This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Every year, seemingly out of nowhere, certain trends appear in book publishing. Whether it’s the colour of a cover – yellow seemed particularly popular in 2020 – or a particular trope in romance novels, suddenly it everyone is bringing their variation on a theme. This year, as I’ve shelved new releases at East City Bookshop, and especially in the romance section, I can’t help but notice that the theme is books. Of course, books about books have always been popular, and that’s not…
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No ship or crew gets anywhere without its captain, and in truth, that captain dictates the tone of the journey, not only the success of the mission. As Captain Christopher Pike, in command of the USS Enterprise on Paramount+’s new series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Anson Mount steps into a role previously taken on by other actors, but never with the fan anticipation that greeted the premiere of this series. Speaking virtually with TV Fanatic and other outlets on a recent press day, Mount expresses gratitude and wonder at becoming a part of the Star Trek culture and family.…
Fitbit Luxe takes the “classic” Fitbit shape, adds a little pizazz to it in the form of an array of sensors and a stunning AMOLED display, and crams multiple sensors inside. Nevertheless, you’ll likely still forget that you’re wearing it.This svelte tracker is a great mix of function and fashion that offers the excellent, five-day battery life and waterproofing that Fitbit has become known for. In many ways, it feels like the purest distillation of what Fitbit does best. SpecsCompatibility: iOS and Android phonesBattery life: Around five daysDisplay: 0.76-inch AMOLEDGPS: NoWater resistance: Up to 50 metersHeart rate tracker: YesSleep tracker: YesMusic:…
Bella Hadid walks the Versace Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show in Milan. Photography courtesy of Getty Images By blending new and old, the futuristic corset takes Regencycore to the next level. By Natalie Michie Date March 30, 2022 The corset is one of history’s most controversial pieces of clothing. And thanks to Bridgerton’s revival of Regency-era fashion, it’s getting a modern-day makeover. Corsets were first constructed as an undergarment to flatten the bust in the 16th century. The following decades saw different variations on the original design emerge, with the most well-known being the waist-cinching bodice depicted in period dramas like Bridgerton. Golda Rosheuvel,…
Priya Vijayakumar, CEO of WattIQ and an expert in unmanaged energy, explains that at the industrial level, 21 percent of all electricity consumed by buildings is wasted. “There’s all this unmanaged electricity. On top of that, there are 40 percent more electrical devices than needed. Just think about all the energy it takes to manufacture and transport these products,” she says.Today, life sciences companies—on track to surpass $2 trillion in gross value by 2023—are one of the world’s largest consumers and polluters. Unsustainability begins in the drug development stage and continues into the manufacturing process, where laboratories consume 5 to…
At their first South American show since 2017, Metallica played a 16-song set that included two firsts in Santiago, Chile, which came via performances of “No Leaf Clover” and the devastating Hardwired… To Self-Destruct closer “Spit Out the Bone,” for which James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo traded lead vocals on.Upon the release of Hardwired… To Self-Destruct in 2016, “Spit Out the Bone” asserted itself as an instant fan-favorite due to its high-octane thrashing that called to mind the group’s heralded ’80s era. While a handful of other Hardwired songs have been performed live more than “Spit Out the Bone,” Metallica still appear to…
Netflix basically invented the modern world of streaming movies, and they’ve got over 200 million subscribers. It’s a ubiquitous service; at times, it feels like everyone and their mom has Netflix. (Or uses someone else’s password.) But the company has in some ways become the victim of its own success.When Netflix first branched out from renting people DVDs through the mail into offering movies through the internet, studios were giddy at the prospect of earning additional revenue and gladly licensed their titles to the company. But then Netflix streaming became so popular and so successful, every film studio wanted to become their own Netflix;…
03 May 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 Adrian Tchaikovsky, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Jez Cajiao, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Helen Harper, Linwood Jackson Jr., Mark Loeffelholz, 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)…
Game of Thrones alum Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is joining Apple TV+‘s limited drama series The Last Thing He Told Me. The actor — best known for playing Jaime Lannister — is taking on a new role as the male lead starring opposite Jennifer Garner in the series from Reese Witherspoon‘s Hello Sunshine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Coster-Waldau will play Owen in the adaptation. Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice (Credit: David Livingston/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) The show is based on the novel of the same name from author Laura Dave who serves as co-creator on the series alongside her husband…
Four thousand years before Stonehenge was constructed, land within the World Heritage Site was covered by open woodland, with meadow-like clearings, inhabited by grazing animals and hunter-gatherers, according to new research by the University of Southampton. Scientists exploring Blick Mead, a Mesolithic archaeological site within a chalkland spring area about a mile from the iconic standing-stones, have found evidence the land was not covered in dense, closed canopy forests during the later Mesolithic period, as had previously been thought. Rather, it was partially wooded and populated by aurochs (cattle), red deer, elk and wild boar — making it good hunting…
Kim Kardashian’s style is ever-evolving, but her most recent latex look has us believing that she’s found her groove again. The starlet appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Wednesday, April 13, wearing a black turtleneck silhouette that reminded us of the formfitting latex designs she wore back in the day, such as this beige Atsuko Kudo dress that she sported for a fragrance launch in Australia in 2014. The sleeveless number featured a scoop back, and she finished her look off with a pair of gray ankle boots. Kardashian pulled her hair back into a messy bun, leaving two…
The strange series of events that ultimately led to Ulbricht’s restitution windfall first came to light in November 2020, when the Justice Department announced that it had seized nearly 70,000 bitcoins from someone it referred to only as Individual X. That unnamed individual, according to an IRS criminal investigations affidavit, had stolen the bitcoin fortune from the Silk Road while it was still online by exploiting a security vulnerability in the site. Ulbricht, according to the affidavit, went so far as to threaten Individual X personally in an attempt to persuade them to return the money. But instead, Individual X…
Does Billy Corgan read r/SmashingPumpkins? Because the Smashing Pumpkins bandleader seemingly responded to comments about his voice made by those he called “conspiracists” this week.And he did so by giving them the finger.His precise meaning is still unraveling, but it appears Corgan was replying to remarks surrounding Smashing Pumpkins’ gig last Saturday (April 30) at Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee.As a fan-captured video on Reddit shows, Corgan gave an inspired and elongated wail during Pumpkins’ performance of the heavy Mellon Collie deep cut “X.Y.U.” at Beale Street. The growl was perhaps a bit higher in pitch than the recorded performance. (As of this writing, the clip has yet to…
This Much I Know To Be True review – Each note reverberates perfectly 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; } }…
Carter Newell owns and operates one of the most productive mussel farms in the state of Maine. One frigid spring morning I joined him and his two-person crew on a short boat ride to the barge he calls Mumbles, a 60-by-24-foot vessel anchored that day in a quiet cove in the brackish Damariscotta River. Named for the Welsh seaside town where Newell once did research, Mumbles was tethered to a steel-framed raft hung with hundreds of 45-foot ropes, each thick with thousands of mussels in various stages of development. I shivered in the piercing wind as a crew member stepped…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Taurus season, friends. It’s April, and in the northern hemisphere that means it’s time for spring — hooray! And of course, those of you in the southern hemisphere are full speed ahead into fall, with all of the coziness and harvest bounty that entails. Whether you are watching the first sprouts of your efforts or about to reap the just rewards of the growing season, you’re probably thinking about food. Let’s be real: most humans are thinking about food most of…
The Devil made off with Ben and Ciara’s newborn son! Craig left town while Leo sought his revenge. And TR tried to lure Paulina away as the walls closed in on him. Our TV Fanatics, Jack and Christine, are joined by Horizon from MyHourglass, a Days of Our Lives fan forum to debate the Devil’s plan for baby Weston, if Sonny has feelings for Leo, if Abe should give Paulina another chance, and who deserves to be Days of Our Lives’ Performer of the Week? Devil Allie helped deliver Ciara and Ben’s baby and then stole him. React! Horizon: No…
Declining ocean memory between the present and the end of the 21st century–blue indicates decline, red indicates increase in memory. Credit: Shi, et al. (2022) Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory under global warming. Compared with the fast weather fluctuations of the atmosphere, the slowly varying ocean exhibits strong persistence, or “memory”, meaning the ocean temperature tomorrow is likely to look a lot like it does today, with only slight changes. As a result, ocean…
JOSHUA WHITE/JWPictures.com Whether it’s for a special occasion or everyday wear, shopping for shapewear can sometimes feel like buying a new bra. You want one that’s comfortable, breathable, and supportive without being constrictive. And with so many brands out there, from longtime favorite SPANX to Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS, it can be hard to know where to begin. After all, shapewear is a personal choice, so finding one that fits your body and lifestyle is crucial. To help make the quest for shapewear glory feel more like a walk in the park than a marathon, we pulled 18 of our favorite…
WIRED’s gear team has tested dozens of backpacks, totes, purses, messengers, slings, and even reusable shopping bags. An increasingly common theme we’ve noticed is the use of recycled materials in the construction of these bags. These materials come from plastic water bottles, old nylon, and even nets fished from the ocean. It’s important to find ways to reuse what would otherwise pollute our oceans and sit in landfills forever. That’s why, in this guide, we’ve pooled together our favorite bags that utilize recycled materials in some way, shape, or form. That doesn’t mean every bag is made of 100 percent recycled…
Fans of Disney’s Oscar-winning animated movie Encanto will now be able to celebrate with The Family Madrigal as they embark on “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour” this summer. Audiences won’t be able to stop talking about Bruno and the brilliant original songs penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the movie’s chart-topping soundtrack. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is the “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour”? “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour” is a one-of-a-kind concert event, featuring the entire feature-length film and an on-stage band performing music from its beloved soundtrack. The…
The following post contains SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It also has a lot of unanswered questions. Those aren’t spoilers, unless you can spoil something through random conjecture.Marvel’s true super power is finding ways to make movies that are thick with comic book lore totally accessible to the mainstream moviegoing public. If someone had told me 20 years ago that not only would there be a live-action Avengers movie — but that there would be a two-part Avengers movie featuring dozens of Marvel characters and that it would become one of the two biggest films in the history of cinema, I…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Superman, the Man of Steel, has long been one of the paragons of comic books. His moral compass pointing to true north at all times is one of the things that sets him apart, makes him popular, and has made him so difficult to translate to film. Over the last couple decades, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend: evil Superman stories. Some of these are from DC Comics and their imprints while other are pastiches of Krypton’s favorite son. I have a gentle but…
The next season of Doctor Who will feature a brand-new doctor. The BBC confirmed Sunday on social media that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa has been set as the Doctor on the next season of the series, succeeding Jodie Whittaker. “The future is here! Ncuti Gatwa is the Doctor,” reads a post from the social media account for the series. “There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling,” the actor said in a statement. “A mix of deeply honored, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared.” “This role and show means so much to so many…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health found that employee and company resiliency may be enhanced through the opportunity for employees to work remotely during natural disasters and other events that cause workplace displacement. The team, which was comprised of Kamrie Sarnosky, Mark Benden, Garett Sansom, Leslie Cizmas and Annette Regan, worked with a large oil and gas company in Houston, Texas, to analyze ergonomic software data from 264 employees. During the study period, the company was forced to close its offices because of flooding from Hurricane Harvey, which required employees…
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. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who recently announced their engagement with some new sentimental jewelry (Lopez’s ring features a green stone, since it’s her lucky color), are now scoping out houses. To do some real-estate shopping in Beverly Hills, CA, Lopez opted for an extreme cropped sweater by Tibi and Brunello Cucinelli twill high-waisted pants. The pièce de résistance came in an ivory knit…
Samsung Galaxy A03 was launched in India on Friday (February 25). The new Samsung phone was introduced in Vietnam in November last year. It comes with features including dual rear cameras and a waterdrop-style display notch. The Samsung Galaxy A03 also includes an octa-core SoC and up to 4GB of RAM. The phone carries preloaded features including Live Focus, Beauty Mode, and a Smart Selfie Angle as well as has Dolby Atmos support on wired and Bluetooth headsets. Given the specifications in its segment, the Samsung Galaxy A03 is likely to face tough competition from the likes of the Motorola…
After a massive breakthrough 2021 with “Without You,” then scoring a No. 1 smash alongside Justin Bieber with “Stay,” The Kid LAROI returned for his first new song of 2022, “Thousand Miles.” The single debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming his fourth career top 20 hit. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news If you need a guide to follow along with The Kid LAROI’s “Thousand Miles,” find the lyrics below: (Oh) I know that look on your faceYou’re comin’ my way, you’re comin’ my way tonightHere…
The upcoming Disney+ original series Percy Jackson and the Olympians has found its fellow heroes, as Aryan Simhadri (Disney’s Spin) and Leah Sava Jeffries (Empire) have been cast in the series.RELATED: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Has Found Its Titular DemigodSimhadri and Jeffries will play Percy’s friends Grover and Annabeth, respectively, and will star alongside the recently cast Walker Scobell, who will play the titular character of Percy Jackson. With the friend group rounded out, a large portion fo the main cast has been set, giving fans a good idea of who to expect before filming on the series begins…
What lurks at the Milky Way’s heart? Astronomers have known most of the answer for decades. Just as in most large galaxies, a supermassive black hole sits at the core of our own island in the universe, enveloped in a swirling maelstrom of molecular clouds and stars. But something seems to be missing from this picture: the stellar-mass black holes that can be produced when the heaviest stars die. Theorists have long predicted that such black holes should exist in abundance in our galaxy’s star-packed center, but evidence for their presence there and in the so-called nuclei of other large…