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Posted in: Comics, DC Comics, Preview | Tagged: nightwingWill Nightwing #112 solve Dick's high-flying dysfunction, or will Batman need to call comic industry's erectile experts? Stay tuned.Published Sat, 16 Mar 2024 09:26:08 -0500 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Nightwing #112 flies into stores 3/19 with high-flying troubles and a medieval tale. Dick Grayson's leaping issues explored as Batman dives into the investigation. Family saga concludes with Grayson lineage, plague, and revenge in the Middle…

Researchers studying tomb epitaphs from medieval China’s Tang Dynasty have uncovered evidence that education significantly influenced social mobility, similar to its role in modern times. The Imperial Exam, or Keju, was identified as a key factor in promoting meritocracy over aristocracy, illustrating the long-standing impact of education on career advancement and social status. Credit: SciTechDaily.comDemographic information derived from Chinese tomb inscriptions from the 7th to the 10th centuries mirrors sociological…

Tinybuild has announced Road Redemption developer Redemption Road Games’ Kingmakers, which takes medieval battle simulation and perverts it with modern firepower. I can dig it. The trailer’s pretty awesome, misdirecting with some shots of gameplay that could be torn out of any number of medieval RTS. Then, it cuts to someone driving a pickup truck through the battle, and it gets weirder from there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvezgDni8z4 You play as someone from the future who gets sent back in time to intervene in…

The remains of numerous individuals unearthed on the former site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist, taken during the 2010 excavation. Credit: Cambridge Archaeological Unit/St John’s CollegeA major research project has produced a collection of ‘bone biographies’ that narrate the lives of individuals from medieval Cambridge, as interpreted from their skeletal remains. These biographies shed light on the daily experiences of people during the period of the Black Death and its aftermath.The work is published…

In the middle ages, most dogs had jobs. In his book De Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified first and foremost according to their function in human society. At its apex were specialized hunting dogs, including greyhounds, known for their "incredible swiftnesse" and bloodhounds, whose powerful sense of smell drove them "through long lanes, crooked…

Friar Paolo Benanti wears the plain brown robes of his medieval Franciscan order as he pursues one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: how to govern artificial intelligence so that it enriches - and doesn't exploit - people's lives. Benanti is the Vatican's go-to person on the technology and he has the ear of Pope Francis as well as some of Silicon Valley's top engineers and executives. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Digital…

The rubbing of a tomb epitaph of a deceased elite (Du Zhongliang 杜忠良) in the Tang Dynasty. Red = surname and choronym; Blue = grandfather and father's full name and office rank; Yellow = the deceased elite's career trajectory; Green = age at death and time of death. Credit: Image courtesy of the National Library of China. In studying social mobility in today's industrialized nations, researchers typically rely on data from the…

At first glance, it looks like a piece of historical whimsy: a sequential, pictorial account of rats scurrying about in preparation for a wedding feast.Inked sometime between 1550 and 1650 CE, during Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama, or Edo Japan, the anonymous picture scroll titled Nezumi no sōshi emaki – The Illustrated Rat's Tale – is more than an interesting bit of art history.While early Japanese picture scrolls are considered by some to be the precursor to the manga art form that blossomed and boomed in the 20th century,…

Skeleton found in stone-lined grave. Credit: Cardiff University An early medieval cemetery has been discovered within the grounds of Fonmon Castle, near Barry, South Wales. Archaeologists from Cardiff University's School of History, Archaeology and Religion carried out a dig in the summer, with further radiocarbon dating and analysis revealing the…

No Rest for the Wicked is the new project from Moon Studios, the team behind Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel — and it looks as beautiful as you'd expect. It's a top-down action RPG set in the year 841, in a kingdom that's just lost its king. His arrogant and inexperienced son has taken over, and the Pestilence is sweeping the land. The turmoil has led a powerful religious leader to expand her influence in the region, and groups on the fringes are fighting for control wherever they can. You play as a holy warrior…