When under a great deal of heat and pressure, matter goes “supercritical,” and the difference between liquid and gas seems to disappear. Now, new research finds that matter at this extreme supercritical state is less complicated than scientists previously thought. In fact, there are liquid-like and gas-like states in supercritical materials, and the tipping point between the two is surprisingly consistent across matter. This may mean that there are universal rules governing these states across different types of materials.”The asserted universality of the supercritical matter opens a way to a new physically transparent picture of matter at extreme conditions,” study…
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Photography courtesy of Violet Chachki The drag and style superstar talks wearing THAT 18-inch corset, her new Canadian tour and finally being able to celebrate her true self. By Annika Lautens Date July 13, 2022 To simply call Violet Chachki the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season seven is a severe understatement. Yes, it may be where she got her start back in 2015, but since then, she has outgrown the franchise (sorry, Ru!) and found fame on a global scale. The glamazon is part model, part performer, part artist, part muse and 100 per cent herself at all times,…
HP’s latest Linux laptop sees the computer maker collaborating with erstwhile competitor (or at least, fellow Linux laptop maker) System76. It seems like an odd combo, given that System76 makes its own competing laptops, but the collaboration works.The Dev One is a very nice Linux machine that packs enough punch for developers or creatives without hitting top-tier laptop prices. Even more impressive is the work HP and System76 have put into making Linux work perfectly with the AMD chipset.Combining HP’s hardware capabilities and industry experience with System76’s Pop!_OS desktop has produced the best all-around Linux laptop you can buy right…
Jamie Campbell Bower, the actor from Stranger Things 4 who — spoiler art — plays the murderous creature Vecna and its human counterpart Henry Creel, is also a musician. On Friday (Aug. 12), he released his latest dark and folky rock number, “I Am.”But it’s not his music debut. Bower has worked on music for years, releasing Prologue (Live From the Alter) in 2020. He followed that with the singles “Run On” and “Devil in Me” earlier this year. Before that, the English entertainer led the band COUNTERFEIT.Listen to “I Am” near the bottom of this post.The fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, which premiered this spring, culminated in…
Albert Serra wishes you were here in the tropical trailer for Pacifiction – Little White Lies 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’;…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Okay, listen. I am a sucker for HEAs (happy ever afters) as much as the next reader. Do I get angry if a book doesn’t have a happy ending? Oh, sure. And that has happened a fair amount of times. But in the end, I am a Millennial. And I am plagued with unhappiness. Thus, the hunt for books with sad endings. Just like some love to listen to sad music (that’s also me), there are plenty of us out here who love to enjoy…
We need to talk about Alex. New characters always arrive in Salem with an obnoxious attitude that appalls their family, so he’s no different in that sense. But on Days of Our Lives during the week of 8-15-22, Alex irritated Sonny — and some viewers — with his habit of bringing a different woman to bed every night. Alex is hardly the first man to bedhop, nor is he the first playboy to hit Salem. His father was also a ladies’ man when he was Alex’s age, JJ had a reputation as a player before he met Paige, and Allie’s…
Only 20 percent of computer science and 22 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees in the U.S. go to women. Women are missing out on flexible, lucrative and high-status careers. Society is also missing out on the potential contributions they would make to these fields, such as designing smartphone conversational agents that suggest help not only for heart attack symptoms but also for indicators of domestic violence. Identifying the factors causing women’s underrepresentation is the first step towards remedies. Why are so few women entering these fields? A common explanation is that women are less interested than men in computer science…
Plus: The full scoop on Nordstrom’s un-missable Anniversary Sale. By Nordstrom Date July 14, 2022 With warm weather in full swing, it’s the perfect time to have fun with fashion and embrace new summer trends. Thankfully, Nordstrom is making that even easier for fashion lovers with its annual and much-anticipated Anniversary Sale. From July 15th to the 31st, shoppers can buy brand new items at limited-time low prices both in-store and online. Featured brands include Rag & Bone, Hugo Boss and Charlotte Tilbury along with a few new additions like Mini Boden and Naked Wardrobe. Items will be available for…
Tülay McNally, director of inclusive design at Electronic Arts, chooses her words carefully as we chat about creating diverse characters for video games. Raised in Germany, McNally is no stranger to the international video game industry. She worked at Square Enix, Sega, and Bioware before joining EA. McNally’s team at EA assists with the development of characters from underrepresented groups and with public communication.Her caution is warranted—Activision Blizzard was ripped to shreds a month before our interview for its reductive approach to video game diversity, one which assigned numerical scores to marginalization, turning identity into a kind of scorecard that…
One person has died and 17 were injured as the result of a partial stage collapse at the Medusa Festival in Spain. The incident happened in the early morning hours of Saturday August 13, when high winds ripped through the area of Cullera near Valencia around 4:18AM local time.The person killed was a 22-year-old concertgoer according to the the Spanish Civil Guard, the country’s paramilitary police, who spoke with CNN and is leading the investigation into the tragic event. Seventeen more people were injured, with The Guardian reporting three of them have suffered serious traumas while 14 others had minor cases. In total, 40 people…
Disney+ has released another teaser for She-Hulk, Marvel Studios’ long-awaited superhero legal comedy series, which will start streaming next week on August 18. The video features new footage that highlights Jennifer Walters’ complicated dating life as she struggles to deal with her new superhero identity.RELATED: Every Marvel Disney+ Show’s Release Date From SDCCDescribed as a 10-episode legal comedy, the She-Hulk series will be led by Emmy and Golden Globe winner Tatiana Maslany who will take on the titular role as Jennifer Walters. She will be joined by Avengers: Endgame star Mark Ruffalo and Tim Roth (The Incredible Hulk) as they reprise their respective roles as…
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Viewers won the lottery when Paul Campbell took his first role in a Hallmark movie. His particular brand of charm and wit ensures his starring roles become instant classics. Having never met him before and with great expectations, I’m happy to report that he deserves his time in the spotlight. As our conversation began, we exchanged pleasantries. As Paul had never been to Pittsburgh, where I reside, I discussed what I thought might appeal to him — that many TV and movie productions now film here. Paul’s from Vancouver, so he’s no stranger to film production. “I like anywhere that…
Using density functional theory and measurement data from spin-resolved photoemission, the team investigated the origin of the repeating Au(111) bands and resolved them as deep surface resonances. These resonances lead to an onion-like Fermi surface of Au(111). Credit: HZB Graphene consists of carbon atoms that crosslink in a plane to form a flat honeycomb structure. In addition to surprisingly high mechanical stability, the material has exciting electronic properties. The electrons behave like massless particles, which can be clearly demonstrated in spectrometric experiments. Measurements reveal a linear dependence of energy on momentum, namely the so-called Dirac cones—two lines that cross without…
Pay close attention to Willow Smith’s Instagram; you’ll see she has a penchant for the mystic, ethereal themes. Goddess tributes are scattered throughout her Instagram page, she has a cosmic tattoo on her upper arm, and most recently, she joined the Mugler family in 2021 as the face of the brand’s iconic Alien Goddess fragrance. Returning for round two, Willow serves as the face of the next edition of Alien Goddess Intense, which continues the tale of divine femininity through a new concoction of heavenly notes.Willow describes herself as an “acquired taste” but acknowledges that Alien Goddess Intense is anything…
WhatsApp is found to be working on adding an option to let users hide their online status. This functionality would allow users to choose who can see when they are online on the instant messaging app. It is likely to be available in a future update. Separately, the Meta-owned company is reportedly updating the time limit to delete messages for some beta testers. The feature has been spotted in WhatsApp for Android beta 2.22.15.8, which is available via the Google Play Beta programme. WhatsApp is also said to be rolling out a fully functional context menu on Windows beta.As per…
Big Thief have shared their “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” performance for NPR. Filmed by Adam Gundersheimer and Vanessa Haddad, the band played “Change,” “Dried Roses,” and “Certainty” from its latest LP Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. Big Thief also performed an unreleased track called “Happiness” that has been woven into their recent live sets. The band members played while perched around a small coffee table. Watch it all go down below.In 2020, Adrianne Lenker played a solo “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.” Big Thief’s latest performance for the series features the full band: Lenker, guitarist Buck Meek, bassist…
Anaïs in Love review – A seductive summery romance 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…
From airplanes to apartments, most spaces are now designed with sound-absorbing materials that help dampen the droning, echoing and murmuring sounds of everyday life. But most of the acoustic materials that can cancel out human voices, traffic and music are made from plastic foams that aren’t easily recycled or degraded. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering have created a biodegradable seaweed-derived film that effectively absorbs sounds in this range. Controlling and optimizing the way sound moves throughout a room is key to creating functional spaces. Foam acoustic panels are a common solution, and they come in a…
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We have an exciting week ahead with some new shows! We have the highly anticipated Game of Thrones spinoff, new series Everything I Know About Love, and more! Scroll down to find out what we recommend. Saturday, August 20 8/7c Temptation Under the Sun (Lifetime) A detective embarks on a steamy affair with an ex-pat while vacationing on an island. However, when her lover is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, she must go to great lengths to clear his name. But will someone lure her into danger? 8/7c Dating the Delaneys (Hallmark) Three generations of Delaney women explore the highs…
New offshore wind farms built as part of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy are expected to turn the country into a net exporter of electricity Environment 18 May 2022 By Adam Vaughan Burbo Bank offshore wind farm in Liverpool BayPAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images The UK expects to become a net exporter of electricity in just eight years’ time as the country implements its Net Zero Strategy. The milestone would reverse decades of the country being a net power importer, using subsea cables to draw more electricity from French nuclear reactors and other European power stations than it sends in…
Destiny’s Child, 1999. Photography courtesy of Getty Images In this essay, I will— By Natalie Michie Date July 15, 2022 You might call it basic, and you wouldn’t be the first. With its no-frills design and admittedly silly name, the humble tube top has been bad-mouthed for years. But I, for one, have had just about enough. To some, it’s just a stretchy piece of fabric. But to me, it’s a versatile summer staple. And it’s time for the tube top to get the respect it deserves! After all, the strapless shirt has had impressive staying power, especially considering it…
“Car après la mort le Temps se retire du corps … ” —ProustWe all know by now that the time-reversal invariance governing statistical mechanics at the microlevel maps by a simple equation onto the macroworld, making “time travel” a wholly unsurprising possibility … but damn! The first time you go back there’s just nothing like it.I know all these first-person accounts of ChronoSwooping have become a cliché here on Substack, where, let’s face it, anyone can write pretty much whatever they want no matter how self-indulgent and derivative. Nonetheless I think I have some unusual insights to share, which derive…
Magdalena Bay have announced a new deluxe version of their 2021 debut album Mercurial World. Mercurial World Deluxe is out September 23 via Luminelle Recordings. It features outtakes, remixes, and alternate versions of songs from the original album. The Los Angeles duo has also unveiled a new track from the release. Listen to “Chaeri (Danny L Harle Remix)” below.“The Deluxe is a miss mosh of sorts, an amalgamation of new songs that didn’t originally fit the flow of Mercurial World, of reimagined versions of existing album tracks by us and some talented remixers, plus some special secrets,” the band shared…
I Came By review ― great script, distracting visuals 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…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. We love watching James Bond on the big screen. This classic spy archetype has been a beloved constant since most of our childhoods, and we practically grew up with him. But there are plenty of other fictional spies who deserve a spot on the big screen too. This doesn’t mean the spotlight needs to be shifted from the James Bond franchise, but rather, we need to make space for other books as well that will make for great spy thriller movies. Spy fiction…
Well, it won’t be too long before one doctor who left Grey Sloan at the end of Season 18 is back. James Pickens Jr. (Dr. Richard Webber, who went on sabbatical in the finale) shared a photo from the Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 set of himself in scrubs alongside the new first-year surgical residents (played by Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, Midori Francis, Adelaide Kane, and Harry Shum Jr.). “Let’s give a warm welcome to the new Interns of the Grey’s family, excited for season 19,” he wrote in the caption. Check out his post below. At the end of Season…
Russia will opt out of the International Space Station (ISS) program after 2024, the new chief of Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday (July 26). Roscosmos leadership has been threatening to pull out of the International Space Station for months, stating that Western sanctions will “destroy” Russian cooperation aboard the orbital lab. While those threats have been numerous and inflammatory, they have yet to sound as definitive as the latest proclamation made by the new Roscosmos chief. “The decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made,” the current head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, said, according to the…