Prior to the debut of The Umbrella Academy season 2, showrunner Steve Blackman promised Den of Geek that there would be plenty of Easter eggs. “There are tons,” he said. “We specifically wanted to sit down and say, ‘Here are the Easter eggs we want to put in, let’s make a list of them.’ They’re
Month: August 2020
This Doom Patrol review contains spoilers. Doom Patrol Season 2 Episode 9 “Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. It’s the only way to become who you were meant to be.” Kylo Ren’s quote in The Last Jedi could just as easily apply to the Doom Patrol season 2 finale, “Wax Patrol,”
Bethesda has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls Online and Doom Eternal are being ported to Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. “Players who own or purchase either title on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 will be able to upgrade for free to the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions, respectively, when those versions are
The planners behind Bill & Ted Face the Music have decided that the film’s recently announced release date for VOD and limited theatrical engagements was too bogus to keep. Thus, in yet another frantic shift (one that’s become quite commonplace in the COVID era), the belated third entry in the film franchise will see its
IMAGE: Francesca Toma (right) and Johanna Eichhorn developed a special technique using an atomic force microscope at Berkeley Lab’s JCAP laboratory to capture images of thin-film bismuth vanadate at the nanoscale… view more Credit: Marilyn Sargent/ Berkeley Lab In the fight against climate change, scientists have searched for ways to replace fossil fuels with carbon-free alternatives
IMAGE: Illustration of the fluorescence “On ” process. view more Credit: WANG Yanfang et al. Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising alternative method for cancer treatment due to advantages of non-invasiveness, precise temporal and spatial control, strong specificity and high tumor destruction efficiency. At present, the clinical evaluation of cancer treatment mainly relies on cytology, histopathology
For the first time since 2010, it’s been over a year since the world has seen a Marvel Studios film. Still, even in the coronavirus pandemic-induced offseason, the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to make headlines. Deadline reports that Marvel has tapped Candyman director Nia DaCosta to helm the heavily anticipated Captain Marvel sequel. The second
This THE 100 review contains spoilers The 100 Season 7 Episode 10 With every episode we watch, The 100 tussles with what its ultimate legacy be. A show where in the end, characters grow, move on, and fill their wounds with love and redemption? Or one where everyone is doomed to inevitable violence? Will Hope and Echo
This review contains spoilers for Agents of SHIELD. Agents of SHIELD Season 7 Episode 11 There are certain narrative advantages to Agents of SHIELD experiencing a different timeline in its final season. The changes to history can be catastrophic, but even if it’s not all undone, the show is ending anyway, allowing the stakes to
IMAGE: The morphology image and rate capability of TNOx/HRGO, it can be seen that its structure is TNOx microspheres wrapped by gossamer-like HRGO, and its capacity is as high as 225… view more Credit: Author In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Chengdu Development Center of Science and Technology have significantly enhanced
A McGill research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide range of technologies, from cell phones to cameras and fiber optics, as well as in solar cells. The researchers, led by Professor Peter Grutter
The life-givers of integrated circuits and quantum devices in silicon are small structures made from patches of foreign atoms called dopants. The dopant structures provide charge carriers that flow through the components of the circuit, giving the components their ability to function. These days the dopant structures are only a few atoms across and so
Historically, Labor Day is seen as one of the slowest weekends on the moviegoing calendar. Often considered the endpoint of summer in American culture, the three-day holiday before kids go back to school is usually reserved for abandoned films that never quite worked as intended for Hollywood studios. It’s the time of cinematic dregs. At
Happy, happy, joy, joy? Eh sure, why not: happy, happy, joy, joy! Comedy Central today announced that it is rebooting iconic ‘90s animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show. Details are scarce on what exactly a rebooted Ren & Stimpy Show will entail, but Comedy Central describes it as a “reimagination” with a new creative
When Sherlock debuted a decade ago on the BBC, it was unlike anything else on television. For one, the format was a bit odd: one season of three 90-minute episodes. For another, it didn’t look like anything else on TV: Text messages that appear as part of the mise-en-scène. Edits and scene transitions that move us
IMAGE: Experimental setup used for the developed magnetic excitation system. (a) Cross-sectional view of the sample holder. (b) Magnified view of the cantilever free end with a magnetic bead and an… view more Credit: Scientific Reports Atomic force microscopy (AFM) brought the atomic scale imaging resolution of scanning tunnelling microscopy, a technique that won the Nobel
IMAGE: Photo 1 – (from left) NTU final year PhD student Abhishek Kumar, Assoc Prof Ranjan Singh and postdoc Dr Yihao Yang. Dr Singh is holding the photonic topological insulator chip… view more Credit: NTU Singapore To enable data transmission speeds that surpass the 5th Generation (5G) standards for telecommunications, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
IMAGE: The ultra-thin clear coatings are made with a new spray-on method that is fast, cost-effective and scalable. view more Credit: RMIT University A simple method for making clear coatings that can block heat and conduct electricity could radically cut the cost of energy-saving smart windows and heat-repelling glass. The spray-on coatings developed by researchers at
IMAGE: Piotr Roztocki specializes in integrated and fiber quantum photonics in the laboratory of INRS Professor Roberto Morandotti. view more Credit: Piotr Roztocki The Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) is proud to announce that PhD candidate Piotr Roztocki was selected as a 2020 Paul Baran Young Scholar by the Marconi Society, which honors the
In a recent blog post, Marvel’s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics confirmed that they intend to release additional content that will be exclusive to PlayStation consoles. “We previously stated that we’re huge Marvel fans, but we’re also PlayStation fans,” reads the post from Andy Wong, Community & Social Media Manager for Crystal Dynamics. “We are honored
The creative partnership between Adam McKay and Amy Adams has taken them to Talladega Superspeedway and The White House. Now the pair is set to head somewhere a little more modest: Walmart. Netflix announced during its virtual summer TCA press tour appearance that it has ordered Kings of America, a limited series about three powerful
Mulan will premiere on Disney+ and in some international theaters on Sept. 4, according to Deadline. The news was broken by Disney CEO Bob Chapek during the company’s earnings call on Tuesday (Aug. 4). But the announcement comes with a caveat: viewers who wish to view director Niki Caro’s live-action remake of the animated 1998
IMAGE: Scientists use the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments experiment in Minnesota to assess the response of northern peatlands to increases in temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide. view more Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Transportation – Gauging pandemic impact Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a machine learning model that could help
The finale season of The 100 isn’t limiting itself to just one Big Bad. While there might end up being a Bad that is Bigger than the rest, right now, Sheidheda and Bill Cadogan (with back up villain vocals from Anders) are in tight competition for Best Season 7 Villain. In this week’s episode, “A
Injustice: Gods Among Us was a bit of a surprise hit video game – a successful fighting game with an engaging story from the people who gave the world the S-Tier cartoonish gore of the Mortal Kombat franchise. It was then turned into an even bigger surprise: a creatively and financially successful tie-in comic that
Green Lantern could have been the Iron Man of Warner Bros’ DC Extended Universe—at least for a timeline in which the underperforming 2011 comic book movie starring Ryan Reynolds hadn’t become a punchline to a generation of genre jokesters, most notably Reynolds himself. Yet, the film’s dubious place in history hasn’t stopped Reynolds from imagining
Quantum technologies are at the interface between pure basic research and practical application. The aim is to develop new research approaches, both in developing technology for photon-based quantum applications as well as in developing theoretical and experimental concepts. From secure communications to quantum computers via fast information processing, the possible applications are manifold. Paderborn University’s
Some fans jumped in joy when Crystal Dynamics announced that Spider-Man would be joining the roster of the upcoming action-adventure game Marvel’s Avengers in 2021. But not all Marvel fans were happy with the announcement, especially those who planned to get the game on an Xbox console or PC. As it stands, the Spider-Man DLC
What would John Constantine, working class warlock and notorious scumbag who tends to end up doing the right thing anyway, do if billionaires with angel wings started hurtling from the sky and impaling themselves on church spires? He’d probably be pretty chill about it, to be honest, but we’re going to find out for sure
“The police don’t believe in monsters,” we learned in Ed Woods’ 1955 B-movie horror favorite Bride of the Monster. But Full Moon Features does, and they know where to find them. On Friday, July 31, thechannel and app dropped seven cult classics to their new 20-film series Haunted Hollywood. Every Friday for 13 weeks, they