“Even if the aliens are short, dour and sexually obsessed,” the late cosmologist Carl Sagan once mused, “if they’re here, I want to know about them.” Driven by the same mindset, a Nasa-led team of international scientists has developed a new message that it proposes to beam across the galaxy …
Read More »Netflix’s Choose or Die, Ti West’s X, and every other movie you can stream from home this weekend
This weekend Choose or Die, the 2022 video-game horror film starring Iola Evans (Carnival Row) and Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), premieres on Netflix. If you’re not looking for 1980s-themed throwback horror and haunted technology à la 2004’s Stay Alive, not to worry — there’s plenty of great new releases on …
Read More »You be the judge: should my fiance stop cooking in bulk and freezing meals?
The prosecution: Annie Julian wants to plan all meals a week ahead to control calories. But I’m now bored to tears My fiance, Julian, is obsessed with batch cooking. We live together at his flat, and when I first moved in I found his habit handy as it saved time …
Read More »The French culture war over Islam shows no sign of abating
With another runoff between Macron and Le Pen looming, France’s obsession with Islam continues to disenfranchise voters and undermine the true separation of church and state. Emmanuel Macron may have won the first round of France’s presidential election, but the success of right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen, who came in …
Read More »What Pakistan’s political shakeup means for relations with US
As Pakistan’s Imran Khan fought to retain his post in the face of mounting pressure this month, the now-former prime minister pointed the finger at the United States to explain his political downfall. Khan accused Washington of conspiring with the Pakistani political opposition to remove him from office, saying US …
Read More »Tech billionaires start foundation to bring ‘lost glory back’ for Indian electronics products and brands
Depth in manufacturing is a key requirement to gain self-reliance in the electronic industry, and a special thrust on designing locally can help achieve this, said HCL Founder Ajai Chowdhry on Wednesday in the capital. “Government should have a special thrust on designing in every PLI scheme as this will …
Read More »A Connecticut Mechanic Found Artwork Worth Millions in a Dumpster
Francis Hines, Untitled, 1983, hardpoint pastel on Arches paper mounted on wood with synthetic fabric wraps Courtesy of Hollis Taggart Five years ago, in September 2017, Connecticut mechanic Jared Whipple found hundreds of artworks in a dumpster at an abandoned farmhouse. He took them home, thinking he might use them …
Read More »Sporting officials seeing violence rise in youth sports
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – A friendly debate over ice cream flavors was as close as umpire Toby Dungan came to an argument Thursday night. That’s a far cry from what took place at last Saturday’s youth softball game in Laurel. Authorities say veteran umpire Kristie Moore was sucker punched by …
Read More »Quartz, the business news site, drops its paywall.
Quartz, the digital business publication, is scrapping its paywall. The company announced the change on Thursday in an unusual reversal of the media business model that has taken hold in recent years as advertising has wavered: requiring readers to pay for digital access. “Quartz’s mission is to make business better, …
Read More »Money for nothing: receipt for ‘invisible art’ sells for $1.2m
How much would you pay for nothing? For one private European art collector, it is $1.2m. That’s the amount paid at a recent Sotheby’s auction in Paris for a receipt written by the French artist Yves Klein to prove the ownership of one of his “invisible art” pieces – now …
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