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Image via Marvel Valkyrie probably didn’t need the official title to keep watching over Asgardians after protecting them for five years between Infinity War and Endgame, so Tessa Thompson is asking fans not to fuss too much over the fact that she’ll be called king and not queen in Thor: Love and Thunder. With the fourth Thor installment on the horizon, the marketing machine is kicking up a thunderous hype for Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth’s return. In the latest issue of Total Film, Thompson spoke about…

University of Arizona astronomers have identified a new class of star system. The collection of mostly young blue stars are seen here using the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: Michael JonesThe stellar structures are thought to be created when galaxies collide with hot gas in a process that could be likened to doing a belly flop in a swimming pool.University of Arizona astronomers have identified five examples of a new class of stellar system. They’re not quite galaxies and only exist in…

When massive stars die, they don't do so quietly.Their deaths are spectacularly brilliant affairs that light up the cosmos, a supernova explosion that sends star guts punching out into space in a cloud of splendor. Meanwhile, the core of the star-that-was can linger on, collapsed into an ultra-dense neutron star or black hole.  If that explosion takes place in a certain way, it can send the collapsed core barreling across the Milky Way like a bat out of hell, at such insane velocities they can eventually punch clean out…

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)People with a severe form of baldness will now have a significant treatment option available. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved baricitinib for treating alopecia areata. The drug, taken as a pill, is the first of its kind intended to treat the autoimmune disorder, though it’s already commonly used for other conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.Alopecia areata is caused by an overactive immune system that attacks hair follicle cells. Hair loss typically occurs before age…

Sometimes the discovery of new physics demands insane levels of energy. Big machines. Fancy equipment. Countless hours of sifting through reams of data.And then sometimes the right combination of materials can open a doorway to invisible realms in a space little bigger than a tabletop.  Take this new kind of relative to the Higgs boson, for example. It was found lurking in a room temperature chunk of layered tellurium crystals. Unlike its famous cousin, it didn't take years of smashing up particles to spot it, either.…

“We still like to think of it as it works perfectly as a DLC piece” Studio MDHR has been busy. Like, busy for the last five years or so, busy. Cuphead came out in September of 2017! From the original PC and Xbox One platforms it expanded to Switch in 2019, and PS4 in 2020. But it definitely feels like it came out recently, namely due to the airtight gameplay and evergreen aesthetic. If what we’ve seen of the Delicious Last Course DLC is representative of what’s to come, odds are it’ll be relevant for even longer. Here’s…

Dark Crisis #1 Writer: Joshua WilliamsonArtist: Daniel SampereColorist: Alejandro SánchezLetterer: Tom NapolitanoCover Artists: Daniel Sampere & Alejandro SánchezPublisher: DC Comics Dark Crisis is upon us. The storyline that DC Comics has been building to for the past eighteen months is finally here. Writer Joshua Williamson, the architect of the Infinite Frontier storyline that has led to the current event, is joined by artist Daniel Sampere, colorist Alejandro Sánchez, and letterer Tom Napolitano for the series,…

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings made Simu Liu a bonafide movie star. The superhero film gave audiences the wonderful friendship of Shang-Chi and Awkafina’s Katy, but there’s another friendship they might’ve missed. The Marvel film exposed the hilariously sarcastic friendship between Liu and The Daily Show’s Ronny Chieng. So it should be no surprise that the Shang-Chi actor took a shot at Chieng while thanking Ryan Reynolds and Olivia Munn for their kind book words.Of course, the Kim’s Convenience alum dug up…

“We didn't see any indication of their drinking coming back to baseline, so we think that maybe this epigenetic editing will produce a long-lasting effect,” Pandey says. “I think a lot more work needs to be done in terms of how this can be translated into humans for a therapy, but I have high hopes.”To test that the Arc gene was truly responsible for this outcome, the researchers also designed a Crispr injection meant to decrease its expression. They tested it in rats that weren’t exposed to alcohol in adolescence.…

Anna Gross / Financial Times: BT partners with Ericsson to offer private 5G networks to companies in the UK, the first service of its kind — Telecoms groups have invested heavily in new technology and say it can help industry become more efficient — BT has joined forces with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson … Anna Gross / Financial Times: BT partners with Ericsson to offer private 5G networks to companies in the UK, the first service of its kind …