Scientists are constantly searching for better ways to store renewable energy, and MIT researchers have now found a way to turn cement and an ancient material into a giant supercapacitor. Potentially, this electrified cement could turn building foundations and roads into almost limitless batteries. To create the new substance, a team from the Massachusetts Institute
Month: August 2023
Not streaming, nor strikes, nor shell shock from the pandemic kept this July’s domestic box office down with studio tentpoles and a faith-based surprise movie racking up the second-best record for the month with $1.37 billion per Comscore. Warner Bros’ Barbie and Universal’s Oppenheimer were the No. 1 and 2 movies with $366.4M and $181.4M
Travis Scott‘s “Utopia” is headed to a No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 — but not all of the album’s participants are celebrating. Rapper KayCyy, who worked closely with Kanye West on his “Donda” album, is reaming Travis for not crediting him on the track “Thank God” … despite his vocals being heard on
Xbox is bringing 30 titles games to gamescom 2023 this month, and if you are heading to the show, be sure to stop by the Xbox booth to give some a try. Games on hand will include Towerborne, the newest adventure from the developers at Stoic, along with the latest content update to The Elder
Inspired by classic Saturday Morning Cartoons, NECA’s line of “Toony Terrors” toys keeps on getting bigger, and the company previews the upcoming Series 9 this week. NECA previews, “Standing approximately 6 inches tall, the Series 9 action figure assortment includes the iconic The Fiend (mascot of The Misfits) with candelabra and potion bottle, Vincent Price
Calling all pizza-loving, crime-fighting Turtles fans! BoxLunch, the pop culture retailer with a cause, is launching its latest merchandise collection, inspired by the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books and the original animated series. Apparel, including T-shirts, raglan tees, and the iconic pizza Turtles flannel, feature all four Turtles and their love for cheesy
WASHINGTON — Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as iRocket, has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware. The New York-based startup, founded in 2018, develops rocket engines and plans to build a small launch vehicle. iRocket signed a four-year cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA,
Play video content Angus Cloud‘s death was top of mind during his costar and friend Dominic Fike‘s concert — and he delivered a moving moment, reminiscing with the audience about Angus. The singer and ‘Euphoria’ star — who acted alongside Angus during Season 2 — addressed his costar’s sudden passing during his show Tuesday night
Looking to find its way and pull boys in, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is getting a mid-week start here with previews yesterday grossing $3.85M. Showtimes started at 2PM for the Jeff Rowe-directed feature and the outlook is $30M over 5-days for the net $70M production. Some trackers have it at $40M. Mutant Mayheim
News Mary Lattimore Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch “And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me” with Meg Baird and Walt McClements is the first single from Goodbye, Hotel Arkada By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 2, 2023 Facebook Twitter Mary Lattimore (Photo by Rachael Pony Cassells) Facebook Twitter Harpist
Image: Square Enix Square Enix revealed the first of two unannounced DLC song packs coming to Theatrhythm Final Bar Line today via the official Final Fantasy series Twitter. The Bravely Default Series Pack launches on 11th October and will include six songs from Bravely Default and Bravely Default II. The DLC will be available to
Writer/Director Zach Clark (Little Sister) takes familiar science fiction concepts, namely body-hopping aliens attempting to assimilate themselves on Earth, to awkward results and gets even weirder with it. The Becomers defies easy categorization as it blends absurdist humor with gross-out sci-fi and quirky rom-com conventions. It’s an ambitious voyage aimed to challenge perceptions and occasionally the gag reflex as
The Booker Prize, first awarded in 1969, recognizes the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The 2023 prize considers books published between October 1st 2022 and September 30th 2023. They have just announced their 13-book longlist. The 6-book shortlist will come out September 21st, with the winner announced November
The earliest impact scars from asteroids that bombarded Earth’s surface may be lost forever to the ravages of time. According to a new analysis, there’s a reason scientists have been unable to find any craters older than about 2 billion years. The constant erosion and geological processes on Earth have likely erased them from the
It took them until Justified: City Primeval Season 1 Episode 4, but we finally got what is — in my estimation — a classic Elmore Leonard-esque criminal philosophy expounded with conviction and eloquence. Toma Costia, Mags Bennett says howdy-doo, and please give Raylan a run for his guns. With the Albanian mob making things complicated,
While the industry fears further theatrical date shake-ups for 2023 due to the strikes, next year is getting beefed up. Today, Lionsgate has dated another faith based music feature from Kingdom Story Company for April 26, that being Unsung Hero. The pic joins MGM’s Luca Guadagnino directed R-rated Zenday romance pic, Challengers, which is already
Play video content TMZ.com Method Man won’t be walking anyone’s runway anytime soon, but his “Power Book II: Ghost” castmate LaToya Tonodeo thinks the rap legend should embrace his newfound status as a Hollywood heartthrob!!! TMZ Hip Hop linked with LaToya at LAX on Tuesday who told us she’s happy Meth is getting looked at
By now, you have probably heard the news that Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is officially coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam this fall. Unfortunately, the game has been plagued with leaks for a good while now. It isn’t surprising, but it seems that another
Our friends over at Terror Vision are celebrating Halloween in a MASSIVE way this year with #13WeeksOfHalloween, which will run from August 1 straight through October 31. Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to
Hasbro announced and launched the pre-order for a brand-new Monopoly: Barbie Edition board game – right on the heels of the record-setting Barbie film release. Fans can pre-order the new Monopoly: Barbie Edition Game on Amazon today and purchase the game at most major retailers starting October 1. With the Monopoly: Barbie Edition board game, players can imagine slipping into
Last week, a group of South Korean physicists made a startling claim. In two papers uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, they say they have created a material that “opens a new era for humankind”. LK-99, a lead-based compound, is purportedly a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor. Such a material, which conducts electricity without any resistance under
EXCLUSIVE: With such big 2023 movies such as Kraven the Hunter, the next Ghostbusters, the Zendaya romance Challengers and more moving into 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, exhibition is facing another possible recession should stars remain unable to promote. Movie theaters are currently relishing a box office boom in Barbie and Oppenheimer with the
News Ragana Announce New Album Desolation’s Flower, Share New Song: Listen Check out the title track from the metal duo’s first album via the Flenser By Evan Minsker August 1, 2023 Facebook Twitter Ragana’s Maria (she/her) and Coley (they/them), photo by Bailey Kobelin Facebook Twitter Ragana is the metal duo of Maria and Coley. (No
There’s no doubt that the visually impaired have had the opportunity to become stars in film and games most recently. Daredevil has been the poster boy for the blind superhero, patrolling the streets of Hell’s Kitchen armed with super senses and an ultra-supersonic skill, picking out sounds to map out his route. In games, there
Get ready for Ghastly Brothers, which is now streaming exclusively on SCREAMBOX! The Dutch supernatural comedy harkens back to such gateway horrors as Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, and Goosebumps. The trailer is brimming with fun, giving several nods to Ghostbusters and delivering a whole lotta memorable moments. In the SCREAMBOX Exclusive horror comedy, Lilith is sent to
A Bronze Age arrowhead excavated in Switzerland in the 19th century turns out to be made from an unexpected material. The tiny artifact is made from iron retrieved from an object that fell from the sky. But there’s a twist. It wasn’t even the closest meteorite to the settlement at the time. Rather, a team
Angus Cloud was nothing but smiles a few days before he died — which is unsettling considering he appears to have died from an overdose. The “Euphoria” actor attended a local album release party for rap group MacArthur Maze there in the Bay Area Friday — and he was photographed and filmed at the shindig
UPDATED, 07:30 a.m.: Cineworld Group has officially entered administration, following an application at the High Court in London. The administration order applies only to Cineworld Group and not to any of its operating companies or subsidiaries such as Regal Cinemas in the U.S. or Picturehouse Cinemas in the UK. Following last week’s announcement, Cineworld also
Taylor Swift is sharing the wealth from her wildly successful Eras Tour … in the form of six-figure bonuses for the truckers hauling her equipment all around the country! Our Taylor sources tell us she gifted each trucker working her tour $100,000 … handing out the bonus checks before her Saturday show in Santa Clara,
Helldivers 2 seems to be a shooter filled with all sorts of silly over-the-top violence much like Starship Troopers, which it was clearly inspired by. This has all been detailed a little more in the Helldivers 2 ESRB listing that goes through some of the violent actions players can partake in. Helldivers 2 is rated