Month: September 2024

Every week new products hit comic shops and toy stores across North America, courtesy of Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD! This week, GG LTD delivers four exquisite Star Wars collectibles, including three 1/6 scale busts and one spectacular 1/6 scale statue! It’s the best of all civilized worlds! Find a store at comicshoplocator.com and reserve
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                                                                     By Howard Bloom Education Week reports that we are in a student mental health crisis.  So does the surgeon general.  Will taking cellphones away from kids while they’re in school help us get out of this crisis?   I asked the science search engine Consensus to do a survey of studies on school cellphone bans and mental
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With Vikki VanSickle’s compelling rhyming couplets and Jensine Eckwall’s lush, moody illustrations, Into the Goblin Market has all the makings of a modern classic, while giving a delightful nod to European fairy tales. The book is a tribute to Christina Rosetti’s 1859 poem, “Goblin Market,” about sisters Laura and Lizzie. VanSickle has used the original
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Docs are prominent among specialty releases this weekend with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker renovating a massive Mexican restaurant and creative takes on psychics, oysters, Abraham Lincoln and Casablanca bread riots. The Thicket starring Peter Dinklage marks Tubi Films’ first non-day-and-date release. French Canadian chiller Red Rooms gets a U.S bow from
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Kelly Lee Owens has shared ‘Higher’, the new single from her upcoming fourth album ‘Dreamstate’. Check it out below. ‘Higher’ sees Owens in a blissful state of euphoria, elevating above the mundanity and tribulations of daily life. “Higher, higher, higher I go / lighter, lighter, lighter I float,” she sings over a dreamy, synth-laden soundscape.
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In a wild feat of biological manipulation that seems straight out of science fiction, researchers have turned parts of living mice see-through. Stanford University materials scientist Zihao Ou and colleagues developed a biologically-safe dye that makes tissues transparent by tinkering with the light scattering abilities of the cells’ surrounding fluids. It is hoped similar strategies
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Reliance Jio has rolled out special offers on select prepaid recharge plans, commemorating its 8th anniversary in India. The telecommunications provider is offering benefits including bundled subscriptions to OTT platforms, limited membership of food delivery platforms and e-commerce vouchers to users who recharge with the eligible packs. This development comes days after Reliance Industries Limited
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My Rating ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. “Falling Down” Earth 1300 AD has fallen at the hands of the Deadite armies! Wait, no, Earth 2093 AD has fallen to the hands of the… No, that already fell to the Droidites! Right? Okay, so now Earth 1993 AD has fallen to the present day, but
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