Month: February 2020

Kurt Busiek has given us many classic comics over the years. Astro City is a beautiful series that gave us one of the best comic book stories of all time with “The Nearness of You.” He was the man who created the Thunderbolts and blew everyone’s mind with that first issue reveal. He delivered the
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The YA genre is still booming, providing romance, adventure, and more for teens and adults alike. Here are some of the YA books from February 2020 we’re most looking forward to … Top New YA Books in February 2020  Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland Type: Novel Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release date: 2/4/20 Advertisement Den of
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First Umbrella Academy and now Umbrella Corporation – Netflix’s quest to dominate all pop culture umbrellas knows no limits. The streaming service is developing a TV series based on the long-running video game and film franchise, Resident Evil. Deadline first reported the news. The TV series will be a Netflix original and debut globally if picked
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2020 — Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition in Philadelphia will have access to more than 14,000 presentations on topics such as food, nutrition, medicine, health, nanotechnology, space science, energy and the environment. The meeting will be held March 22 to 26 in
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A new, battery-free sensor can detect water leaks in buildings at a fraction of the cost of existing systems. The tiny device, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, uses nanotechnology to power itself and send an alert to smartphones when exposed to moisture. By eliminating a battery and related circuitry, researchers estimate their
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IMAGE: In some cases heat propagates within a material as a viscous-fluid flow. view more  Credit: EPFL Researchers at EPFL and MARVEL have developed a novel formulation that describes how heat spreads within crystalline materials. This can explain why and under which conditions heat propagation becomes fluid-like rather than diffusive. Their equations will make it easier
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Therapeutic cancer vaccines were first developed 100 years ago and have remained broadly ineffective to date. Before tangible results can be achieved, two major obstacles must be overcome. Firstly, since tumor mutations are unique to each patient, cancer cell antigens must be targeted extremely precisely, which is very hard to achieve. Secondly, a safe system
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This Manifest review contains spoilers. Manifest Season 2 Episode 6 It’s been awhile since Manifest went with the “passenger-of-the-week” formula, but the story of Finn Nowak and the family he didn’t know he had hit all the right emotional notes in “Return Trip.” When placed alongside the courtship of Olive and TJ, the overall narrative
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There’s so much to look forward to in our speculative fiction future. Here are some of the fantasy books we’re most excited about and/or are currently consuming… Join the Den of Geek Book Club! Top New Fantasy Books in February 2020  Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Type: Novella Advertisement Publisher: Tor/Forge/Tor.com Release date: 2/4/20 
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It looks like Crash Bandicoot is about to enter the world of mobile gaming, with a new leak suggesting that an infinite runner game is in the works that will bring Activision’s iconic franchise onto phones round the globe. Of course, this is a tried and test route to turn a platforming character into a
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IMAGE: This is the terahertz quantum cascade laser on its mounting. A pair of tweezers shows how small the device is. view more  Credit: University of Leeds Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second
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Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have created artificial atoms in silicon chips that offer improved stability for quantum computing. In a paper published today in Nature Communications, UNSW quantum computing researchers describe how they created artificial atoms in a silicon ‘quantum dot’, a tiny space in a quantum circuit where electrons are used as qubits
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There’s so much to look forward to in our speculative fiction future. Here are some of the science fiction books we’re most excited about and/or are currently consuming… Join the Den of Geek Book Club! Top New Science Fiction in February 2020 The Hidden Girl and Oher Stories by Ken Liu  Type: Short Story Collection
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As previously rumored, BioWare is planning a major overhaul of Anthem which will see the studio reconsider some of Anthem‘s core concepts as part of an extensive process. They also commented on the relative failures of the game thus far and the negative reception it has garnered.   “One year ago, we were preparing to launch
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IMAGE: With a small push, these deployable structures can go from flat to curved. view more  Credit: Bertoldi Lab/Harvard SEAS If you’ve ever opened an umbrella or set up a folding chair, you’ve used a deployable structure – an object that can transition from a compact state to an expanded one. You’ve probably noticed that such
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This Homeland review contains spoilers. Homeland Season 8 Episode 1 It’s been a long time since we last saw Carrie Mathison. The vigilant premium cable bulwark against terrorism, Russian espionage, and generally bad news has been on sabbatical for nearly two years since the season 7 cliffhanger revealed her mental state had been shattered by
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Since the 1960s, the Juggernaut has always been a major part of the X-Men corner of Marvel. Even though – much like Dr. Doom – he’s one of those villains who can be plugged in against any hero, Juggernaut’s existence always comes back to his origins as Charles Xavier’s demented half-brother. Over the years, he’s
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This article comes from Den of Geek UK and contains spoilers. Doctor Who Season 12 Episode 7 Well, that was an odd one. The ‘next time’ teaser for “Can You Hear Me?,” which is one of those episodes that confounds reviewers by forcing them to insert random punctuation into the middle of sentences, didn’t give much
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Like many superheroes, Daredevil has his story arcs where he goes against the status quo in an interesting way, only to bounce back sooner than later. He was married to a blind woman until she was written out of his books and Matt had to divorce her. He was in prison until he wasn’t. He
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Robert Conrad, best known for his roles in the television series Hawaiian Eye, The Wild Wild West and Baa Baa Black Sheep, died of heart failure in Malibu, Calif., on Feb. 8, according to Variety. He was 84. “He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever
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Dinesh Shamdasani, one of the people who helped make Valiant Comics’ rebirth in 2011 such a success, is back at it with a new comic company. For fans of his tenure with the Bloodshot publisher, this new venture is going to look familiar. Shamdasani and his team announced Bad Idea Comics, a new publisher with
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The following contains spoilers for The Good Place series finale and Black Mirror‘s “San Junipero.” After four years (plus over 800 reboots and close to 3,000 Jeremy Bearimys) of fine-tuning the cosmic system to save humanity’s souls, The Good Place’s series finale “Whenever You’re Ready” confronted the unavoidable truth that even eternity needs an ending.
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Chaos Walking, at first glance, may seem like just another YA novel adaptation in a field increasingly filled with failed, forgotten attempts. However, two of Hollywood’s hottest new names (riding under the Disney IP umbrella,) in current Spider-Man star Tom Holland and Star Wars sequel star Daisy Ridley are auspiciously joining forces to headline the
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