Finding out how acidic or alkaline your soil is means you can select the right plants for it, and maximise their chance of thriving, says Clare Wilson Humans 25 May 2022 By Clare Wilson mblickwinkel / Alamy Stock Photo HAVE you ever wondered why some plants in your garden thrive, while others barely grow no matter how tenderly they are nurtured? It may not come down to your green fingers, but to whether you have chosen the right plant for that spot. Most people know they need to consider their local climate and how much sunshine any particular site gets.…
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As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Urban Outfitters, which is a part of the retail portfolio Urbn, will forever be notorious for its mastery of retro ’90s grunge infused with a touch of ’70s bohemia. Unsurprisingly, shoppers are constantly looking for a more affordable, sustainable, or inclusive version of the brand (founded in 1970, it operates over 200 stores across categories from apparel and accessories to home goods). Whatever type…
All of this creates a contradiction that scientists are only beginning to investigate: As the Arctic warms, more peat dries out and ignites, but more vegetation grows, which could eventually form new peat. “People think that there are no new peatlands initiating at the moment, but our data is—very tentatively, at least—showing that this is not the case,” says Väliranta.The key variable, of course, is water: Will Svalbard and the rest of the Arctic stay wet enough, for long enough, to allow peat to develop? Peat is extraordinarily sensitive in that it can take centuries to form, yet it can…
In 2022, here’s a reminder that you really want to pay close attention to what you’re purchasing. Earlier this year, we shared a story about a fan who was upset after mistakenly purchasing tickets to see the Red Not Chili Peppers, a Chili Peppers tribute band, and now there’s also a second instance of a mistaken Red Hot Chili Peppers ticket purchase but with a different act providing something decidedly different.Yes, the pun game is strong these days for acts playing off the Red Hot Chili Peppers name, and this latest instance comes from a mother and daughter who ended up seeing…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe resumes on Disney+ with Ms. Marvel, and it’s a really delightful change of pace for the studio. It’s a show about a kid, a fan of Marvel heroes, and that’s reflected in the YouTube videos Kamala Khan makes in her spare time. And the show shares her enthusiasm and her fandom. For example, the first time Kamala goes to her high school, Coles Academic, she passes by a plaque that includes names like G. Willow Wilson, Stephen Wacker, Adrian Alphona, and Jamie McKelvie. Those are the names of the writers, artists, and editors who created Kamala Khan,…
An artist’s rendering of the JPSS-2 satellite, which will be renamed NOAA-21 once in orbit. Credit: NOAA NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are now targeting Nov. 1, 2022, as the new launch date for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite mission. During recent tests of a key instrument designed to collect visible and infrared images, the team found and corrected an issue, which resulted in additional time needed to complete thermal vacuum testing. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument, or VIIRS, experienced a test equipment issue during thermal vacuum testing. Engineers determined the issue…
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Neil Patrick Harris is the latest addition to the cast of BBC America’s Doctor Who. The award-winning actor shared a first look at the character he’s playing via Instagram on Monday. “My current gig. Never looked more dashing,” he wrote. “Thank you for inviting me into your Whoniverse, @russelltdavies63 . I’ll try my hardest to do my worst.” “This Doctor has no idea what’s in store. And even if he does… Who cares? Ha ha ha HA ha-ha-ha!” “It’s my huge honour to open our studio doors for the mighty Neil Patrick Harris… but who, why, what is he playing?…
Silicon Valley media entrepreneurs might talk about free speech, but it is a fallacy that we should be able to say whatever we want to whomever we want, warns Annalee Newitz Comment | Columnist 25 May 2022 By Annalee Newitz Twitter logo, San Francisco, CaliforniaShutterstock / Michael Vi LAST month, Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, was about to buy Twitter. He lined up financing for the bonkers $44 billion price tag. Then, he backed off. At the time of writing, he has whiplashed to saying the deal is “not out of the question” if the price comes…
Given the miserable, cloudy nature of our climate, do we need to wear SPF in the UK every single day, rain or shine? No. Is it highly, highly recommended? Absolutely. The truth is, although UVB rays (the ones responsible for skin burning) can’t penetrate clouds or glass, UVA rays (the ones responsible for an acceleration in skin ageing) can. So although we might not require the daily application of SPF to the extent that other countries with higher UV indexes might, if you’re serious about preventing premature skin ageing, applying an SPF to exposed skin is the single best thing you can…
Intel is expanding its 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ CPU family with two new ranges, aimed at slim and light laptops for mainstream users. After launching the generation with high-end desktop CPUs last year and unveiling high-end gaming laptop CPUs at CES in January, Intel is now ready to address a much larger market segment. The ‘Alder Lake’ generation combines heterogenous X86 P-cores and E-cores (for power and efficiency) to the mass market for laptops for the first time, along with Intel Xe graphics.According to Intel, over 250 laptop models will launch in 2022 using these CPUs. These will include 2-in-1s,…
Jenny Lewis has announced a new run of U.S. tour dates this September. Her U.S. tour kicks off in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Riverbend Festival and wraps up in Georgia in September. She’ll bring her pet dog Bobby Rhubarb Lewis along for the ride. Check out the full list of dates below.Lewis played a string of dates opening for Harry Styles last fall—the original 2020 dates had to be rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Late last year, she shared a new song—a staple during her sets on the Styles tour—called “Puppy and a Truck.” Her last LP was 2019’s…
20 years on, Scooby Doo is still a thrillingly silly throwback teen comedy 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 { queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) { json = JSON.parse(event.data); } else { json = event.data; } }…
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Amanda Peet has been cast in the Fatal Attraction series on Paramount+, the streaming service announced Wednesday, June 1. She joins previously announced cast members Lizzy Caplan, who will play Alex Forrest, and Joshua Jackson, who will play Dan Gallagher. Peet will star as Beth Gallagher, Dan’s loyal wife, loving mother, and successful small business owner whose world unravels when her husband’s indiscretion threatens to destroy their life together. The original Fatal Attraction film came out in 1987 and starred Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, and Anne Archer. Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction series will be a “deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual…
Emily Schwing: This is Scientific American’s 60 Second Science. I’m Emily Schwing. Oil and water. Apples and oranges. Fire and Ice…none of these things really seem like they have much to do with one another…or do they? Hailong Wang: We found that more fire-favorable weather associated with declines in the Arctic sea ice during summer can increase autumn wildfires over the western United States. Schwing: Hailong Wang is an Earth scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state. Wang: So we analyzed a few decades of observations of how wildfire incidents, sea ice cover and weather conditions to…
Photography via https://www.tiktok.com/@hayleybuix. Graphic by Leo Tapel And it might be even more insidious. By Natalie Michie Date June 14, 2022 -I was tapping my way through the filters on TikTok when a dark thought came to mind: is there something wrong with my face? My jaw slimmed and widened, my eyes enlarged and shrunk, and my lips filled out before losing volume again. In the end, I was left to sit with my filter-less features and an unpleasant realization: Instagram Face has been reborn on TikTok. By now, we’re likely all familiar with Instagram Face: a racially ambiguous visage…
Facebook-owner Meta is working on artificial intelligence research to generate worlds through speech, improve how people chat to voice assistants and translate between languages, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, as he sketched out key steps to building the metaverse.Zuckerberg is betting that the metaverse, a futuristic idea of virtual environments where users can work, socialise, and play, will be the successor to the mobile Internet.”The key to unlocking a lot of these advances is AI,” he said, speaking at the company’s live-streamed “Inside the Lab” event.Zuckerberg said Meta was working on a new class of generative AI models that…
Snoop Dogg is scrapping all international dates from his 2022 calendar, blaming “unforeseen scheduling conflicts”. As previously reported, the rap star had postponed his forthcoming tour of Australia, what was to be his first visit there since 2014. Those shows are “looking likely” to be rescheduled to February 2023, say the promoters for that planned outing, TEG MJR. In a statement posted to his Instagram account, Snoop confirms he’s “canceling all upcoming non-U.S. tour dates” for the remainder of 2022, citing “family obligations and upcoming tv and film projects” among factors. The Doggfather “regrets” the cancellations. “He was excited to…
Pleasure review – A candid insight into the sex industry 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 { queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) { json = JSON.parse(event.data); } else { json = event.data; } } catch (ignore) {}…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Vassal of Magic – Book 3? I’ve always loved reading fantasy stories, I lived in Hong Kong, and I have three sons. It seemed natural to combine that moment of my life into a magical story about a teenage boy. What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write? My favorite genre to read and write is fantasy, although not always Young Adult. I do love stories with strong female characters, and the series I’m now writing, “No Place for Decent…
This is something that might even make Wednesday Addams smile: a fun teaser revealing that an official first look at the new Netflix series is just days away. The streaming service has released a new video for Wednesday, featuring the disembodied hand, Thing, that everyone knows and loves. After Thing taps on the screen, the teaser (below) tells us, “Heed my warning. A grave terror approaches. Her name is … Wednesday.” The first look will be released as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, on Monday, June 6. (The event runs through June 10.) Enjoy this marketing ploy. pic.twitter.com/RBgB7TrV6K — Wednesday…
Search intensity at the focal wind park during the 20-year study period between 2001 and 2021. (A) Daily numbers of observed bat carcasses during the search campaign in August and September 2021. Dates are expressed as month-day. (B) Detection probability as measured by the ratio between annual number of observed bat carcasses and the annual number of days turbines were surveyed during spring and summer migration (Numbers on top of bat silhouettes depict the annual number of observed carcasses). Credit: Global Ecology and Conservation (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02149 Protected and rare bats regularly die at wind turbines (WT). This is why…
CLIMATEWIRE | Europe’s plan to slash Russian fossil fuel imports and accelerate renewable energy production will test its ability to find the minerals, metals and other components that are needed for a dramatic shift to clean power. The plan, outlined by the European Commission Wednesday, would speed the continent toward a historic transition to wind and solar energy, while diversifying its sources of natural gas and expanding energy efficiency. But it could come at a high cost. The rapid switch to renewables will depend on Europe’s ability to mine or import the materials that are needed for clean energy technology,…
I admit it; I have expensive taste, and I’m also quite (read: very) picky. I always have been. When I was a teenager, knowledge of labels generally wasn’t as prevalent as now. (We have the internet social media to thank for that.) But even then, I found myself gravitating towards pieces of substance and brands of note over the quick and easy wardrobe updates that would tempt my friends. I dressed older than my years, which, at the time, sometimes meant I felt the opposite of “trendy.” Looking back, however, at photographs of my best friend’s 16th birthday party, to which…
Ukraine’s parliament and other government and banking websites were hit with another punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks Wednesday, and cybersecurity researchers said unidentified attackers had also infected hundreds of computers with destructive malware.Some of the infected computers were in neighbouring Latvia and Lithuania, the researchers said.Early Thursday local time in Ukraine, as fears of a Russian invasion heightened, the foreign ministry and council of ministers were unreachable and other sites were slow to load, suggesting the DDoS attacks were continuing, though there was no official confirmation.Officials have long expected cyberattacks to precede and accompany any Russian military incursion, and analysts…
Harry Styles looks set to lose his U.K. albums chart title to Liam Gallagher, but the singles crown should still fit come Friday, when the chart proper is published. Based on midweek sales and streaming data, published by the OCC, Styles’ “As It Was” (via Columbia) “races ahead” for what should be a ninth consecutive week at No. 1. Styles’ hit, lifted from his current No. 1 album Harry’s House, is already the year’s longest-running No. 1 in the U.K., besting “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s animated family film Encanto. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See…
Joker 2 will be quite a bit different than the original as it is reportedly a musical.While director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix are returning for Joker: Folie à Deux, a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, states that the dark character piece will now have songs and be a musical. As such, the character of Harley Quinn will be introduced with musician and star actress Lady Gaga currently in talks to play the romantic interest of Joker.Character details on this incarnation of Quinn are currently under wraps, although generally, the character is a psychiatrist turned sidekick of Joker after falling in…
It was announced Tuesday that a group of Louisiana libraries will block cultural displays that highlight specific groups. The announcement comes just as Pride Month kicked off at the beginning of June. This means that Pride Month— as well as other cultural celebrations like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Cajun heritage, and Native American History Month— will no longer be highlighted in library displays in Lafayette County in Louisiana. Library Director Danny Gillane stated the action was taken to protect the libraries’ collection, saying “I’m doing this because everything’s a fight, and if I put these books out right…
The Brothers Sun is moving ahead at Netflix. Four months after announcing a straight-to-series order for the Brad Falchuk (Glee) and Byron Wu (The Getaway) series, the streamer has announced its cast. The Brothers Sun is described as an action-packed, darkly comedic family soap. The eight-episode series takes place in both Los Angeles and Taiwan and features an all-Asian writers room and an all-Asian cast. It revolves around Taipei gangster Charles Sun who is settled into his life as a ruthless killer. But when his father is shot by a mysterious assassin, Charles must go to L.A. to protect his…