If you’re a lover not a fighter, but you’d like to check out Cyberpunk 2077, fear not: it’s been confirmed that it will be possible to complete pacifist playthroughs of the upcoming Keanu Reeves-starring game from CD Projekt Red. This comes as something of a surprise, especially when you consider that the player-character is a
The Leftovers wrapped its final season to wild critical acclaim, so Damon Lindelof is sticking around HBO to develop a Watchmen TV series. Watchmen is finally getting the prestige cable drama that fans have wanted for as long as prestige cable drama has been a thing. This has been in the works for quite some time,
After nearly five years away from comics with only a scant cameo to show for it, the Legion of Superheroes, the best superteam in the entire DC Comics stable, is finally returning. In September, a two issue introductory series that will serve as a guide through all of DC’s various future timelines begins. Legion of
The Nintendo Switch was such a good idea. Not only is it a home/handheld hybrid console perfect for couch co-op as well as your morning commute, but it’s also the perfect platform on which to re-release classic games because of said functionality. From Skyrim and Castlevania to The Witcher 3 and Resident Evil, the Switch
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and the other streaming services will gain a powerful new rival soon. The streaming product, called Disney+, is launching by the end of 2019. The new service is set to come complete with customizable settings and profiles – so you can make your own avatar using Disney characters – and it
The Batman Who Laughs may be the culmination of ten years of Scott Snyder’s Batman work, but the hot-selling, utterly terrifying comic that has a Jokerized, parallel dimension Batman going toe to toe with the prime Bruce Wayne is also the launching point for a new Batman/Superman team up book, and DC shared a preview
My reaction to the trailer for Square Enix’s newly unveiled Marvel’s Avengers title was tepid to say the least, but at E3 I got the chance to take a longer look at the game in action behind closed doors, where I was treated to 25-minutes of hands-off gameplay. Unlike the trailer, my reaction to the
Agents of SHIELD season 6 will be here very soon! Last year, ABC announced that it would be renewing its flagship Marvel show for a sixth season of 13 episodes, rather than the usual 22-episode order it has gotten for previous seasons. The network has also renewed the show for a seventh season, but has
This article contains extraordinarily mild Jessica Jones Season 3 spoilers. We have a spoiler free review here if you prefer. Erik Gelden. Wiseass. Small time gambler. Petty criminal. Burger expert. Supervillain? Well, not exactly. But Jessica Jones‘ new love interest with some low level mental superpowers actually has his roots in the pages of Marvel
If you’ve played the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games over the years, you’ll feel right at home with the latest iteration in the series, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Published by Nintendo and developed by Team Ninja, the game is a Switch exclusive, supports up to four-player co-op, and features an impressive selection of
This review contains spoilers for Agents of SHIELD. Agents of SHIELD Season 6 Episode 5 There were many things to like about this week’s Agents of SHIELD episode, including its clever title, “The Other Thing,” a phrase which Sarge used when he uncovered May’s love for Coulson and which Coulson used in May’s flashback to
Want to feel old? Scott Snyder’s breakout Batman story, “The Black Mirror,” was released almost 10 years ago. He was a rising star when he got the gig on Detective Comics, and that book led to him being handed the reins on the New 52 relaunch of Batman and turned him into the character’s defining
IMAGE: A glycerol droplet travels along with the wave. Small particles in the droplet visualize the internal fluid flow. view more Credit: De Jong et al., Sci. Adv. 2019;5: eaaw0914 Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip become even more efficient if we are able to control individual droplets. University of Groningen professor Patrick Onck, together
The release of Jessica Jones Season 3 is pretty monumental because this is the end of the line for the long-running Netflix/Marvel relationship. When you add it all up, it’s the 13th season of The Defenders corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and between that and the actual movie part of the MCU trying to
This article consists of nothing but Jessica Jones Season 3 spoilers. We have a spoiler free review right here if you prefer. Everyone’s favorite hard-boiled detective (and former superhero – not that she wants to talk about it) is back for one last case. While Jessica Jones, Trish Walker, and the rest of Hell’s Kitchen
Pokémon Sword and Shield will not allow gamers to complete a full National Pokédex, which means that Nintendo and Game Freak won’t be cramming the entire compendium of critters into these new titles. Catching them all, in a completist sense, will not be possible in Sword and Shield. Instead, there will be a curated selection
Scientists in Japan have developed a way of amplifying DNA on a scale suitable for use in the emerging fields of DNA-based computing and molecular robotics. By enabling highly sensitive nucleic acid detection, their method could improve disease diagnostics and accelerate the development of biosensors, for example, for food and environmental applications. Researchers from Tokyo
“Bumpy” Johnson was around when the Genovese crime family still had “Lucky” Luciano’s name on it. He got out of prison around the time Malcolm X preached common sense. The upcoming gangster series Godfather of Harlem will premiere on Epix on September 29, according to Deadline. Oscar-winning actor and director Forest Whitaker will star as
The Justice Society is getting a big push from DC Comics, and they’ll be making their return to regular continuity in the pages of Scott Snyder’s Justice League. The classic World War II superhero team will be joining the flagship DC title in September as part of the next big storyline: The Justice/Doom War. “I
Stranger Things is set to become the latest brand to line up a location-based mobile game, following a trend that kicked off when Pokémon Go took the world by storm in 2016. It’s been confirmed that the new Stranger Things mobile game is set to launch in 2020. This isn’t the first Stranger Things mobile
The winner of the 2019 Albert Einstein World Award of Science is Dr. Zhong Lin Wang, Chair and Regents Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. The prize is awarded for Dr. Wang’s pioneering and seminal contributions to the discovery, innovation and implementation of nanogenerators and self-powered systems. These
As mysterious as the Italian scientist for which it is named, the Majorana particle is one of the most compelling quests in physics. Its fame stems from its strange properties – it is the only particle that is its own antiparticle – and from its potential to be harnessed for future quantum computing. In recent
IMAGE: Test greenhouse at Texas A&M Tyler for SolGro. view more Credit: UT Arlington Two startups with ties to The University of Texas at Arlington have been selected for an international accelerator program, illustrating UTA’s commitment to entrepreneurship and impactful research commercialization. SolGro Inc. was founded by a UTA student with technology developed by UTA physics
IMAGE: Shape changes in Au nanoclusters, indicating cluster surface melting at high temperatures. Images of two individual clusters containing 561 and 2530 atoms are shown. view more Credit: Swansea University. The research published in Nature Communications set out to answer a simple question – how do nanoparticles melt? Although this question has been a focus of
IMAGE: Image from a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM, left) and a scanning quantum dot microscope (SQDM, right). Using a scanning tunnelling microscope, the physical structure of a surface can be measured… view more Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Christian Wagner A team of researchers from Jülich in cooperation with the University of Magdeburg has developed a
IMAGE: Experiment setup to understand how characteristics of human body communication can be improved. view more Credit: Dairoku Muramatsu & Yoshifumi Nishida Source: Equivalent Circuit Model Viewed from Receiver Side in Human Body Communication Wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have made remote connectivity easier, and as electronics become smaller and faster, the adoption of
Green bodies’ porous structure, i.e. mesostructure, affects dramatically the functional parameters of the optical ceramics obtained by reactive sintering. Characteristics of the mesostructure are proposed to regulate by pre-annealing of green bodies at temperatures below the phase formation and consolidation. The approach was presented in the article published in Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
Warning: contains plot spoilers for every episode listed. Never having lost his critic’s ability to skewer a TV show in one perfect line, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker does a recurring, self-deprecating bit about what audiences expect from his show. “A man frowning at a translucent phone and going ‘aaah, I’ve just deleted my own leg!’’’,
There are a lot of beloved and classic X-Men stories throughout the years and I’d say that the three biggest (not best, but most prominent) are Days of Future Past, Age of Apocalypse, and Dark Phoenix Saga. And while Giant-Sized X-Men #1 is arguably the most important tale, it’s not the one that everyone keeps
Shenmue III has me torn in two. I spent 15 minutes with the game at E3, and on one hand, I was delighted with much of what I played, mostly because the little things—like having odd conversations with random townsfolk, buying peculiar items and trinkets from shops and capsule vending machines, and engaging in quaint,