Christina Ricci just debunked the worst "Yellowjackets" fan theory
Christina Ricci has been a beloved star since she was a child, but her character on Showtime's hit series Yellowjackets — the deliciously unhinged Misty Fucking Quigley — has launched her back into a well-deserved spotlight. Appearing on.....»»
The climate is changing so fast, we haven"t seen how bad extreme weather could get
Extreme weather is by definition rare on our planet. Ferocious storms, searing heat waves and biting cold snaps illustrate what the climate is capable of at its worst. However, since Earth's climate is rapidly warming, predominantly due to fossil fue.....»»
10 worst book-to-movie adaptations, ranked
Some movies like Divergent and The Dark Tower tried and failed miserably to capture the magic that made the source material so beloved in the first place......»»
A novel method implementing investment decision-making of prospect theory utility toward stock markets
Prospect theory, proposed by Kahneman and Tversky in 1979, has been acknowledged as an excellent decision-making theory for the bounded rationality of investors tending to show cognitive bias under conditions of uncertainty. In terms of gains and los.....»»
Carpets and flames: Design rules for the morphology of ciliated organs
The history of science is a series of paradigm shifts—conventional theories debunked and replaced by new discoveries. Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab at USC Viterbi School of Engineering has made a habit of such paradigm shifts, publishing their findi.....»»
I’ve reviewed smart rings for years. This is the worst one I’ve ever used
The Circular Ring Slim is another smart ring challenger, but is it worth wearing instead of the Oura Ring, which is currently the best you can get?.....»»
Paris Olympics promote sustainability for good reason: Climate change is putting athletes and their sports at risk
Europe is in the midst of a heat wave, and while Olympic athletes in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games might be spared the worst of it, the weather will still be hot......»»
New findings regarding Indian food sustainability
Researchers in India have expanded the well-known theory of planned behavior to obtain useful marketing and policy insights concerning the sustainability choices of consumers when it comes to food. The study, published in the International Journal of.....»»
Researchers: COVID-19 devastated teacher morale—and it hasn"t recovered
Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches "is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida's smallest counties combined," the state's teachers union.....»»
20 years later, this superhero movie is still the worst thing the genre has ever done
Twenty years ago, the worst comic book movie adaptation ever made was released. Digital Trends looks back to see if the 2004 movie is still as bad as they say......»»
The worst gadget of 2024 has a killer camera feature
The Rabbit R1 isn't very good, but beneath the mediocre camera hides a really cool feature that just might make it worth buying after all......»»
3 underrated Amazon Prime Video movies you should watch this weekend (July 19-21)
July is heating up, so why not cool down with these three Amazon Prime Video movies starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci and more......»»
What is CrowdStrike? How the worst tech outage of all time really happened
Who's the cybersecurity technology company behind the largest tech outage in history? Here is everything you need to know about the company......»»
Tackling racism in teacher education and in the science curricula
A scoping review conducted by the Canadian Curriculum Theory Project sheds light on the pervasive presence of racism in the general curricula and a significant gap in antiracist initiatives within Canadian science education programs......»»
Apple taps infamous Taboola as new ad seller for Apple News and Stocks
Apple has struck a deal with a new partner for ad sales in its Apple News and Stocks apps. Unfortunately, that ad seller—Taboola—carries a reputation for employing some of the worst ads you’ve ever seen. more….....»»
“Superhuman” Go AIs still have trouble defending against these simple exploits
Plugging up "worst-case" algorithmic holes is proving more difficult than expected. Enlarge / Man vs. machine in a sea of stones. (credit: Getty Images) In the ancient Chinese game of Go, state-of-the-art artificial inte.....»»
Shady company relaunches popular old tech blogs, steals writers’ identities
This doesn't just threaten writers' work—it has a corrosive effect on the web. Enlarge / Professional writers' names were attached to AI content they had nothing to do with. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Christina War.....»»
Apple trade-in values cut by $10-20 for iPhone; up to $90 for Mac
Apple trade-in values in the US have been reduced for some devices, but most of the cuts are relatively small. For iPhone 14 models, for example, the reduction is either $10 or $20. The biggest cuts are for Macs, where the worst case is a $90 redu.....»»
Brazil needs a new approach to measure climate migration
Devastating floods led to more than 175 deaths and 423,000 people displaced in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in May. It was the state's worst natural catastrophe in almost a century, but Brazil is no stranger to mass population mo.....»»
Island biogeography theory and habitat heterogeneity help explain global patterns of Rhododendron diversity
Mountains are defined by their prominence, steep sides, and significant height above the surrounding regions. They harbor exceptionally high levels of biodiversity and a great number of endemic species worldwide, which are also extremely sensitive to.....»»
Tensor-force effects on nuclear matter in relativistic ab initio theory
Tensor force is a crucial ingredient of the nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction, and has an important impact on the structural and dynamical properties of the nuclear many-body system. Many efforts have been devoted to studying the influence of the tens.....»»