Hellish

That's what makes the disaster in Ohio so alarming. Five rail cars of vinyl chloride burned—some of it done intentionally to reduce building pressure—likely producing toxic compounds called dioxins. Because hot air from a fire rises, the flames from the train sent a black plume high into the air, potentially spreading toxicants far beyond the site of the derailment. “The thing about dioxins is they're potent at really low levels, and are persistent and bioaccumulative,” says Schettler. This means they persist in the body…

During the darkest days of the pandemic, there was a universal hankering for escape, from the grimness of the unendingly awful news and also from our homes, another country suddenly seeming more like another world. When stringent protocols had a financial and logistical impact on production, stories that took place in relatively remote locations with relatively small casts started to propagate. But what’s interesting about so many of them, from The Menu to Glass Onion to Triangle of Sadness to Fall to The White Lotus and…

The most powerful volcanic eruptions in the Solar System occur not on Earth, but on Io, a sulfurous moon orbiting the planet Jupiter.And now, researchers from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in the US have noticed a recent outburst that's been surprisingly productive, even for a hellish world like Io.In the space around Jupiter, a torus of plasma created and fed by Io's volcanic emissions grew significantly richer between July and September of last year and persisted until December, showing the moon underwent a…

How should we assess writer-director Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s historical fiction novel about the inner life of Marilyn Monroe? Some have viewed it as a biopic and judged it accordingly, worrying about its (lack of) fidelity to the known details of Monroe’s life, and attempting to evaluate how accurately or (un)fairly it presents her strengths and weaknesses, on and off screen. Others have interpreted it as a more expressionist portrayal of the gap between private and public personae – a generic…

Sony Today’s just been a day of pleasant, video game flavored surprises. To cap off a neat but ho-hum State of Play, Sony dropped the story trailer for God Of War Ragnarok. Ragnarok sees the return of Kratos and Atreus as the two seemingly fend off (or, perhaps initiate) the arrival of Ragnarok — the end of the world in Norse mythology. Along the way, it seems like the father-son odd couple make new friends and enemies as they beat the shit out of every living creature in their path. The trailer…

Put it back in the bargain bin I only knew two things before purchasing 2007’s Heavenly Guardian on PS2. First, it was going to be a game in the Pocky & Rocky series, only maybe not really. It looked to be aiming more at Kiki Kaikai, which the Pocky & Rocky games are the sequels to, but I’m not going to get into the finer details of why they’re almost two separate series. The quick version is this: Kiki Kaikai is Taito; Pocky & Rocky is Natsume. Yes, this means that Pocky & Rocky with Becky is more a part…

Wordle 409 answer for August 2: Today’s puzzle is hellishly difficult. Without these Wordle hints, clues and solution, you will be relying upon just your luck to find the answer. Wordle 409 answer for August 2: After the deceptive word Quart yesterday, today's puzzle again takes the difficulty up a notch. Players this week will have to wait for some respite as today's word again threatens their win-streak. And today's word is a both a challenge and an…

Leaning into H.H. Holmes Supermassive Games lifted the lid on The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me, the fourth entry in its cinematic horror-adventure series, due for release this fall. The main star this time around is Jessie Buckley, who leads a film crew into a trap-filled hotel. Not just any hotel, of course — a “faithful recreation of the H.H. Holmes murder castle.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjIyxtSzy_o After Man of Medan, Little Hope, and House of Ashes, this game will cap off “Season One” of the…

Quordle 157 answer for June 30, 2022: It’s an extremely challenging puzzle today. Securing a win without these Quordle hints, clues and solutions will be impossible. Quordle 157 answer for June 30, 2022: We were so close to breaking the Quordle curse, but sadly, the streak continues. For the fourth month running, the game picks out the toughest words for the end of the month puzzles. Usually this nefarious attack begins after 25th of any given month, but this…

NASA has big plans to explore Venus within the next 10 years. Last week, the space agency shared details about its Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble Gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) probe. The probe is scheduled to launch in June of 2029. NASA hopes to have it in position to enter the atmosphere by June of 2031. DAVINCI will explore Venus’ surface like never before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETm-hildOo4 To say that NASA has a lot of big plans for the next 10 years would be an…