The Hunger Games is readying a return to the pop culture panorama in the form of a prequel novel, which will see author Suzanne Collins revisit the dystopian society of Panem, except at a time well before Katniss Everdeen even existed, much less ignited the titular contest as “The Girl on Fire.” Indeed, Collins’s franchise
Month: January 2020
New information suggests that Valve could release free versions of the Half-Life franchise ahead of the release of Half-Life: Alyx. As PC Gamer notes, some Steam users recently received a notification related to Half-Life Alyx that noted that the Half-Life Collection will be free leading up to the launch of the upcoming VR title. Users
IMAGE: Rice University postdoctoral fellow Anulekha Haridas holds a full-cell lithium-ion battery built to test the effect of an alumina coating on the cathode. The nanoscale coating protects cathodes from degrading…. view more Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON – (Jan. 21, 2020) – The process of developing better rechargeable batteries may be cloudy, but there’s an
QLED screens have been on the market for a few years now. They are known for their bright, intense colours, which are produced using what is known as quantum dot technology: QLED stands for quantum dot light emitting diode. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a technology that increases the energy efficiency of QLEDs.
IMAGE: Figure showing streamlines of flow in the lubricant during sliding of a rigid indenter on a soft substrate visualized by tracking of fluorescent particles in the fluid, as discussed in… view more Credit: Lehigh University Anand Jagota, professor and founding chair of Lehigh University’s bioengineering department, has arrived at a milestone in his 15 years
Viruses are probably the most peculiar “life forms” known to us, with each species having unique characteristics. One thing common to all viruses is that they attack a “host” cell and hijack its machinery, using it for its own replication. A type of large virus, called “giant virus,” has interesting ways of attacking its host
IMAGE: Schematic explanation for the developed TADF-active macrocyclic material view more Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – A team including researchers from Osaka University has produced a new molecular emitter for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Using rational chemical design with U-shaped synthetic building blocks, the scientists were able to arrange the electron donors and acceptors into
Organic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have been around for over forty years. The most widely used form is based on thiols, bound to a metal surface. However, although the thiol SAMs are very versatile, they are also chemically unstable. Exposure of these monolayers to air will lead to oxidation and breakdown within a single day. University
A UNSW study published today in Nature Communications presents an exciting step towards domain-wall nanoelectronics: a novel form of future electronics based on nano-scale conduction paths, and which could allow for extremely dense memory storage. FLEET researchers at the UNSW School of Materials Science and Engineering have made an important step in solving the technology’s
This Manifest review contains spoilers. Manifest Season 2 Episode 3 Manifest has done the seemingly impossible with “False Horizon.” It has delved deeper into the back story of Saanvi, a much underutilized character last season, and set her up as a capable spy; it made the persistently vague Red X’er and Believer groups more relevant
Warner Bros. Animation has revealed an upcoming animated movie based on the Mortal Kombat franchise called Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. At present, it seems that the movie will star Joel McHale as Johnny Cage and Jennifer Carpenter as Sonya Blade. It’s set to be directed by Ethan Spaulding (director of Batman: Assault on Arkham, Justice League: Throne
Date Show Network Monday, January 13 Ackley Bridge Acorn TV Monday, January 13 The Healing Powers of Dude Netflix Monday, January 13 The New Pope (9:00 p.m.) HBO Monday, January 13 The Good Doctor (10:00 p.m.) ABC Tuesday, January 14 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Netflix Tuesday, January 14 Arrow (8:00 p.m.) CW Tuesday,
The Locke & Key TV series project has had a rough time, but its troubles finally appear to be over, thanks to Netflix. The adaptation was initially set for Hulu, which ordered (and shot) a pilot adapting writer Joe Hill’s IDW horror comic book series, with Carlton Cuse (Lost) set to serve as showrunner. Auspiciously,
Indie developer Noisy Valley Studios is working on a new title called Summerford that looks to satisfy your need for a new Silent Hill game. Summerford tells the story of a young woman named Sam who is described as an urban explorer. It seems that Sam gets separated from her friends and eventually wanders into what
This article contains major Avenue 5 spoilers. If you haven’t watched Avenue 5 episode one then think twice before you keep reading. We have a spoiler free review here. Now that the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s highly-anticipated Veep follow up Avenue 5 has hit HBO, let’s talk about that massive twist. The show has
Perhaps this should come as no surprise, but it turns out that the recent delay of Cyberpunk 2077‘s single-player adventure may also impact the release date for Cyberpunk 2077‘s previously announced multiplayer mode. CD Projekt Red confirmed the delay of Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mode via an investor Q&A meeting in which studio vice president of business
Apple TV+ heard you were in the market for some amazing stories and as fate would have it, so are they. Apple’s new streaming service has ordered anthology series Amazing Stories, a revival of the 1985 NBC series of the same name. Steven Spielberg will return to executive produce the series through Amblin Entertainment just
The Elder Scrolls Online‘s next big chapter takes players back to one of Tamriel’s most beloved regions: Skyrim. While the region has appeared in the MMO before, the new chapter, titled “Greymoor,” fully unlocks the western part of Skyrim, which is under the rule of a vampire lord that players will likely have to defeat
Pssst. Here’s an insider stock tip: Billions has been renewed for season 5 by Showtime. Deadline first reported the news. Also, don’t follow up on that tip. Insider trading is illegal. It sent Martha Stewart to jail Billions has evolved into Showtime‘s trademark drama. The stock market-centric show has inspired a cadre of devoted fans online and
There’s something weirdly soothing about the particular way Simon Spurrier and Aaron Campbell show what a scumbag John Constantine is. Not that he hasn’t been a sleazeball in the past – it’s part of his core appeal. He’s a jackass con man who will sell out the people he loves at the drop of a
World of Horror, a 1-bit tribute to the horror works of Lovecraft and Japanese manga, is one of the PC games that you absolutely need to keep your eye on. “The Old Gods are reawakening, clawing their way back into a world that’s spiraling into a mysterious madness,” reads a description of World of Horror‘s
Over his decades long career Armando Iannucci has crafted a catalog of incisive, biting, and often crude satire. From the scarily prescient takedown of salacious news coverage, The Day Today, all the way to the British political comedy in The Thick of It and its multi-award winning American reimagining Veep, Iannucci has been at the forefront
The first twelve issues of The Green Lantern were, in a word, bananapants. Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp took Hal Jordan and the space police of the DCU, and sent them outside the universe to parallel worlds and deep inside of Hal’s ring. The book started with Hal arresting a creature that bears a strong
Google Stadia launched last year without making that big of a splash (and without including quite a few of its promised features), but it sounds like Google is far from ready to give up on its game-streaming platform. In fact, 2020 is shaping up to be a huge year for the service, with Google planning
The True Crime genre may never be the same after Steve Martin and Martin Short search for clues on a new Hulu series. Co-created by Martin and John Hoffman, the as-yet-untitled series comes from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman and 20th Century Fox TV. Martin and Hoffman will write the series and serve as
The sprawling universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, a comic fantasy series of novels that has long since reached classic status, is getting a television adaptation treatment courtesy of BBC America in the form of a new original scripted series, The Watch, but the show will necessarily narrow its focus to the misfit cops that inhabit
In a statement to IGN, Valve officially put those Left 4 Dead 3 rumors to bed. “We did briefly explore some Left 4 Dead next-gen opportunities a few years ago. But we are absolutely not working on anything L4D related now, and haven’t for years,” says Valve regarding recent reports which suggest that Left 4
Nagoya University scientists, in cooperation with Asahi Kasei Corporation, have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light, according to research published in the journal Applied Physics Express. “Our laser diode emits the world’s shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers (nm), under pulsed [electric] current injection at room temperature,” says Professor Chiaki Sasaoka
Julia Louis-Dreyfus has an immense influence over television comedy. She co-starred on Seinfeld, a show about nothing which defined the nineties. Her run as Selina Meyer on HBO’s Veep encapsulated government in a nihilistic political nutsack, from a do-nothing congress to the nothing-can-get-quite-done presidency. Louis-Dreyfus wasn’t merely presidential, Veep won so many awards it got embarrassing. Now Louis-Dreyfus has signed
“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over,” Celeste Ng wrote in her best-selling novel Little Fires Everywhere. Other times, you just move on to a new role. Reese Witherspoon, who starred with Nicole Kidman on the HBO series Big Little Lies, will team with Scandal‘s Kerry Washington for a limited series
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