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Climate change looks set to trigger stronger storms more often, and the threat may not be properly communicated to people in the line of fire. Now, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggest there’s room for a Category 6 on the scale – with five storms in the past decade already reaching that strength.Currently, the National Hurricane Center uses a measure called the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to classify the intensity of hurricanes in the Western Hemisphere and alert people in the area to take appropriate…

Hurricane Patricia over the eastern Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74–95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater). But as increasing…

The Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Enterprise and Rolling Stone hosted the second annual African Nominee Brunch on Saturday in Beverly Hills, celebrating a landmark year for African representation at this weekend’s Grammy Awards. The brunch is among the more vibrant events in all of Grammy weekend. This year’s celebration marks the second time GUBA has hosted the Nominee Brunch and the first time Rolling Stone has signed on to partner, and this weekend’s gathering was particularly notable as Sunday’s Grammys…

The Women's Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) overnight announced the winners of the five 2024 categories in this year's award: Family Car, Large Car, SUV, Exclusive Car and 4x4 & Pick-Up.American women buy 54% of the cars and influence 84% of all vehicle purchase decisions in the United States, which explains the rise to importance of the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year Awards, a car award judged by a jury of 75 female motoring journalists from 52 countries.The 14th edition of the awards, which honor the best cars…

Sony has been testing the waters with different hardware this year, including the PlayStation Portal and the PS VR2. In an interview with the Financial Times, Eric Lempel, the head of global business at Sony Interactive Entertainment, reveals how some of these projects have been faring. Though Lempel states that the VR headset sales are “going well,” the VR category is still challenging. He argues that “there was a higher expectation generally for what VR would do to gaming.” Other hardware benefitted from the…

After years of rumors, Apple finally unveiled the Vision Pro headset at WWDC back in June, saying that it would go on sale in early 2024. There was nothing firmer than that, and Apple has so far failed to confirm anything beyond what it said all those months ago. The smart money was on a launch before March 2024, and now it seems that we can expect the Vision Pro to hit store shelves even sooner than that.A new report suggests that Apple will have its Vision Pro headset ready to go on sale as soon as February, with…

The Golden Globes are back with today’s announcement of nominations, offering fans a brave new world full of bold, historic changes. For example, did you know that you can’t buy the trophies from Hollywood Foreign Press Association members anymore? At least theoretically?  And guess what else? A fresh new Golden Globe category is on its way, one which breathes new life into a showbiz institution that would really much rather you didn’t think too much about the last couple of years, and the way that folks were just sort…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe nominations for the 2024 Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday (11 December) with Todd Haynes’s Netflix film May December securing four nominations.However, fans who had seen the movie were shocked to find that the drama starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore had been nominated in the comedy category.The film follows television star Elizabeth (Portman) preparing for the…

Taylor Swift loves trophies, and we love giving them to her. That’s why it was no surprise that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film was a nominee when the 2024 Golden Globe nominations were announced. The “Karma” singer has been nominated for the award before, but this time she was eligible for a surprising category. Swift’s concert film was nominated under Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which is a newly introduced category this year.The category is likely to add more popular movies to the ceremony in order…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChristoper Nolan’s Oppenheimer will miss out on an Oscar nomination in the Visual Effects category, as it has been revealed the Cillian Murphy-starring blockbuster was not among the films to make the final shortlist.AsVariety reports, a total of 20 films will move on to the next round of voting, which is due to begin next week. Those films are: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Barbie, The…