How I Met Your Father finale tries to redeem Barney Stinson
How I Met Your Mother spinoff How I Met Your Father aims to redeem Barney Stinson with a clever cameo, and it kind of pulls it off......»»
Review: Our fave gunslinger expels her inner demons in Wynonna Earp finale
Shine on, you lovable hard-drinking, bar brawling, foul-mouthed anti-Buffy. Waverly Earp (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) is trapped in a twisted version of the Garden of Eden......»»
How a Researcher "Clinging To the Fringes of Academia" Helped Develop a Covid-19 Vaccine
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The New York Times tells the story of Hungarian-born Dr. Kariko, whose father was a butcher and who growing up had never met a scientist — but knew they wanted to be one. Despite earning a Ph.D. at.....»»
Documentary Claims to Unmask "Q". Are Q"s Drops Over?
QAnon "was all but confirmed to be a hoax by the person who ran the hoax," writes Mashable, citing the finale of a six-episode documentary on HBO by Cullen Hoback. "All of it leads back to the same place — that there are very few other people.....»»
Review: Sean Bean gives Snowpiercer a charismatic villain to stir the pot
With fictional world established, S2 is free to explore its complicated human dynamics. Snowpiercer was overtaken by the supply train Big Alice in the S1 finale. [credit:.....»»
Gillmor Gang: Grifters Paradise
The other day, I attended a celebration of one of the pioneers of collaboration technology, Ray Ozzie. The father of Lotus Notes, Ozzie left Lotus and his startup firm Iris after a hostile takeover by IBM, and eventually joined Microsoft when that co.....»»
Hidden genetic defects contain real risks for serious diseases
Researchers have gained insight into the 'hidden genetic defects' of the general European population. This is important because these defects, if inherited from both father and mother, can lead to all kinds of illnesses in their children. Research in.....»»
Vint Cerf vs. Martin Hellman: How Should We Assess the Risks of Nuclear War?
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published a discussion between a 77-year-old "father of the internet" and a 75-year-old "father of public key cryptography". Long before Vinton Cerf and Martin Hellman changed the world with their inventions, th.....»»
Brazilian startup Tractian gets the Y Combinator seal of approval for its equipment monitoring tech
Igor Marinelli and Gabriel Lameirinhas were raised around manufacturing plants. Marinelli’s father worked for International Paper in a plant outside of Sao Paulo while Lameirinhas’ father worked in a cement plant. Throughout their lives.....»»
Discovery identifies non-DNA mechanism involved in transmitting paternal experience to offspring
It has long been understood that a parent's DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring. Yet inheritance via DNA is only part of the story; a father's lifestyle such as diet, being overweight and stress levels have been linked.....»»
This Father-and-Son Duo Was Essential to Ionospheric Research at the Arecibo Observatory
A new IEEE Oral History explains how the sounders the two developed measured the ionosphere using transmitters and receivers operating in shortwave radio bands .entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-s.....»»
Fintech investor Emmalyn Shaw will share why she led the Steady Series A
Investors often say they don’t just invest in products, but in the right teams to solve a particular problem. With Steady, Adam Roseman built the platform based on his own personal experience. His father hadn’t saved enough for retirement.....»»
Digital detective work tracks the travels of Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel's place in history is secure as the father of genetics but otherwise relatively little is known of the Augustinian friar from Brno (now in the Czech Republic.).....»»
Turing structures in a manmade interface
In 1952, Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, proposed that certain repetitive natural patterns may be produced by the interaction of two specific substances through the reaction-diffusion process. In this system,.....»»
Review: WandaVision sticks the landing with a very Marvel-esque finale
But the rumored major cameo failed to materialize, despite two post-credit scenes Meet the happy couple: Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany). [credit.....»»
WandaVision season finale: What we learned and what we still want to know
WandaVision's season finale wrapped things up, but still left us with plenty of questions. Here's what we know and what we're still wondering about......»»
Developer of Handheld Cable Tester for U.S. Army Dies at 80
IEEE also mourns the loss of Europe’s ‘father of the Internet’ and others Photo: Lisa Stern Martin Rosenzweig Developed a handheld cable tester for the U.S. Army Life member, 80; died 28 September When Ros.....»»
Grand Finale of NTT DATA Open Innovation Contest
NTT DATA Corporation conducted the Grand Finale of NTT DATA Open Innovation Contest 11 on January 29, 2021. The Open Innovation Contest provides a platform for start-ups to build and scale their solution in collaboration with our clients and various.....»»
Al Maroone, whose stores helped build AutoNation, dies at 98
Maroone bought a small Ford dealership in 1955 by borrowing from his father's life savings, his sister's pension and his father-in-law's remortgage. His son Mike was later AutoNation's longtime COO......»»
Review: The Stand starts out strong and then whiffs the landing
A stellar cast can't save the narrative from slowly unraveling into a pointless finale Enlarge / James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, and Amber Heard are among the ensemble cast of a new miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's.....»»
Presidents Day Sales 2021: Deals you can shop today
Presidents Day 2021 is right around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: Presidents Day sales. OK, maybe not only one thing. It’s still a time for friends and family to come together and honor our founding father. But we can’t di.....»»