An unprecedented glimpse of the human brain as it leaves the womb and enters the outside world has revealed an explosive growth spurt. Within the first few months of a newborn’s life, brain scans suggest, a sudden influx of sensory information triggers the formation of billions of new neural connections that did not exist in
Month: November 2024
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) It’s been a stellar year for RPGs on the Switch, with even Mario managing to squeak out three of his own within 12 months and a heavily anticipated remake of a Famicom classic hitting shelves this month with Dragon Quest III Remake. But among all these heavy hitters, be sure
Unless we see a miracle akin to jumping a 1970 Dodge Charger off of an exploding dam and surviving to share the story, the upcoming 2025 movies won’t include Fast X Part 2. That’s, of course, not the final name for the picture, as everything we know about Fast and Furious 11 still paints this
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 cinematic experimental throwback Grindhouse, there was a massive resurgence in homage to the subgenre and exploitation styled film. Many of which were to varying success and accuracy, but the effect it had. The video game franchise House of the Dead even switched to a more
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are compiling some of their lesser-known tracks on a new album. The B-Sides compilation Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 is out February 7. Take a look at the tracklist, and revisit the music video for 2010’s “Say No to Love,” below. “Many of these songs, like
Reliance Jio has launched a new plan for its prepaid customers in the country. This “5G upgrade voucher” is a recharge plan that allows subscribers to lock in access to unlimited 5G data for a one-year period. The telecom operator is offering unlimited high speed 5G data that can be accessed by customers who do
The mathematics Albert Einstein devised to describe the gravitational workings of the physical Universe in the early 20th century is still holding strong. In one of the biggest tests of general relativity to date, a huge team of astronomers has mapped the distribution of nearly 6 million galaxies across 11 billion years of the Universe’s
After offically being nominated for the 2024 Game Awards, more good news has come in for Pokémon TCG Pocket. The Pokémon Company’s latest spin on the Pokémon trading card game has, in less than a month of being out on the market, push past $120 million in revenue. This follows an earlier report that revealed
Sunset Blvd. had its best box office numbers yet last week, while Maybe Happy Ending showed some welcome improvement and both Elf and A Wonderful World opened to houses with 90% of seats filled. The pre-holiday news wasn’t quite so cheery for all of Broadway though, as no fewer than 26 of the 37 productions
The Saw is family, sure, but also the go-to weapon for many movie maniacs beyond Leatherface. Fresh off celebrating 50 years of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , the Halloweenies take inventory on the best chainsaws in horror movie history. Are we talking about Ash Williams battling deadites or Seth Green carving up some meaty
Post Malone will headline the 2025 edition of Coachella according to reports – find out more below. Yesterday (November 19), the singer-rapper announced his ‘Big Ass Stadium’ US tour for 2025. Interestingly, the tour included two dates in Indio, California that happen to take place on the same days as Coachella 2025. This indicated that
OnePlus 13 was unveiled in China last month with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, and the handset is expected to debut in global markets in the coming weeks. The newly launched smartphone has now been spotted on the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) website alongside its sibling — the OnePlus 13R. The
Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching,
The first trailer for Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ series The Studio is here, and it features plenty of big names telling him how awful he is.
Okay, they’re not specifically telling Rogen he’s awful, but there really are some big names in this thing. The Studio is an upcoming, 10-episode long series created
When we bring our mobile phone to life with a tap or settle in behind the wheel of our car, few of us give much thought to the raw materials required to make these sometimes miraculous- seeming devices work. Journalist Vince Beiser has reflected deeply on that subject, and the result, Power Metal: The Race
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. “Battle Of The Black Stone – Part 01 Eyes Upon Us” Chicago, the windy city – 1936, El Borak sat hunched over a dark wood table staring intently at the glyph sketched on a cocktail napkin as the noise of the nightclub swirled around him. How did
Phoenix is one of the most iconic women in comic book history, so it’s no surprise that she’s frequently being revisited for action figures, movies, statues, toys and more. When Hasbro released a new X-Men Legends Dark Phoenix last year, it was a certainty we’d see green (good) Phoenix sooner than later. But what fans
Alexandra Daddario has been busy this year–from her pregnancy and preparing for her son’s Halloween arrival to appearing in a few movies on our 2024 movie schedule, it seems like one for the books. To top off her year, and before launching into the last part of the year, holidays and all, the new mother
Last month, I had the pleasure to attend a film shoot for a local indie horror feature, smack dab in the middle of Central Texas, my neck of the woods. It’s been awhile since I’ve been on any set, let alone a horror one, so this was an opportunity I wouldn’t allow myself to pass
A new Fleetwood Mac documentary is on the way, via Apple Original Films. The members will tell the story of the band in their own words, according to Apple, which bills the doc as the first to be authorized by the band. (Archival interviews with the late Christine McVie will feature.) The as-yet-untitled film will
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram will let some users reset their content recommendations, essentially restarting the algorithm that determines what types of posts and videos they see in their feed. The change, which is just a test but will soon roll out globally, is designed to give people more control if they find the content in
WASHINGTON — A congressional advisory body is calling for urgent measures to counter China’s rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, and space technologies. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in its annual report released Nov. 19 highlights the Chinese government’s state-led investments and “techno-nationalist” strategies as key drivers behind its progress in
Microsoft Ignite is underway in Chicago, and the first big news to come from it involves, as you’d expect, AI. And where there’s AI, there’s often Nvidia, so it’s no surprise that Microsoft is releasing AI tools for developers aimed at what they’ve dubbed “GeForce RTX AI PCs.” The new tools will help developers create
UPDATED: Storming 63 international box office markets in its opening frame, and before domestic enters the arena this coming week, Paramount and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II has debuted to an estimated $87M. This is within our pre-release projection, and also marks the biggest overseas start for a Ridley Scott-directed film, as well as Paramount’s best
LOS ANGELES — You remember the obnoxious prankster Shelly from Friday the 13th Part 3. He is important to the franchise because he gave Jason Voorhees his signature hockey mask. The actor who plays him, Larry Zerner (now a lawyer), would love it if you came out to see the movie at The Academy Museum
Sabrina Carpenter has revealed the list of guests joining her for her upcoming Netflix holiday special ‘A Nonsense Christmas’. READ MORE: Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Short n’ Sweet’ review: a new pop princess ascends The show will see Carpenter perform songs from her 2023 Christmas EP ‘Fruitcake’, which includes a festive version of her 2022 hit ‘Nonsense’,
iPhone 16 range was launched in September, but details about Apple’s next-generation smartphones have already begun to surface online. The Cupertino-based company could discontinue the iPhone Plus model next year and replace it with an iPhone 17 Slim version, according to recent reports. A well-known analyst now states that the purported Slim model will be thinner
Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the skull-like appearance of the instrument that produces it. Brain scans suggest the whistle’s tones may do more than create a scary ambience. Swiss and Norwegian researchers found hearing them activates a variety of higher
Image: Paramount / SEGA We’re getting closer to the final month of the year and that means the blue blur is ready to return in the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie. To build excitement, Sega has now shared a look at a new movie poster. As you can see Sonic and his friends are all
The long-awaited return to The Grid isn’t far off, as the long-anticipated Tron: Ares is among the many tentpole releases slated for the 2025 movies schedule. However, in addition to most of the Ares cast being comprised of new faces, the sequel will also be lacking Daft Punk, the electronic music duo who composed Tron:
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