Disney’s trading card game Lorcana experienced a fan frenzy at last week’s Gen Con—something that publishers Ravensburger were really not expecting. Drawing overnight lines and selling out of product every day, Lorcana was the game that everyone at…
Lees meerAfter recent repeated statements from Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot that new DC film head honchos James Gunn and Peter Safran are working with her to develop the in-limbo Wonder Woman 3, a new report suggests that actually... nothing of the sort is ha…
Lees meerThe highly anticipated debut of the Ariane 6 rocket will not happen this year as the European Space Agency (ESA) grapples with getting its heavy-lift launch vehicle off the ground.Read more...
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Lees meerA Canadian woman’s attempt to treat her infertility went drastically wrong, her doctors say. In a new case report this week, they detail how she developed lead poisoning from taking supplements filled with the toxic metal. The woman’s symptoms were …
Lees meerApple’s Emergency SOS satellite connectivity feature debuted last November and has already played a central role in several dramatic, lifesaving rescues. It’s helped pluck lost hikers out of L.A. County’s canyons and locate stranded snowmobilers in …
Lees meerAs the writers’ and actors’ strikes continue in Hollywood—and the effects keep rippling across the entertainment industry, like today’s announcement that the Emmy Awards have been bumped to January—there’s a glimmer of hope, in the form of continuin…
Lees meerWelcome to Dracula’s boat buffet, a whole film based on the part of Bram Stoker’s novel when the legendary vampire sails to London; you already know it doesn’t go well for the crew. André Øvredal’s take is ambitious but The Last Voyage of the Demete…
Lees meerResearchers have trained the unrelenting gaze of the Webb Space Telescope on Earendel, the most distant star ever detected, revealing the star’s color and a potential companion star.Read more...
Lees meerA crew of three private citizens reached suborbital heights on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, marking the company’s second commercial flight and its first carrying space tourists. Read more...
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Lees meer“Experimental” is a word that has defined much of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ second season. From tackling head-on iconic Star Trek episodes with its own takes, to bold plays with format like its Lower Decks crossover or last week’s musical episo…
Lees meerThe temperatures have been too damn high in Texas this summer, prompting households and businesses to crank up their air conditioning and break energy usage records again and again. The state has broken its own record for highest-ever electricity us…
Lees meerThat massive ball of hot gas at the center of our solar system is responsible for keeping our planet nice and balmy, but its also the source of some huge astronomical disruptions. Earlier this week, two enormous solar flares erupted from the Sun, kn…
Lees meerClimate change will make stomach bugs an even bigger problem, a new report has found. The study concludes that expected changes in temperature, precipitation, and humidity will make foodborne infections and toxins all the more common—at least in Ger…
Lees meerThough Mike Flanagan’s made his share of feature films, he’s achieved the most notice for his eerie, emotional, carefully plotted horror series. The latest from the creator of The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and…
Lees meerBetty Crocker never had the chance to release her down-home recipe for mustard gas, but modern generative AI is making up for lost time, helping to put the “die” in “diet.”Read more...
Lees meerAnyone yearning to model their home living room after the business casual aesthetic of a now-flailing mid-2000s tech startup may finally get their chance. X, the company formerly called Twitter, is clearing house and auctioning off hundreds of: furn…
Lees meerOn August 8, a member of the Brazilian Portuguese translation team for Baldur’s Gate 3 noted on X (formerly Twitter) that the individuals who were largely responsible for the video game localization were not given proper credit. Larian Studios credi…
Lees meerAfter NASA’s Moon-faring, water-hunting probe faced an untimely demise before it was ever able to reach its final destination, mission scientists have officially declared that clogged propellant lines led to the mission’s failure. Read more...
Lees meerAnnounced earlier this year, the impending closure of Galactic Starcruiser—Disney’s exorbitantly-priced Star Wars immersive experience/cabin bunk hotel—is going to see the company take a hit to the tune of $250 million in “accelerated depreciation,”…
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