance. But can protein shakes help you gain weight too? Protein shakes are an effective way to gain weight if you’re unable to do so through your diet alone. As well as gaining weight, adding protein shakes to your daily diet can also increase muscle mass. “Protein shakes can be quite dense in calories, helping you to quickly and easily up your calories without eating high-calorie foods, which are often unhealthy and packed with hidden ingredients, which will do your body no favors,” said David Wiener, nutritionist and…
Plus: Peek into BAO Laboratory’s award-winning healing oil. By BAO Laboratory Date July 6, 2022 The world of skincare can be a scary and confusing place, but it shouldn’t be. That’s exactly what inspired Dr. Julia Bao to launch her science-driven skincare brand BAO Laboratory in 2017. While completing her PhD in bioanalytical chemistry with a focus on small-molecule development, Bao often found herself in the same position—hunched over her computer, working on her final thesis. Keen on multitasking, she began taking advantage of that time by using hydrating facial sheet masks daily. Around a month later, she noticed a…
Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro has launched on Monday. The smart band offers GPS support and includes an always-on display (AOD). It sports a 1.64-inch rectangular AMOLED (280×456 pixels) display along with 326ppi pixel density. The Mi Band 7 Pro also offers independent satellite positioning, which helps in providing precise location-based tracking, without relying on the connected smartphone. The new Mi smart band comes as an upgraded version of the Mi Smart Band 7 which was launched in May.Xiaomi Mi Band 7 Pro price, availabilityThe Mi Band 7 Pro from Xiaomi is currently on sale in China and has been…
Diamanda Galás has announced her first new album in two years. It’s called Broken Gargoyles and it’s due out August 26 via Intravenal Sound Operations. The LP consists of two lengthy songs, “Mutilatus” and “Abiectio,” which she composed in 2020 during the beginning of the pandemic. Hear excerpts below.Technically, Diamanda Galás recorded “Mutilatus” back in 2012 and 2013 in collaboration with recording engineer Kris Townes. The song contains segments from Georg Heym’s poems “Das Fieberspital” and “Die Dämonen der Stadt.” The second part of Broken Gargoyles, “Abiectio,” draws inspiration from the Heym poems “Der Blinde” and “Der Hunger,” as well…
Minions: The Rise of Gru review – Underwhelming animated sequel 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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Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play The Gilded Age‘s odd couple sisters, Agnes Van Rhijn and Ada Brook. Baranski’s Agnes is steely, steadfast, and determined to keep New York high society occupied with “old money” families only. Nixon’s Ada is more delicate, but don’t confuse that with weakness. Season 1 brought Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) into their home, prompting quicker change than Agnes would like while simultaneously lighting a fire in Ada to own her individuality. The Gilded Age Season 2, now filming in New York and Rhode Island, will continue to challenge the sisters. But as we saw in…
Approach to mapping the catalyzed generation and evolution of hydrocarbons. Schematic of the multi-technique strategy used in this study to unravel the growth of the carbon chain, from the formation of the first C–C bond to the generation of coke in MTH and MCTH over H-ZSM-5. The comparative study of these two C1 platform molecules enables the main pathways of oxygenate- and hydrocarbon-driven mechanisms to be decoupled and elucidated. Accordingly, operando PEPICO enables the isomer-selective identification of reaction intermediates and coke precursors. This is complemented with EPR measurements that provide insights into the representative molecular structure, density and distribution of…
Graphic by Kayleen Dicuangco The retailer’s biggest event of the year is almost here. By FASHION Staff Date July 6, 2022 Picture this: It’s the early seventies and you’re sitting on shag carpet flipping through the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale catalog. You pick up your pencil and draw a circle around a “flippy” little two-piece floral skirt and shirt — the “young active look for fall.” Beside that is a dress we would probably categorize as “fairycore” today with its puffed sleeves, u-neck top, ribbed bodice and long skirt. 1974 Nordstrom Anniversary Sale catalog. Photography courtesy of Nordstrom In the decades…
Social media platform Twitter has complied with the final notice issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT on June 27, an official source said on Monday.The Ministry of Electronics and IT had set a deadline of July 4, failing which Twitter could have lost the intermediary status, which means it will be liable for all the comments posted on its platform.”Twitter has complied with the notice,” an official source told PTI on the condition of anonymity.According to another official source, the social media firm was asked to take action on some tweets and Twitter accounts but the microblogging had…
A 21-year-old man named Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, who performs under the rap moniker Awake the Rapper, has been identified as a “person of interest” in the July 4th parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, which has left at least six people dead and dozens of others wounded. A gunman opened fire on the parade from a nearby rooftop around 10:15 a.m. local time on Monday. Crimo’s current whereabouts are unknown and police warn that he should be considered armed and dangerous. Update: Crimo was take into custody in Lake Forest, Illinois following a short police prusuit on Monday evening.…
Nitram review – A frustrating attempt to empathise with a killer 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 you have an unpleasant reaction every time you eat a certain food, you may wonder whether you have some form of a food sensitivity. But what’s the difference between an allergy vs an intolerance, and how can you identify which one you might be suffering with?It’s easy to get confused, as these conditions present themselves in similar ways. Food allergies and food intolerances may appear in response to the same dietary triggers, and they both produce similar symptoms, such as stomach cramps, diarrhea and skin rashes. But the underlying mechanisms behind these conditions couldn’t be more different, and getting…