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The magnetic nozzle rf plasma thruster operated in a Mega hpt vacuum chamber at Tohoku University. Credit: Kazunori TakahashiA researcher at Tohoku University has made significant improvements to a high-power electrodeless <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>plasma</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solid, liquid, and gas. It is an ionized gas consisting…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett has become the first actor to win a Golden Globe for a performance in a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film.The 64-year-old star took home the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for her role in last year’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Bassett beat out Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything…

Last updated: January 10th, 2023 at 14:16 UTC+01:00 The Galaxy S23 launch is certainly drawing near, and as is usually the case before major Unpacked events, leaks are beginning to crop up more often the closer we get to the official release. A couple of official teaser videos have now leaked in GIF format! Although they don’t reveal the Galaxy S23 series itself, they confirm a triple-camera setup (at least for the Galaxy S23 and S23+) while giving us a preview of the things Samsung is focusing on for the 2023…

If you don’t want to buy a console or prefer the PC gaming experience, you’ll probably need a device running Windows. Apple is yet to embrace gaming on macOS, while most AAA titles won’t run on Chrome OS.  Windows 10 offers a solid gaming experience and will be supported until October 2025, but Microsoft has specifically advertised Windows 11 as a great operating system for gaming.  The latter adds a couple of extra features you won’t find on Windows 10, but there are some extra steps you can take to get the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 80th Golden Globe Awards this week kicks off Hollywood's annual awards season, which culminates with the Academy Awards in March. The nominees who are left empty-handed on awards night face the emotional letdown of almost winning. It's the sting felt by anyone who almost had the win—think France's…

Photo: Damien Gula / GizmodoIt is an exceptional time to be a PC hardware enthusiast – especially when it comes to CPUs! This past fall, we saw AMD and Intel trade blows with their latest silicon. With benefits on both sides of the aisle, modern system builders have a tough decision when it comes to deciding on a CPU platform.In our testing, we found that both Ryzen 7000 and 13th Gen Intel platforms provided fantastic performance, but they ran hot and were incredibly power hungry. It’s a big flex on both sides, really,…

Competition is good for business, even when it comes to competing movies about evil dolls. Between seven horror movies (see our ranking of all 7 Chucky films) and two seasons of television, Chucky might be the OG MVP of serial murders, but there is a new killer doll on the block, and she’s looking to dethrone the Good Guy with a penchant for high body counts. Between a halftime performance, viral memes, and a social media feud between the two murdering child playthings, a successful box office weekend seems to be on the…

How often does cross-validation pick the best forecasting model? What happens when it doesn’t?Photo by Héctor J. Rivas on UnsplashSuppose you have a forecasting problem. You need to select a model to solve it. You may want to test a few alternatives with cross-validation.Have you ever wondered what’s the chance that cross-validation selects the best possible model? And, if not, how poorer is the model that is picked?Let’s find out.Cross-validation, for time series or otherwise, solves two problems:Performance estimation.…

Whether you’re a seasoned EV driver in cold climates or this is your first winter driving an electric vehicle, there’s always more to learn about how to get the best range and performance from your EV when the temperatures drop. Electrek asked two experts for smart winter EV driving advice. This is what Richard Reina, the product training director at CARiD.com, and Casey Donahue, an energy analyst working as the CEO of Optiwatt, a residential managed charging platform in North America, had to say.…

Former wrestler Dave Bautista's breakout role in Hollywood was with the 2014 Marvel feature Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn. He played the warrior Drax the Destroyer in the superhero franchise film, becoming the comic relief in the series. The actor also received several kudos for his portrayal of Drax. This year, he says goodbye to the character after six movies over nine years. (Also read: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer out, fans say ‘this movie will be epic’)Dave is not the first wrestler to…