Danger

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe writers of Avatar: The Way of Water have opened up about the scene they thought could have been too risky.Earlier this month, James Cameron unveiled his expensive sequel, 13 years after the original was released.The film, which has received mostly positive reviews, has become a box office hit, and is quickly making its way up 2022’s global box office rankings.Its writers Rick Jaffa…

Thousands of species are currently listed as “data deficient.”We know very little about a large number of species. Unfortunately, it is not always a good sign.Often, we just do not understand a species well enough to tell how it is doing. There are thousands of plants and animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) recognized red list that are classified as “data deficient.”Simply put, the researchers don’t know enough about these species to be able to say whether or not they are in danger of…

Sunspot AR3165 has become unstable and is set to explode, sparking a solar storm. It can send dangerous X-class solar flares towards the Earth today, December 15. A massive solar storm may well hit Earth sometime today. Earlier this week, it was reported that a massive region on the Earth-facing side of the Sun was filled with sunspots and magnetic filaments, which make it a highly reactive area prone to explosions. These explosions could throw powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME) and spark…

An image depicting an ancient Mayan temple.Mercury exposure may have been a health risk for the ancient Maya.Mesoamerica’s ancient Maya cities never cease to amaze visitors. However, an unexpected danger lurks under the soil’s surface: mercury pollution. Researchers have found in a review article published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science that this pollution is not modern: it is the result of the Maya’s widespread usage of mercury and mercury-containing products between 250 and 1100 CE. There are areas…

Clark also found that Americans are moving away from places prone to fleeting heat waves, like the Midwest, yet are flocking to areas with consistently higher summer heat, like the Southwest. In the map above, red is where people have been moving away from places with relatively cool summers or toward areas with relatively hot summers, while blue is the opposite. These changes could be due to a number of overlapping economic and social factors. “People move away from high unemployment areas—you find those tend to be kind…

NASA has just spotted this terrifying and huge asteroid heading for Earth! Know about its trajectory, speed and distance. NASA has revealed that 3 asteroids passed Earth at extremely close distances yesterday. Before knowing the details, you should know that an asteroid is a rocky object in space travelling at massive speed and when seen in a telescope, it appears as a point of light, according to NASA. Most asteroids are found in a ring between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter called the Asteroid Belt. These celestial…

Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, revealed through a report that the metaverse is most likely to be exploited in 2023, given the condition of its growing market, which is anticipated to reach US$50 billion by 2026. The firm pointed out the lack of regional data protection laws, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and growing brand expansion as the top reasons behind the security breach. Amid spikes in phishing and ransomware attacks on the crypto industry, the metaverse will continue to suffer, the report…

A 67 feet wide asteroid could make its journey towards Earth very soon! NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) has issued a warning. Numerous asteroids keep zooming past the Earth at blistering speeds and close distances, posing a potential risk to the planet. Nearly 10 asteroids have made close approaches to the planet in the past 2 days. Though none of these asteroids actually hit Earth, they are still classified as Potentially Hazardous Objects due to the close proximity by which they pass the planet.…

The Great Barrier Reef is in danger and should be labeled with that official designation on the list of World Heritage sites, according to a joint assessment by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The report, released Monday, describes an ecosystem in steep decline and at the mercy of rapidly warming oceans and inadequate protections. However, the Australian government disagrees. The country’s Environment and…

As the old saying goes, one person’s trash can often be another person’s treasure. That applies to all walks of life, but one highly specific instance focuses on last year’s ambitious sci-fi thriller Sensation. On Rotten Tomatoes, writer and director Martin Grof’s high-concept genre-bender holds a meager score of just 13 percent – fulfilling the trash side of the equation. However, the user rating is almost through the roof at a whopping 95 percent, so those compelled to cast their votes on the aggregation site obviously…