Among all the other destruction war brings, there are also the environmental consequences. As conflict rages, nations intensify their focus on weapons and political strategy over climate mitigation and ecological regulation. And Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine is no exception. European Union sanctions and Russian retaliatory export bans seem to have left a Russian natural […]
Daily Archives: August 27, 2022
Photo: Thomas Lohnes (Getty Images) Moderna and Pfizer are set to wage legal battle over the technology that led to their respective covid-19 vaccines. Moderna is now suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for the alleged infringement of patents related to the development of a viable mRNA vaccine platform that Moderna claims to have […]
Vasquez, Yogurt, Oola, and Sax Man deserve their own movies.Image: 20th Century Fox, MGM, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Movies are made by the quality of their supporting characters. Oh sure, the leads are the people that drive the story, but if they don’t have quirky best friends to bounce off, what’s the point? And if the […]
Pumpjacks between Midland and Odessa, Texas.Photo: Eli Hartman/Odessa American (AP) Texas is standing up to bullies—big banks that bully oil and gas, that is. This week, the Texas’s comptroller’s office released a list of financial firms and funds it has determined are “boycotting” the oil and gas industry, directing pensions and other state funds to […]
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Psychedelics are gaining speed, and with them come the idea of the bad trip, a negative experience characterized by different symptoms. While a lot is said about bad trips, why they happen is not well defined; though perhaps the reason behind them is more obvious than expected. Read on for an explanation of why bad […]
Following her appearance on WandaVision as played by Teyonah Paris, and ahead of her upcoming jump to the movies in 2023’s The Marvels, Monica Rambeau is now being given a bigger push in the comics. In addition to serving as one of the members of the new, reformed Thunderbolts, she’s now due to receive her […]
Image: Guerrilla Games Earlier in the summer, news broke that Sony was going to bring its sci-fi RPG franchise Horizon Zero Dawn to the small screen via a Netflix adaptation. Watching post-apocalyptic humans battle big-ass robot animals sounds like something that could work as both a game and a TV concept, and Sony’s eager to […]
Image: CBS Television The recent culling at Warner Bros. has meant that numerous projects have suddenly found themselves cut loose, and surprisingly, one of them was Batman: Caped Crusader. Previously announced back in 2021 from Bruce Timm and JJ Abrams, and planned to air on both HBO Max and Cartoon Network, Caped Crusader had its […]
Image: Paramount Following the report on Friday morning that WandaVision director Matt Shakman is in the running to helm Marvel’s upcoming Fantastic Four film, it’s now being reported that he’ll be leaving the fourth Star Trek reboot film as a result. Previously, Shakman was announced as the film’s director in summer 2021 after he jumped […]
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Could bananas be one of the world’s most perfect foods? You be the judge. Popular? Check. Convenient? Check. Tasty? Check. A superfood? Check. Let’s find out why bananas deserve this characterization and how it benefits our health and hair, no matter your hair type or your season in life. Banana Benefits for Hair Potassium […]