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Martin Scorsese’s 1985 screwball noir is now on rerelease. It felt at the time – and feels now – like an atypical Scorsese movie, a more generic and less auteurist project he accepted from its producer-star Griffin Dunne while progress on his Last Temptation of Christ had temporarily stalled. Maybe he thought of it as “road work”, but time has lent interest to After Hours; the obviously comic and farcical aspect has receded and its strangeness and anxiety loom larger, in a string of unsexy encounters and chilling…

Scraping ice off your car window might get a lot easier in the future thanks to a new spray coating developed by scientists in Austria. That's because of the way the molecules line up – or don't – during its high-tech creation process.While anti-ice coatings aren't new, there have always been problems with them, says a research team at Austria's Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). Primarily, they can often detach from the surfaces they are meant to keep free from freezing.So researchers there set out to improve upon…

What can you do inside a short story? Of the many engagements with other writers in Mary Costello’s collection, one ambition appears to guide her particularly; that of the narrator in a Jorge Luis Borges story who glimpses the Aleph, the point in space that contains everything, in Costello’s rendering, “the tiny sphere that encloses the whole universe, that makes visible every point and every place and every act from every angle, and in every light”. In her second book of short stories – The China Factory appeared more…

Run, don't walk, to the cinema is all I can say. This electrifying picture is part tender coming-of-age film and part gang-warfare epic from the Brazilian slum, or favela, told from the viewpoint of the children who manage to be both its underclass and its criminal overlords. It's a movie with all the dials cranked up to 11, an overwhelming, intoxicating assault on the senses, and a thriller so tense that you might have the red seat plush in front of you - or even some unfortunate's hair - gripped in both fists.Amores…

Scientists have identified a mutation that significantly boosts the cancer-fighting ability of engineered T cells without causing toxicity. This innovative approach, which works against multiple tumor types in mice, could lead to effective treatments for previously incurable cancers and is advancing toward human trials. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers have engineered T cells with a cancer-derived mutation, boosting their potency against tumors over 100-fold without toxicity, marking a significant advancement in…

In this study, the researchers used state-of-the-art climate models and other tools to analyze the effect increasing CO2 has on a region of the upper atmosphere—known as the stratosphere—that scientists have long known cools with increasing CO2 concentrations. They found that this stratosphere cooling causes subsequent increases in CO2 to have a larger heat-trapping effect than previous increases, causing carbon dioxide to become more potent as a…

After launching the impressive Dimensity 9300 processor for flagship smartphones, MediaTek has unveiled a slightly lower-end chip: Dimensity 8300. But it is still a very potent chip and is targeted to be used in higher mid-range smartphones. The Dimensity 8300 is a step down compared to the Dimensity 9300 but offers powerful gaming chops and even on-device Generative AI capabilities. This chip is available in China already, and the first phone to use this will be the Xiaomi Redmi K70E, which launches later this month.…

Scientists at UF Scripps Institute discovered two unique enzymes that could revolutionize the production of natural chemicals for medical purposes, including the development of new cancer treatments. This discovery also contributes to understanding the mechanisms behind potent compounds like tiancimycin A.Natural Products Collection Reveals Novel Enzymes With Surprising PropertiesSlumbering among thousands of bacterial strains in a collection of natural specimens at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical…

Lenovo has a vast lineup of notebooks that cater to a variety of audiences. Its Yoga lineup this year is quite interesting, packing the latest hardware in a slim and lightweight design. One such product is the Yoga Pro 7i (previously called the Yoga Sim 7i Pro), which is primarily targeted at budding creators or someone who is looking for a sleek yet powerful laptop. The 2023 Yoga Pro 7i is powered by the latest 13th-gen Intel CPUs, with two configurations featuring the Core i7 13700H. This is commendable as the…

If you’d have predicted 15 years ago that Peckham’s Giggs and US rap mogul Diddy would one day share a stage in Shepherd’s Bush, you might have received some strange looks. Road-rap legend Giggs half-talks quintessentially British bars (“Walk in the party sporting Armani / half of the crowd’s all snorting my charlie”) sounding like someone who smokes 40 a day while driving through south London drizzle. Diddy, meanwhile, is all exuberance and flashy catchphrases, the shiny suit-wearing personality that helped launch the…