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The way the world works – or at least a certain element of social media – is that regardless of which Marvel Cinematic Universe project is currently dominating the conversation, Brie Larson will end up being trolled in one way or another. For a very recent example, look no further than Secret Invasion; when it was revealed in an exchange between Nick Fury and Talos that Carol Danvers was “off-world” again, a meme quickly arose that decided to dub the omnipotent superhero as “Captain Useless” for never being around when…

Researchers have unearthed a new process of planet formation within the “birth environment” or the protoplanetary disc of dust and gas swirling around a central star. The method, termed “sandwiched planet formation,” suggests that the presence of two large planets in a protoplanetary disc can lead to the formation of a smaller planet between them. This is due to the two larger planets hindering the inward flow of dust, leading to the accretion of less dust between them. Over time, the gathered dust can come together to…

Image via Lucasfilm Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny should have been a hit. This is one of the most revered franchises in cinematic history, comes from a director with a string of critically acclaimed projects, and boasts bona fide screen legend Harrison Ford cracking the whip one last time. But sadly, it seems that opening weekend audiences simply weren’t interested. Dial of Destiny debuted to a disappointing $60 million domestic opening weekend and also cratered overseas at a paltry $130 million. When…

Steam Next Fest is underway, with hundreds of indie developers offering free demos of their upcoming titles. Sabotage Studio--and its highly anticipated RPG Sea Of Stars--is one of them, but the developer suddenly faces a new obstacle: Twitter has marked links to the game's Steam page as unsafe, and the studio has no idea why.The official Sea Of Stars Twitter account publicly reached out to Twitter's support team, with the tweet asking, "is there anything you can do about our Steam link being flagged as…

An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.The demand builds on a campaign by the eSafety Commissioner to make the website more accountable after Musk, one of the world's richest people, bought it for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,61,687 crore) in October with a promise to restore its commitment to free speech.The regulator…

via Warner Bros. The Hollywood hype machine tends to be one of the most well-oiled enterprises in all of popular culture, but The Flash has been discovering firsthand that telling everybody a movie is one of the greatest to ever exist within its genre of choice has the potential to backfire. Warner Bros. went hard on letting the world know that greatness was in our midst; as well as screening multiple times and handing out free tickets for advanced previews, everybody from company co-CEO James Gunn to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFilm fans are expressing their fury after a scene in The French Connection was censored without explanation.Those watching William Friedkin’s 1971 drama on US streaming platform Criterion Channel were left confused by a clunky edit during a scene roughly 10 minutes into the film.The sequence, set in the New York police precinct, features a conversation between detectives “Popeye” Doyle…

This past Sunday, May 14, Sacramento, Lincoln, and Patterson residents reported seeing bizarre lights in the California sky. The lights appeared in a straight line and created quite a bit of talk among the locals who spotted them. While these sightings can be exciting for UFO enthusiasts, their explanation is likely more mundane than expected. According to CBS News, the lights spotted over the northern California area were most likely created by Starlink satellites launched into orbit on Sunday night. The…

Apollo 8 pilot Bill Anders took this iconic photo of Earth from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. Earth’s continents—unique in the solar system—are visible, rising above the ocean. Credit: NASANew experiments have called into question a popular explanation for the properties that give rise to dry land.Despite being a crucial factor in making Earth a hospitable place for life compared to other planets in the solar system, the origins and unique characteristics of continents, massive segments of the planet’s…

To the best of our knowledge, humans have never been contacted by aliens from the depths of space. Yet statistically speaking, we shouldn't be alone. Like a spurned lover, we've desperately tried to work out why nobody has called, coming up with one possible excuse after another.A researcher from the Laboratory of Statistical Biophysics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has now come up with yet enother explanation for the radio silence, one inspired by the humble sponge."We've only…