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The new big-screen adaptation of Mean Girls is just a few days away, and Reneé Rapp is dropping a single from the movie to tide you over.  “World Burn,” sung by Rapp and the cast of Mean Girls: The Musical is out now and available to stream here. The song is one of the musical numbers from the 2018 Broadway show, in which Rapp starred as Regina George. The singer and songwriter now reprises her breakout role in the new film from the producers of the original, Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels.   The full Mean Girls…

A long the rim of Lake Okeechobee, the seasons aren’t marked by temperature or falling leaves but by the humidity, light, and plumes of ash that blanket this part of Florida come October. Just as the air dries, the wind turns east and sugar-cane farmers set to harvesting stalks of cane across half a million acres in Florida, but before the stalks are cut, growers set their crops on fire. Burning is an easy way to eliminate the outer leaves of sugar cane and reduce costs. Every year from October until May,…

Persona 3 Reload, a remake of 2006’s Persona 3, just released its animated opening ahead of its February release. Not only does it look fantastic, but it pays homage to the game’s original theme “Burn My Dread” in a pretty inventive way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746zeHM5EA8 Mixing in the blue/white palette of the original, Persona 3 Reload’s opening movie gives us a taste of what to expect come February 2nd. The two-minute animation introduces us fully to the new song “Full Moon Full Life” sung by Azumi…

A study suggests eating later in the day can directly impact our biological weight regulation in three key ways: through the number of calories that we burn; our hunger levels; and the way our bodies store fat.With obesity now affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide, this is a valuable insight into how the risk of becoming obese could be lowered in a relatively simple way – just by eating our meals a few hours earlier.Earlier studies had already identified a link between the timing of meals and weight gain,…

NASA has pushed forward a revolutionary new rocket technology at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Engineers at the facility fired the 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) for a record 251 seconds with 5,800 lb (2,631 kg) of thrust.For over six decades, NASA has relied on chemical rockets to launch its vehicles into space. It works, but chemical rockets suffer from the fact that they've been operating in the neighborhood of their theoretical limit since 1942. This isn't helped by the…

HighlightsPixel 6 Pro reportedly overheated after a 10-minute phone call.The overheating caused burn marks in the phone’s heat sink.Pixel 6 Pro is powered by the first Tensor G3 chipset.The Pixel 6 Pro has reportedly overheated to the extent that it caused damage to the device’s internals. This incident occurred to a Pixel 6 Pro user who shared pictures of the burnt device on Reddit. The device is said to have overheated after a 10-minute phone call. It’s worth noting that the Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 6 were the first phones…

Bitcoin mines aren’t just energy-hungry, it turns out they’re thirsty, too. The water consumption tied to a single Bitcoin transaction, on average, could be enough to fill a small backyard pool, according to a new analysis. Bitcoin mines are essentially big data centers, which have become notorious for how much electricity and water they use. Bitcoin’s water footprint is growing, according to the analysis published today in a commentary in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability. That’s an issue to watch as the price of…

Gran Turismo 7 is just one of numerous PlayStation games and products discounted to its best price yet during Black Friday 2023. Over at Amazon, you can grab the PS5's marquee racing game for only $30. Previous sales discounted the game to $40, so this is a really great offer. Meanwhile, PS4 players can get the game for only $20.The racing sim earned an 8/10 in GameSpot's Gran Turismo 7 review. "Gran Turismo 7 isn't a departure, but rather a newer, shinier GT game," critic Alex Goy wrote. "Its physics…

Posted in: Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News | Tagged: Abbott 1979, boom studios, Jo Mi-Gyeong, Maria Ingrande Mora, october 2023, Ollie Masters, Pierluigi Minotti, ranger academy, saladin ahmed, Sami Kivelä, Slow Burn, SolicitsSlow Burn #1 by Ollie Masters and Pierluigi Minotti, Ranger Academy #1 by Maria Ingrande Mora and Jo Mi-Gyeong, and Abbott 1979 #1 by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä launch from Boom Studios in their October 2023 solicits and solicitations.Slow Burn #1 by Ollie Masters and Pierluigi Minotti,…

Posted in: Boom, Comics | Tagged: Ollie Masters, Pierluigi Minotti, Slow BurnSlow Burn #1 is a new comic book series by Ollie Masters, and Pierluigi Minotti, coming from Boom Studios in October.Slow Burn #1 is a new comic book series by Ollie Masters, writer and co-creator of The Kitchen, Snow Blind, Killer Groove and Old Haunts, and Pierluigi Minotti, Italian comic book artist known for James Bond and Lost Falls in the US. Coming from Boom Studios in October, it is intended to be for "fans of Gideon Falls and Stray…