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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMuch of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s three-hour biopic about the theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, is rooted in verifiable fact.The film tracks the life of Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), from his early political activity through to the invention of the atomic bomb, and then the attacks on his reputation after the Second World War.While much of the film draws from…

According to Peace, the show has run through all the scripts that were written before the strike began and has now employed non-union writers in order to keep the show on the air. Typically, people who cross picket lines to perform struck work are met with derision, but Peace acknowledged that the current situation is unique for soap operas. (Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial staff is also unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East.)“We hate to see our characters and storylines handed over to ‘writers’ who cross…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAt 5.29am on 16 July, 1945: the first ever atomic bomb is detonated. Against the desert landscape of New Mexico, the device explodes with a power equivalent to 21,000 tons of dynamite, releasing a flare of light so bright researchers said it would have been visible from Mars. The code name for this world-changing, history-making test event? Trinity. The bomb’s creator, J Robert…

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The current heat wave in Italy is “very unusual,” says Mercalli, because of its long duration: The heat event is expected to last roughly two weeks. A study published in May estimated that, until the late 1990s, the average European heat wave would last one week or less, but this has since increased significantly due to global warming.The sweltering conditions in the Mediterranean are coinciding with extreme heat events elsewhere in the world, such as in the southern US, where temperatures could reach 120 degrees…

By StatCounter's reckoning, the Linux desktop has made it over 3% market share.  sjvn/StatCounterNow, that's not bad, but it's not good either. In comparison, StatCounter has Windows at 68.15%, MacOS in second place with 21.38%, and Chrome OS taking third at 4.15% But, at least Linux isn't in last place. That dubious honor goes to FreeBSD, with 0.01%.Also: The best Linux laptopsMind you, there are some groups, such as developers, in which Linux is widely used. For example, the market research company Statista has…

Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, lifts a brisket after cooking it for eight hours in his backyard smoker. Credit: The University of Texas at Dallas Cooking the perfect brisket is a lot like conducting a science experiment. And Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith should know—he's both a chemist and backyard barbecue chef.…

On its face, the motivation of the invading Skrulls seems quite clear in Secret Invasion: Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) promised to find the aliens a new planet to live on. After 30 years, Fury had still failed to keep his promise. As a result, some of the Skrulls decided to take the Earth for themselves—and only themselves. But Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays the main antagonist Gravik, says his villain has a much different agenda in mind.What Rules Were Written for Skrulls and Their Powers in Secret Invasion? | io9…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChristopher Nolan has likened the ending of his forthcoming biopic Oppenheimer to that of his 2010 film Inception.Released next month, Oppenheimer follows the story of scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders) plays the title character while Robert Downey Jr and Matt Damon front an all-star supporting cast.Inception starred…

Quordle 514 answer for June 22: After many days of easy puzzles, today, Quordle throws a scary puzzle our way. And it is one of the toughest we have seen in a while and it is certainly a streak-breaker. If you're a veteran player and have been playing for a while, you need to be careful to not lose your weeks of hard work. In all honesty, even we struggled to solve the puzzle today. People who are not well versed in the tricks of the game should not try to solve it on their own unless they want to risk their winning…