What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Psycho Electric? For about ten years I’ve been daydreaming about, researching, and scheming to put this book together. After talking to a couple of friends who are in the medical and software development fields about the pieces I was missing, I got to work. Shortly after that, my Patreon Subscribers got to see the rough draft as I wrote it because I serialized it there. Most of their comments improved the manuscript in a couple of ways. A few edits later, and here we are! If you had to…
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When Sex and the City was revived on HBO Max, And Just Like That… featured only three of the four women who were part of the original series. Samantha’s (Kim Cattrall) absence was addressed in the premiere, but until now, it hasn’t truly been addressed by those still working on the franchise. Sarah Jessica Parker, who stars as Carrie and is also an executive producer on the revival, spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the decision to not have Samantha be part of the new series. After a third movie (following the ones in 2008 and 2010) did not happen…
Photography courtesy of Getty Images From feather boas to sequined jumpsuits, we’re reminiscing on the singer’s most iconic outfits. By Katrina McGaughey Date May 10, 2022 Harry Styles is busier than ever. Between his new acting career, touring, gigs headlining Coachella and the launch of his beauty brand, Pleasing, it’s not surprising that the “Watermelon Sugar” singer took a brief hiatus from putting out new music. But now, with Harry’s House set to drop on May 20, the three year long wait is over and Styles is about to make a triumphant return to our summer playlists. The musician has…
Neon NFT marketplace has installed a first-of-its-kind vending machine for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on 29 John Street of US’ New York City. People will be able to use fiat currency, credit cards, and debit cards to purchase digital collectibles or NFTs from this machine. This vending machine opens the NFT sector to a wider set of buyers because most NFT marketplaces usually accept payments in only cryptocurrencies, and not everybody wishes to own an NFT is a crypto investor.Built on the Solana blockchain, Neon is a crypto startup, that operates as an NFT marketplace and gallery. Its NFT vending machine,…
Over the last decade and a half, Bring Me the Horizon have cemented themselves as a household name within the heavy music community, but they weren’t always so well-respected. Oli Sykes recalled that when the band was first gaining popularity, they were portrayed “as a Motley Crue-esque bunch of fucking dickheads.”The discussion came up in a reflective interview with Kerrang!, where Sykes explained that BMTH were depicted negatively by the media — even though he felt they didn’t deserve such a regard.“Our band was kind of branded as a Mötley Crüe-esque bunch of fucking dickheads,” the frontman declared. “One of the first interviews I…
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By Grace Wade People outside the US Capitol protest against gun violence after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, TexasTing Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Behavioural scientist Andrew Morral leads the Gun Policy in America initiative at non-profit research institute the RAND corporation. He tells New Scientist why conducting gun violence research in the US has been so difficult, how that is starting to change and what the latest evidence shows about the impact of everything from background checks and safe storage laws to assault weapon bans. Grace Wade: What interventions work against gun violence? Andrew Morral:…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write A Little Blues Story from the Jersey Shore? I was inspired by anecdotal experiences from my life I wanted to share, but I didn’t want to write a memoir or to write a nonfiction account of them in any genre. I chose to use them for inspiration only and create fictional stories in their spirit. Unsurprisingly, I am able to identify with the stories in my novel, but I hope other people will be able to do the same. If you had to pick theme songs for the main…
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series has added five new cast members. Glynn Turman, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas, Virginia Kull, and Timm Sharp will join the series in recurring roles. Author Rick Riordan will executive produce the series as well as contribute to its writing. He shared details about each new cast member on his personal blog on June 2 — the first day of production. Turman (Women of the Movement, The Wire, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) will play Chiron, aka Mr. Brunner, a wise centaur, per Variety. Chiron disguises himself as Percy Jackson’s Latin teacher, but in…
Annual PTR (per 1000) (blue, solid line), MST (%) (black, dashed line), Italy, 1916–2020 (with the exception of 1943–1945 during World War II). Source: Own elaborations on Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) data. Credit: Population and Development Review (2022). DOI: 10.1111/padr.12464 Scientific literature has considered human population trends as “slow,” with fertility and mortality driving long term changes that are fully appreciable in generation-long periods, but the current exodus from war-ridden Ukraine to the rest of Europe or the acceptance of more than 1 million Syrian asylum-seekers in Germany in 2015 and 2016 show that our view of population…
Everett CollectionEverett A quick scroll through your TikTok feed and there’s a high chance you’ll stumble across someone who’s gone full coastal grandmother. The viral term, coined by TikToker Lex Nicoleta, describes the coastal grandmother aesthetic as, “If you love Nancy Meyers movies, coastal vibes, recipes and cooking, Ina Garten, cozy interiors, and more, there’s a good chance you might be a coastal grandmother.” The sartorial result? A neutral lover’s paradise. From classic wardrobe pieces like cashmere turtlenecks Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) would’ve sported in Something’s Gotta Give to the breezy linen numbers Jane Adler (Meryl Streep) paraded around in…
Grid Legends — the latest racing game and the fifth instalment in the Grid franchise developed by Codemasters under its new owner EA — will feature over 120 cars spread out over nine categories. That includes electric cars as well as internal combustion engine-powered cars. Grid Legends players will get to experience more than 130 tracks, including renowned race tracks as well as fictional street circuits. Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa stars as Valentin Manzi — one of the main rivals in the game. Grid Legends will be available to play on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series…
A good majority of musicians give back to charity, however, some rockers have taken it to the next level and created annual events to benefit causes that are close to their hearts.Although music is a common thread and concerts are a typical fundraiser, some of the annual benefits include motorcycle rides, acoustic songwriter rounds, viewing parties, holiday celebrations and beyond.The majority of these high-profile annual events are even open to the public, where fans can get face to face with their favorite rock star while supporting a good cause.Discover 10 of the biggest names in rock that hold charity events,…
Alex Garland is a director of danger. In 2014, he made Ex-Machina, a thriller about the dangers of artificial intelligence. In 2018, he made Annihilation, a sci-fi film about the dangers of self-destruction. In 2022, Garland returns to helm his third feature, and this time, he’s making a movie about the most dangerous subject matter yet: Men.This horror film stars Jessie Buckley as Harper, a woman who moves into a new house following a recent tragedy and is stalked and haunted by someone or something from the surrounding woods. This is a well-directed horror movie with flaws in its execution that still succeeds…
A super-sized atom plus a cold ion have been combined to make a completely new molecule that is 4 micrometres across and makes extremely long molecular bonds Chemistry 27 May 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan Artist’s impression of trapped super-sized atomsCelina Brandes/University of Stuttgart A completely new kind of molecule has been made by combining an extremely cold ion and a super-sized atom. The unusual molecular bond between the two particles was thousands of times longer than those in most room-temperature molecules, and the method to make and study it could kick-start a new branch of ultracold quantum chemistry. Molecules form…
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TV can be a tricky business — one day you’re preparing for a season finale episode, and the next the episode becomes the series finale when the show gets canceled. That is exactly the case with CBS’ United States of Al, which received the ax from CBS just one week out from its season-ender. The comedy, which premiered in April 2021 as a midseason replacement, centers on combat veteran Riley (Parker Young) and the interpreter he’d befriended in Afghanistan, Awalmir (aka Al, played by Adhir Kalyan), whom he welcomes into his family’s Ohio home, with much of the humor coming…
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. I have the best job on earth: I shop for the hottest products on the web. And while I hunt down the buzziest must haves for POPSUGAR readers, I find quite a few things along the way for myself. This June, I’m loving colorful dresses, shimmery swimsuits, and statement bags. With summer on the horizon, there’s no shortage of airy fabrics and colorful patterns…
Ever since 2017’s Colossal came out, I’ve been trying to find people to share it with. I’ve run into a wall. The people for whom the story might resonate are the ones most uncomfortable with watching it. And the people who would get the most out of internalizing its message about the destructive nature of toxic masculinity are the ones completely dumbfounded by what it has to say. Few are in a place to really benefit from it.Men seems doomed to suffer a similar fate.The film, written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), is a horror movie that,…
KISS have been around for nearly five decades now, and they’re currently in the midst of their final tour. While Gene Simmons has admitted that he’s going to be very emotional during their last show, he assured that the band is retiring out of self-respect and love for their fans.”The reason for stopping touring is because of pride and self-respect and a love and admiration for the fans. The last thing you wanna be is to be a world-champion boxer and stay in the ring too long. It’s only a matter of time until your legs are not gonna be able…
ComingSoon Associate Editor Spencer Legacy spoke to Shoresy stars Tasya Teles, Blair Lamora, and Keilani Rose about their characters and the show. Shoresy will debut on Hulu on May 27, 2022.“Foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving Shoresy join the Sudbury Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO) on a quest to never lose again,” says the official series synopsis.Spencer Legacy: Tasya, your character is probably the toughest person on the show. You don’t take any flack from Shoresy or anybody and you run a team from behind the scenes. Is that resilience what appealed to you about the role?Tasya Teles: Oh yeah, a hundred…
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain involves delivering low levels of electricity directly into the spinal cord using an implanted device, which modifies or blocks nerve activity to minimize the sensation of pain reaching the brain. The approach is most often used after nonsurgical pain treatment options have failed to provide sufficient relief. The underlying mechanisms of how SCS works are not fully understood, but in a new paper published in the April 28, 2022 online issue of the journal Bioelectronic Medicine, a research team led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report high-frequency…
Claire Ahn, author with Penguin Random HouseFor fans of Anna and the French Kiss and Loveboat Taipei, this effervescent debut takes readers on a journey to the place where trends are born—Seoul, Korea—where Melody Lee unwillingly moves with her family and must start a new life, a new school…and maybe a new romance. I like to keep an eye on cover trends because I think they can be fun to watch, and because sometimes they can be weirdly, delightfully specific. The latest one I couldn’t help but notice this spring is something I’ve affectionally come to call “flower face covers.”…
Chris Wallace is returning to Sunday programming. The former Fox News Sunday host is taking his short-lived CNN+ show Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace? from the shuttered streaming app to HBO Max and CNN this fall. Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide Chris Licht announced the move at the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront presentation on Wednesday, May 18 in New York. The show will stream on HBO Max, with featured interviews airing Sundays on CNN during its new “CNN Sunday” evening programming. The Sunday block will also include a new long-form journalism series similar in format to 60 Minutes. The…
If you’ve ever had an imaginary argument in your head, you may have “heard” two voices at once. Your own inner voice and that of the other person in the quarrel. You may even “hear” the other person’s accent, or the timbre of their voice.So what’s happening in the brain when that inner monologue is running? How is it that you can “hear” your thoughts? As it turns out, the brain undergoes similar processes when you’re thinking words as when you’re speaking out loud.Inner monologues are thought to be a simulation of overt speech, said Hélène Loevenbruck, a senior neurolinguistics researcher…
Hands up who already has multiple wedding invites in their diaries? This year is of course busier than the previous two, and with so many upcoming occasions, what do we wear for all of them? While there are certain brands we always turn to for amazing wedding guest looks (looking at you, Rixo), when it comes to wedding guest outfits we love for spring, we’ve found some alternatives to the usual equation: dress + heels.Some of the most stylish women on Instagram are the ones who have dressed for different occasions for many years. And those who are over 50 have been…
Samsung is reportedly gearing up to launch four new smartphones in the Galaxy A-series. Ahead of the launch, key specifications of yet-to-be-announced Galaxy A73 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy A33 5G, and Galaxy A23 5G handsets have surfaced on the Web. All upcoming Galaxy A-series models are tipped to come with quad rear camera units and 5,000mAh batteries. Samsung Galaxy A73 5G is expected to be the top offering out of the four leaked devices. The handset is said to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SoC. The Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy A33 5G, and Galaxy A23 5G are…
When Iron Maiden reunited with longtime vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999 for the Ed Hunter tour, fans were thrilled to see the majority of the lineup that brought the world such great albums as Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind and Powerslave.Sure, drummer Nicko McBrain was absent from the legendary Number of the Beast and there was an extra guitarist in the band by the time Smith came back, but axeman Janick Gers’ flash and agility nicely complimented the dual attack of Smith and Dave Murray.The more significant cause for celebration was Dickinson’s return after…
The following post contains SPOILERS for the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Don’t send an Inquisitor after us just because it reveals some plot points from the first two episodes. We warned you.While some of the Star Wars villains known as the Inquisitors have appeared in previous animated TV series and video games, the character known as Third Sister — AKA Reva, played by Moses Ingram — is a new creation in this universe. In Obi-Wan’s first two episodes, she seems willing to do anything to achieve her goals, particularly capturing the missing Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The other Inquisitors keep look down on her…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Friendships are the first relationships we choose for ourselves and often the first ones that we have to work out for ourselves (unlike family relationships, where we’re likely to be following existing relationship patterns). While some kids fall into friendships as easily as blinking, others might find it a little more difficult to build lasting bonds with new peers and classmates. Friendship dramas and fallouts can be a lot to deal with, particularly at a young age, but at the same time, the…