By Gege Li THIS is a newly discovered colony of gentoo penguins on Andersson Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, photographed by Tomás Munita. The animals and their 75 nests were found by researchers from Stony Brook University in New York during a Greenpeace expedition to the frigid region. The team is surveying, and filming, penguins on archipelagos previously unexplored by foot, to uncover the extent of the effect of climate change on populations of penguins. The birds are considered to be “sentinel species”, in this case alerting us to the impact of a warming world. Tomás Munita / Greenpeace Finding…
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In one of the most significant legal shifts in U.S. history, it was leaked Monday night (May 2) that the Supreme Court was planning to overturn the long-standing 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that granted federal constitutional protections for abortion rights and would now put the decisions on the legality of abortions within the hands of the governing bodies of the states instead.As revealed by Politico, an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito has circulated inside the court, stating that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. We hold that Roe and Casey [1992’s Planned Parenthood v.…
Actress Leslie Grace is set to star in the upcoming HBO Max film Batgirl, and in a recent interview with Variety, Grace teased she’s already ready for a sequel.RELATED: HBO Max’s Batgirl Film Wraps Production in Glasgow“We got to see this first one first,” said Grace when asked when a second film might be on the way. “But there’s definitely some talks about what it could be. I’ve seen some of what we’ve shot, obviously in the playback and stuff like that, and it’s insane.”Grace went on to say that she and filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have already…
26 Apr 2022 Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Michael Chatfield, David Barnett, W. C. Collier, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Marc Secchia, Amber Nicole, T. Kingfisher, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading! Fantasy Science Fiction Related grant scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed…
We’ll take Ken Jennings for…full-time host of Jeopardy! And we’d wager a bet we’re not alone. Since the great Alex Trebek’s passing in 2020 from pancreatic cancer, the 47-year-old former Jeopardy! champion and consulting producer has become one of the most popular replacements to fill the late icon’s spot, thanks to his smarts, magnetism and endearing dad jokes. Jennings’ current tenure — he’s been sharing hosting duties with The Big Bang Theory alum Mayim Bialik since last September — continues to convince us that he is perfect for the job. Even if he wasn’t sold on the idea when he…
“I think personal style is mostly attitude,” Iris Apfel tells POPSUGAR at The Colony Palm Hotel in West Palm Beach, FL. At 100 years old, the renowned interior designer — dressed in a turquoise pantsuit with layered pearl necklaces, colorful bangles, and her signature glasses — is an expert on personal style. Over the course of her 72-year career, she has worked as a copywriter for Women’s Wear Daily, decorated the White House for nine US presidents, and curated museum exhibitions around the world. Her latest venture is a limited edition of clothing, accessories, and shoes for H&M launching on…
Asus 8z India launch has been confirmed for February 28. Apart from the information about the launch, Asus hasn’t revealed much about the handset. The Taiwanese company launched Asus ZenFone 8, and ZenFone 8 Flip smartphones globally last year, which could reportedly debut as Asus 8z and Asus 8z Flip handsets in the Indian market. It is to be noted that Asus cannot launch ZenFone 8 and ZenFone 8 Flip with the same name in India as the Zen and ZenMobile trademarks are owned by a different company in the country.Asus revealed through a tweet that Asus 8z smartphone(s) will…
Orbiting 500 km above the earth, the Fermi Large Area Telescope collects gamma rays from millisecond pulsars. As these high-energy photons travel across the Milky Way, they encounter a sea of low-frequency gravitational waves produced by pairs of supermassive black holes coalescing in the centers of merged galaxies. The spacetime ripples, with wavelengths extending beyond 100 trillion kilometers, cause each photon to arrive slightly earlier or slightly later than expected. Monitoring the gamma rays from many of these millisecond pulsars—an experiment known as a pulsar timing array—can reveal this telltale signature. Pulsar timing arrays have previously only used sensitive radio…
Machine Gun Kelly woke up 15 minutes before stepping on set at The Kelly Clarkson Show this week — and he forgot his shoes. Host Kelly Clarkson didn’t mind. MGK might have walked out on stage in slippers, but he brought birthday wishes, a queso fountain, margaritas and a mariachi band with him in honor of the singer’s birthday. Clarkson turns 40 on Sunday (April 24). “I woke up 15 minutes ago. I forgot my shoes,” Machine Gun Kelly explained. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “So you woke up on your birthday…
Episode 5 of Moon Knight offered a lot of answers about Marc Spector and Steven Grant’s true origins, and it also included a lot of Easter eggs and references from Marvel Comics. For example, much of this episode and its construction, with Marc and Steven confronting their past in an imagined asylum, is taken directly from Jeff Lemire’s recent run of Moon Knight comics.But that’s just one of the many Marvel callbacks, secrets, and homages in this episode. In our latest Moon Knight video we run them all down. We also take a look at the real-life Egyptian mythology that informed this show’s depiction of…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Looking for a great mystery? This year’s slate of Edgar Allan Poe winners, given by the Mystery Writers of America, was just announced and it has something for every kind of reader. Take a peek: BEST NOVEL Five Decembers by James Kestrel BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR Deer Season by Erin Flanagan Today In Books Newsletter Sign up to Today In Books to receive daily news and miscellany from the world of books. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your…
HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant Season 2 has been firing from all cylinders, taking the characters across the globe and delivering some shocking twists along the way. The Flight Attendant Season 2 Episode 4 brought Michelle Gomez back into the mix as Miranda, despite no mention of a comeback before the premiere. “There’s no world in which we weren’t going to have Miranda back in some way, shape, or form. And I think this was the perfect opportunity,” series creator Steve Yockey shared with TV Fanatic. “She was a huge fan favorite in season one,” co-showrunner Natalie Chaidez added. “I…
Flexible, squishy hydrogel materials are used in a dizzying array of applications, from soft contact lenses to Jell-O. But all share a common structure: a tangled network of polymer chains soaked in water.Now researchers have developed a new version of a hydrogel cousin that is tougher and could perhaps find even more uses, including longer-lasting batteries. Meet their “ionogel.” Instead of water, ionogel polymers are inundated with an ionic liquid. This fluid is made up of positively and negatively charged ions—like the composition of table salt. But an ionic liquid does not assemble into a crystalline solid at room temperature.…
Victor VIRGILEGetty Images Paris Fashion Week is taking the world by storm, and we’re seeing top designers predicting the forecast for the fall/winter 2022 season. Chanel gave us an homage to tweed, Balenciaga’s Demna Gvasalia addressed the harsh realities of war and climate change, Loewe played with irreverence, and Off-White presented its first posthumous show following Virgil Abloh’s passing last year. See everything you should be paying attention to at PFW, here. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Tweed is intrinsically woven into Chanel’s DNA. Therefore, for the atelier’s fall/winter 2022 collection, creative director Virginie Viard gave us an ode to…
We’re big fans of cheap phones here at WIRED. If you can do without all the beefed-up chips, six-pack cameras, and lidars of the $1,000 handsets, mid-range options get the job done for not a lot of cash. Sometimes you even get more from the cheaper phones, like an actual headphone jack.This week, Motorola and OnePlus announced some new phones that fall into that group. Lenovo-owned Moto has two new options. The Moto G 5G is the most basic. It’s just $400, and where it cuts corners in display tech (720p), it makes up for it with a more powerful…
Joyce Manor have announced a new record: 40 oz. to Fresno is out June 10 via Epitaph. The follow-up to 2018’s Million Dollars to Kill Me is produced by Rob Schnapf, who previously worked with the band on Cody. Below, watch the Mason Mercer–directed video for lead single “Gotta Let It Go.”40 oz. to Fresno was mixed by Tony Hoffer and features Motion City Soundtrack’s Tony Thaxton on drums. The album title, according to a press release, comes from an auto-corrected text message about Sublime (who, of course, released their debut 40 oz. to Freedom in 1992).In a statement, Joyce…
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How confident can shoppers be that they are getting beef products from cattle that have been raised without antibiotics? Not very, according to a new study published today in Science. Credit: GW Many consumers choose higher-priced steaks, burgers and other beef products from cattle that have been raised without antibiotics. The USDA approves meat labels with claims such as ‘No Antibiotics Ever’, ‘No Added Antibiotics’ and ‘Raised without Antibiotics’, but how confident can shoppers be that they are, in fact, getting what they paid for Not very, according to a new study published today in Science that found that a…
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The future looks bleak for the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries franchise following Candace Cameron Bure‘s decision to leave Hallmark and sign a deal with GAC Media. According to Variety, there are no plans for new films in the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries series. The Hallmark Channel has previously produced 18 movies in the franchise, based on the books by True Blood author Charlaine Harris. Bure starred as the lead in all 18 films and was one of the faces of Hallmark, mostly known for her Countdown to Christmas content, which included 11 holiday movies over the years. However, on Tuesday, it was…
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. We know how confusing it can be to figure out what to wear for a wedding, which is why we’re making it a little easier for all the curvy people out there. Whether you’re going to a black-tie event or a garden party soiree, having the right outfit is key. If your social calendar is filled with weddings right now, just like ours is,…
American tech giant Apple has recently added Dutch voice recognition support for Siri in the latest HomePod 15.4 beta.As per Mac Rumors, the addition of this voice recognition means HomePod or HomePod mini will be able to identify who is talking to it in a Dutch-speaking multi-person household so they can make personal requests based on their own data. The feature builds on the inclusion of Dutch language support for Siri in December.In addition to the Netherlands, the HomePod mini will likely launch in at least four more countries in 2022, including Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and Russia, as the speaker…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ocean water samples collected around the world have yielded a treasure trove of new data about RNA viruses, expanding ecological research possibilities and reshaping our understanding of how these small but significant submicroscopic particles evolved. Combining machine-learning analyses with traditional evolutionary trees, an international team of researchers has identified 5,500 new RNA virus species that represent all five known RNA virus phyla and suggest there are at least five new RNA virus phyla needed to capture them. The most abundant collection of newly identified species belong to a proposed phylum researchers named Taraviricota, a nod to…
Mark Tremonti took the music world by surprise last month by releasing his video for “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and announcing a full album of Frank Sinatra covers with members of Frank’s orchestra. Now he’s back for a second taste of this special record, dropping the video for his performance of “Fly Me to the Moon.”They say it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, and that’s definitely the case as Sinatra’s band members are in fine form bringing this classic to life with Tremonti’s eerily close take on this Sinatra favorite. At the end…
15 years ago, it was basically unheard of for moviegoers to sit through a film’s closing credits. As soon as the credits started to roll and the auditorium lights came back on, people would make a beeline for the bathroom and the exits. Who cares who made the thing? The movie was over.That all changed with Iron Man, where, after the credits rolled, Samuel L. Jackson showed up to speak to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark about the Avengers Initiative. Jackson wasn’t in the rest of the film at all; if you left early, you missed his entire appearance. Marvel was far from the…
26 Apr 2022 Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Jennifer Close, Lara Williams, Vaishnavi Patel, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading! Related grant scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here
Rebecca Romijn has stamped her passport in mega-fandoms before. Whether as Mystique in 2000’s cinematic X-Men and its subsequent sequels or Ugly Betty’s Alexis or Eve Baird on The Librarians, Romijn commands the screen whenever she steps into her roles. Her newest kick-ass character is that of Number One, the First Officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Anson Mount’s Captain Christopher Pike. Romijn reprises this highly-skilled, eminently capable commander after she appeared with Mount and Ethan Peck as a young Spock on Star Trek: Discovery Season 2. Speaking with TV Fanatic and other news outlets virtually on…
Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation — turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules – for their very existence. That’s the whole point of photosynthesis, and a cornerstone of the vast interlocking system that cycles carbon through plants, animals, microbes and the atmosphere to sustain life on Earth. But the carbon fixing champs are not plants, but soil bacteria. Some bacterial enzymes carry out a key step in carbon fixation 20 times faster than plant enzymes do, and figuring out how they do this could help scientists develop forms of artificial photosynthesis to convert the greenhouse…
Everett / Getty Images / Netflix / Warner Bros. After Robert Pattinson’s role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire first put him on the map in 2005, Twilight catapulted the actor into global fame and transformed him into a full-blown Hollywood star. The last decade has seen Pattinson steer clear of big budget, mainstream productions in favor of working on the independent circuit. While his five movie run as romantic blood-sucker Edward Cullen has been the subject of much ridicule, Pattinson has since established that he is, in fact, a very good performer (and great…
One of the most surprising phenomena I’ve encountered since I began making television appearances in 2017 is the sudden proliferation of men in my Twitter mentions, my email inbox, my Instagram and Facebook followers, and my direct messages. The most innocuous (but still unsettling and creepy) ones simply follow you in droves on their social media platform of choice after an appearance. I get off the air, and within minutes, my Facebook or Instagram account is flooded with notifications of man after man after man staring at me from behind their avatars after quietly clicking the follow button. On Twitter,…