After more than a decade of development, NASA’s new moon rocket will finally attempt to shed the shackles of Earth’s gravity and soar into space. The space agency has officially set August 29 as the launch date for its Artemis I mission. This flight will be the beginning of an intricate series of spaceflights that could send humans back to the moon’s surface—and on a tortuous path to Mars—for the first time since the final Apollo mission in 1972. Artemis I will blast off from launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Fla., as early as…
Author: Admin
The viral meme everyone remembers Quinta Brunson from finds the comedian in line at the movie theaters with her date. She’s easily impressed that he “He got money” and can afford “A LARGE!” popcorn, among other movie theater knickknacks (skittles, pretzels, etc.). The character isn’t used to the lifestyle. Fast forward to today, Brunson can teach her movie-going persona a few things like how to become an Emmy Award nominee for the popular ABC Abbott Elementary (and now, HBO Max) mockumentary sitcom, lend her comedic chops to HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, and ink her your first-ever beauty deal…
If you’ve felt like there are just no new video games to play, you’re not alone. Covid-19 hit the video game industry hard, and the delays continue to mount. The only new game I finished in 2022 was Horizon Forbidden West (which was amazing), and while I’m looking forward to Disney Dreamlight Valley and Gotham Knights, the rest of the year looks pretty quiet.That’s why I’ve been relying on replays to get me through. I’ve discussed before how gaming is an important part of my relaxation routine. If I don’t escape into the vivid world of a video game for…
In a matter of weeks, familial country music trio Chapel Hart have gone from earning the group Golden Buzzer from the judges of America’s Got Talent and making it all the way to the show’s finale, to making a triumphant, tear-filled Grand Ole Opry debut performance on Saturday evening (Sept. 17). The Mississippi-born trio — sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and their cousin Trea Swindle — previously released the albums Out The Mud (2019) and The Girls Are Back in Town (2021). Their three-song Opry debut earned the trio three standing ovations and fervent cheers from the Opry crowd. On…
Susie Searches – first-look review 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 (msgIsString) { json =…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. One of the TV shows I found joy in during pandemic lockdown was Sex Education, a British comedy on Netflix about the students of a fictional secondary school and their romantic and sexual misadventures. At the center of the series is Otis, a sexually inexperienced teen boy who knows way more about sex than the average teen because his mother, Jean, is a sex therapist and very open about sex and relationships. When Otis uses his information to offer the students at his…
We now have a first look at Christina Milian as Colette Jones in Season 3 of Starz series Step Up, the character previously played by the late Naya Rivera, who died in a drowning accident in July 2020 at age 33. The new trailer teases a look at what’s to come at the fictional label of High Water, a “next level incubator for new artistic talent, where danger, corruption, suspicions, desires, resentments, and ambitions collide in and out of the halls of the headquarters.” According to the synopsis for the new episodes, the third season will see the label’s founder…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Drought is one of the greatest threats to agricultural systems, resulting in unpredictable crop yields, declines in farm revenue, and an increase in disease outbreaks. In the United States alone, drought has cost the nation $249 billion since the 1980s. One potential solution to enhancing crop resilience is the inoculation of seed with bacteria, aka. plant “probiotics” that are known to improve a plant’s drought tolerance. While scientists have identified many microbes that show promise in the lab, replicating their efficacy in agricultural field studies proves much more difficult, largely due to complex environmental variation in…
September means back to school, and for the lucky ones who managed to get away for the summer, back to the office too. When you’ve already got an early start and the commute to contend with, the last thing you want to have think about is what you’re going to wear, and if that same reliable skirt and blouse don’t feel as inspiring as they used to, We’ve got good news. There’s new workwear in town, courtesy of Reiss, and it’s about to refresh the way you think about dressing for the office. Reiss’ latest (and most vibrant) collection to date is “On Duty”, a move…
OnePlus Nord 2T 5G was launched in India on Friday. The new OnePlus phone comes as a slight upgrade to the OnePlus Nord 2 5G that debuted last year. Just like the Nord 2 5G, the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G carries a 90Hz AMOLED display, triple rear cameras, and a 4,500mAh battery. The new phone is, however, powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 1300 SoC and carries 80W fast charging. These are two significant upgrades over the Nord 2 5G that had the Dimensity 1200-AI SoC and 65W charging. The OnePlus Nord 2T 5G will compete against the likes of…
Though very different in style, Metallica and Maneskin will each play 2022’s stateside installment of the Global Citizen Festival, the annual live music event spearheaded by Global Citizen, the organization dedicated to achieving the end of extreme poverty.This year is the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen. The concert occurs Sept. 24 in Central Park. In showing their commitment to the cause, both the legendary American metal band and the polished Italian pop-rockers will light up the city with their sounds.A twin concert will take place in Ghana, West Africa, on the same day, according to Billboard. In New York, Metallica and Maneskin will…
As promised, Ubisoft took the full veil off Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the imminent entry in the long-running series. The debut trailer shows a young Basim, a crucial character in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, in Baghdad. The game is releasing on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2023 for $49.99.RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Explainer Video Breaks Down Upcoming Free Roguelite ModeThe pre-rendered cinematic trailer takes viewers through Basim’s journey from street thief to master assassin and takes place 20 years before Valhalla. Narrative Director Sarah Beaulieu noted it would be narrative driven and go back to the…
Read The Full Article Here
On Love Is Blind Season 2, cast members Deepti Vempati and Kyle Abrams found “love” (or what they thought was love) while “dating” in the pods, but not with each other — and with disastrous results. Thankfully, they did come out of Love Is Blind with something far more valuable: a true friendship. And according to the newly-released reunion series Love Is Blind: After the Altar, that friendship slowly developed into a flirtation, and now has maybe possibly (hopefully) developed into more for the adorable reality TV people. But we’ll have to wait just a bit longer to find out.…
Taken from Anna EscardÓ’s book Science Illustration: A history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today, these images range from Galileo’s watercolours to a sketch from Einstein’s notebook Humans 24 August 2022 By Gege Li TASCHEN THESE seminal scientific images, taken from the new book Science Illustration: A history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today by Anna EscardÓ (published by Taschen), are more than just a treat for the eyes. The lateral view of the human brain, shown above, is taken from French physician and anatomist Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery’s Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery.…
Chrome and bubblegum pink took over the stage at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, but Jack Harlow added his own pastel twist to the award show in a mint-green suit made completely out of vinyl. On Aug. 28, the “Nail Tech” singer took the stage alongside Lil Nas X to accept the best collaboration award for “Industry Baby.” While Lil Nas X looked like a walking work of art in his second look of the night — a maxi dress covered in silver cutouts — Harlow had his own moment in the spotlight with a suit so glossy, we could…
In other ways, the Fitbits are even an improvement over the Apple Watch. For example, both trackers tout a full week of battery life and a day’s worth of battery in 12 minutes of charging, as compared to barely a day with the Apple Watch Series 7.Some Google-driven feature changes, like turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps and Google Pay with Google Wallet, are expected to arrive on these wearables, but at launch they have yet to make an appearance.Versa 4 Photograph: FitbitThe Versa 4 is optimized more for working out, with built-in GPS and 40 different exercise modes. However, the…
Yet another company has entered the ticket-selling market — the massive streaming platform Spotify, which has just launched its own Spotify Tickets website to sell concert and event tickets directly to their listeners, rather than redirecting them to other vendors such as Ticketmaster.”Your destination for live events by creators you love, ticketed by Spotify,” the site reads. Only seven artists are featured on the page so far, including Dirty Honey, Limbeck, Crows and a few others. The Dirty Honey show fans can buy tickets for is part of their California Dreamin’ tour, and is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Ventura Music Hall in…
Assassin’s Creed is finally headed to Japan. The company revealed Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, which will be part of Assassin’s Creed Infinity, the live-service hub for the series.RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök DLC Review: A Tiresome & Boring End of the WorldExperience the full Shinobi fantasy in our future open world RPG title set during Feudal Japan: Assassin’s Creed Codename RED.#AssassinsCreed pic.twitter.com/vr15LIvjej— Assassin’s Creed (@assassinscreed) September 10, 2022Codename Red is being led by Ubisoft Quebec, the studio behind Odyssey. Players will be able to explore Feudal Japan and “live a very powerful shinobi fantasy.” Not much was revealed about…
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) — the transfer of lower intestinal fluids and microbes from one individual to another — is sometimes used to treat inflammatory gut diseases, including ulcerative colitis and bacterial infections. Although a form of it was first recorded in 4th century China, it was introduced to western medicine in the 1950s. In the last two decades, it has steadily gained prominence. A team of researchers led by the Bork group at EMBL Heidelberg, along with their collaborators in the Netherlands and Australia, has now used this unusual medical procedure to ask a fascinating question — what happens…
15 Sep 2022 Hot New Romance Reads to Prepare You for Fall Fall is less than a week away and what better than a few new romance reads to get you ready for the cooler days ahead? Whether you’re looking for something steamy and spicy or something sweet and wholesome, there are tons of new romance books out there just waiting to be discovered. Don’t miss out on these hot new romance reads! The Fairmounts by Valerie Nifora Release Date: July 19, 2022 Lux Magazine’s HOT LIST for 2022! Harry LaCroix, a young bachelor scarred from the horrors of war,…
We write about so much great television, both past and present. But even in that rarefied group of critically acclaimed and publicly loved series, we talk about some shows more, rewatch them more and, frankly, love them just a little bit more than the others. And one of those is M*A*S*H, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of its series premiere on September 17. M*A*S*H spent most of its run from the early 1970s to the early 1980s as a Top 10-rated sitcom, and it’s still the eighth most Emmy-nominated show ever. We fell in love with the characters, from the…
Smithsonian researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient lineage as New Zealand’s living tuatara. A team of scientists, including the National Museum of Natural History’s curator of Dinosauria Matthew Carrano and research associate David DeMar Jr. as well as University College London and Natural History Museum, London scientific associate Marc Jones, describe the new species Opisthiamimus gregori, which once inhabited Jurassic North America about 150 million years ago alongside dinosaurs like Stegosaurus and Allosaurus, in a paper published today in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. In life, this prehistoric reptile would…
Photography courtesy of Patrick Salonga How Patrick Salonga transformed six pairs of jeans into a tasteful classic. By Annika Lautens Date August 17, 2022 Do you ever think about the past lives of thrift-store clothes? Toronto-based sustainable designer Patrick Salonga does. In fact, he’s slightly obsessed with them. “Denim is my favourite material to work with because it lasts forever and has so many stories attached to it,” he says over a video call. “In my mind, I’m like, ‘These jeans were owned by a mom’ or ‘A thug wore this jacket,’ and I love when you can tear pieces…
By the time I meet Sayaka Murata, on a recent afternoon in June, the back of my linen dress is damp. It’s an oppressively humid summer day in Tokyo, the sun hidden by a thick blanket of gray, and we’re taking a stroll at the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, a 116-year-old park that becomes dense with crowds during the sakura blossom. Today, visitors are sparse; it seems we’re the only ones foolish enough to be out at noon. Looking at Murata’s long, collared black dress and black tights, I feel even hotter, but she seems unaffected, apart from a gentle…
Drugdealer have announced a new album, which is the follow-up to 2019’s Raw Honey. The Michael Collins–led, Los Angeles–based project will release Hiding in Plain Sight on October 28 via Mexican Summer. Check out the video for lead single “Someone to Love,” directed by Collins and James Manson, below.“‘Someone to Love’ came out of an impromptu extended jam that my band and I developed show by show on the last full U.S. tour,” Collins said in a statement. “Then when we got home and I started working on this new stuff I realized it was one of the best moments…
House Of The Dragon has gotten off to a great start with big ratings and strong reviews, but that doesn’t mean fans are happy with every part of the series. The thing is, the biggest criticism of the show doesn’t come from bad writing, weird casting, or stilted acting. Instead, it’s a more technical matter. During one of the scenes in the third episode, “Second Of His Name,” King Viserys’ hand looked a little … off.Generally, King Viserys is missing a few of his fingers. In this one shot though, you can see that actor Paddy Considine is wearing a green-screen glove on…
Read The Full Article Here
We thought the intricately plotted drama was grounded for good last year when NBC canceled it after three seasons. But when Netflix audiences got excited about the mystery of Montego Air Flight 828, which vanished for five and a half years only to return with passengers who hadn’t aged a day, the streamer brought back Manifest for a fourth and final round. Although the show was originally conceived to run for six seasons, “We’ve cut to the chase a little bit,” creator Jeff Rake says. “But nothing fell out of the mythology.” That means fans get answers sooner! Here’s where…
Bright, uniquely colored songbirds are at higher risk of extinction and more likely to be traded as pets, according to researchers reporting in Current Biology on September 15. The researchers also predict that almost 500 additional bird species, most of them living in the tropics, are at risk of future trade based on their unique and desirable coloration. “Aesthetic value is an important part of how people value nature,” said Rebecca Senior of Durham University, U.K. “However, there is potential for conflict when what motivates some people to protect certain species is the same thing that makes other people want…