Month: July 2020

The beloved, long-running Nickelodeon show PAW Patrol has not been shut down as part of a wave of recent cancellations of TV series featuring police officers. White House press mouthpiece and professional prevaricator Kayleigh McEnany — who never met a lie she didn’t want to escape her lips — claimed that PAW Patrol was canceled
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Amazon Prime’s animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic Invincible was already shaping up to be a very Walking Dead-friendly place. Both Steven Yeun (Glenn on TWD) and Khary Payton (King Ezekiel) had signed up in prominent roles. But with this latest casting news, Invincible may as well be part of The Walking Dead universe.  Kirkman
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It’s hardly a surprise that the reveal of Avowed, Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming first-person RPG based on the Pillars of Eternity universe, quickly got everyone talking about The Elder Scrolls. Not only is The Elder Scrolls the definitive name in first-person RPGs for many console gamers, but Avowed comes just as we’re all patiently waiting for
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There’s never a bad time for a trip to the Outer Banks. Thankfully Netflix agrees.  The streamer announced today that it has renewed its teen-oriented drama Outer Banks for season 2. The announcement came along with a nifty new poster.  “OBX” is, of course, a popular tourist nickname for Outer Banks, North Carolina. “2” is,
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Fans of History’s Nordic drama Vikings are used to waiting patiently for the series to return for its next installment, but with Covid-19 raging globally, any news of a return for the final ten episodes is certainly welcome. And while creator, writer, and showrunner Michael Hirst didn’t reveal anything concrete about the conclusion of season
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IMAGE: Indiana University School of Medicine is leading an NIH-funded national study into diabetic foot ulcers, with the ultimate goal of decreasing amputation rates. view more  Credit: IU School of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine is leading the first study of the national Diabetic Foot Consortium sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National
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IMAGE: (A) Atom maps reconstructed using 3D-APT show the distribution of each element. Iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and boron (B) are enriched (darker in colour) at the nanolayer, whereas nickel (Ni),… view more  Credit: Photo source: DOI number: 10.1126/science.abb6830 Intermetallic alloys potentially have high strength in a high-temperature environment. But they generally suffer poor ductility at
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Rolling around at the speed of sound. Got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow! As part of a multitude of release date changes from Paramount, a date was finally given to the much anticipated Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 will be released on April 8, 2022. The release date was
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Disney has reconfigured its theatrical release schedule again as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage throughout the country, with the company yanking or delaying some films while leaving others in place — at least for now. The first, not totally unexpected move was pulling Mulan off its August 21 release date. Originally set to arrive
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The Boys are back in town…again! Amazon Prime announced today during The Boys Comic-Con@Home appearance that it has renewed its adaptation of Garth Ennis’s dark superhero drama for season 3. The announcement comes ahead of season 2’s premiere date on September 4. Additionally, Amazon announced the creation of an official Boys aftershow called Prime Rewind:
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IMAGE: Designer landscape of localized light in the shape of an elephant. Guided light is molded by bouncing back and forth between two mode converters. view more  Credit: (Image courtesy of Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS) There are many types of light — some visible and some invisible to the human eye. For example, our eyes and
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IMAGE: Illustration of subsurface infrared nanoimaging. view more  Credit: CIC nanoGUNE Researchers from the Nanooptics Group at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian) demonstrate that nanoscale infrared imaging – which is established as a surface-sensitive technique – can be employed for chemical nanoidentification of materials that are located up to 100 nm below the surface. The results further
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These days, we appreciate new television more than ever. As we venture further into this new content desert, the examples of fresh growth are dwindling. One such TV show is The 100, which is currently in the midst of its seventh and final season. As a midseason return, The 100 was one of the final
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In an extensive interview/gameplay preview, the Godfall development team revealed new information about how the game’s loot mechanics and other RPG elements will work. Let’s start with some good news. The Godfall team has confirmed that Godfall will not depend on microtransactions. Specifically, Godfall technical producer Richard Heyne says that they don’t consider the upcoming
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This Cursed feature contains spoilers for both the Netflix series and the illustrated novel of the same name. Read our spoiler-free review of the series here. Netflix’s Cursed puts a feminist spin on the legend of King Arthur by centering its origins around a woman – Nimue, the future Lady of the Lake. Its first
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IMAGE: Memory device, developed by USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers, shows record performance view more  Credit: (IMAGE CREDIT: XIAODONG YAN) Memory devices come in many forms. From USB sticks, to external hard-drives, to chips implanted directly into smartphones. What makes one better than another is usually a combination of new, groundbreaking materials and the novel
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Collaborate and listen, because Ice is back with a brand new invention. And that invention is a biopic where Dave Franco slips into Vanilla Ice’s borrowed hammer pants. The news, which came late Wednesday, confirmed Franco will play the infamous rapper in To the Extreme. Franco confirmed the news himself to Insider while also revealing
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IMAGE: PNNL materials scientist James De Yoreo has been named a Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science. Here, he is pictured with an array… view more  Credit: Background image courtesy of the University of Washington RICHLAND, Wash.–Materials science pioneer James (Jim) De Yoreo has been named a 2020 “Distinguished Scientist
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IMAGE: Changes in surface roughness (top) and modulus of elasticity (bottom) of tooth enamel exposed to popular beverages imaged by atomic force microscopy. view more  Credit: Professor Seungbum Hong, KAIST KAIST researchers used atomic force microscopy to quantitatively evaluate how acidic and sugary drinks affect human tooth enamel at the nanoscale level. This novel approach is
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IMAGE: Immunofluorescence staining image of the 3D fibrotic tissue. Cancer cells (green) exist embedded within a densely fibrotic extracellular matrix (red). Cell nuclei are stained in blue. view more  Credit: © 2020 Mitsunobu R. Kano Pancreatic cancer is a life-threatening disease with very poor survival rates in patients, and–despite various efforts–its treatment remains challenging. This is
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IMAGE: (a)Cell membrane perforation of living cells based on highly localized photochemical oxidation with a catalytic TiO2-functionalized AFM probe (b)Intracellular tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) imaging of molecular dynamics in living cells… view more  Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview A research group composed of Professor Takayuki Shibata and his colleagues at
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