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December 1, 20235min readLetters to the editors for the July/August 2023 issue of Scientific American Credit: Scientific American, July/August 2023WANDERING STARPhil Plait's article “Our Sun Was Born Far, Far from Here” was informative as to how our nascent Sol might have formed, and its anthropomorphic analogy of the sun having far-distant and widespread “siblings” was quaint. But to use this analogy, young stars do not spontaneously go wandering off like runaway adolescents. It would have been helpful for the article…

When Alana Evans found out Ron Jeremy’s rape case would end with him being released to a “private residence,” she said it left her emotionally drained and completely derailed. A longtime adult film entertainer and president of the Adult Performance Artists Guild, Evans testified before the Los Angeles County grand jury that indicted Jeremy on more than 30 counts of sexual assault in 2021 and spent years working with women in the porn industry who decided to speak out against one of its most legendary figures.It was…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWallace and Gromit fans have spent the weekend worrying about the fate of production studios Aardman Animations after it was reported that the stop-motion animation studios were “running out of clay”.The Bristol-based animation company behind British classics such as Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run were said to be in their “time of knead” last week when The Telegraph reported that…

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s relationship has had rumors surrounding it for years. Now, a new allegation has been made that Will Smith had a sexual relationship with Duane Martin. In response, the actors set the record straight by calling the rumor "ridiculous," "nonsense" and "fabricated," among other things. The rumor began when Brother Bilal, who claims to be Smith’s former assistant, alleged that Will Smith slept with Duane Martin. While on The Breakfast Club show, Pinkett Smith was asked about these claims…

Actor Adam Driver is one of the more acclaimed talents of this generation, appearing in both tentpole movies like Star Wars and prestige films like Spike Lee’s BlackKklansman. He’s got another highly anticipated drama project coming to theaters with Michael Mann’s Ferrari (which is one of Driver’s best movies), which will arrive in theaters for the holidays. But some early screenings have appended, and now we can see Adam Driver’s F-bomb response when critiqued by a fan over “cheesy” Ferrari scenes. While the new sports…

Negative reviews can be scary for business owners but can also be a chance to grow and improve.  How you handle negative reviews affects how potential customers see your business.  This article explores the importance of responding to negative reviews, determining why they happened, and tips for addressing dissatisfied customers’ concerns. Negative reviews can help your business Today’s customers largely rely on review sites to inform their purchasing decisions. Negative reviews can deter potential customers…

Making her big screen appearance with Ryan Gosling in her upcoming big flick `Barbie` on July 21, Margot Robbie gave a witty four-word response to people who mistook her for `Sex Education` actress Emma Mackay. According to Mirror, the `Suicide Squad` actress, in a Buzzfeed interview, shared her typical response to fans when compare her to the British actress, saying: "When people come up and say, `I loved you in Sex Education`, I just say, `Thank you so much`." The two actresses are known to share a resemblance, which…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said she agreed Washington will listen to Chinese complaints about security-related curbs on U.S. technology exports and might "respond to unintended consequences" as she ended a visit to Beijing aimed at reviving strained relations.Yellen defended "targeted measures" on trade that China's leaders complain are aimed at hurting its fledgling tech industries. She said the Biden administration wants to "avoid unnecessary repercussions" but gave no indication of possible changes.…

COUNTER ARGUMENTS In “Born to Count,” Sam Clarke and Jacob Beck present several experiments that they assert demonstrate that humans are born with an innate “number sense.” But not one of them indicates that the concept of, say, “eightness” is innate. What they instead show is that there is an innate inequality sense, an ability to distinguish which of two quantities is larger, provided that the difference between them is large enough. JOEL SANET via e-mail The various experiments Clarke and Beck describe demonstrate…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley has announced that the London police force is to attend fewer mental health emergencies. As part of an approach called Right Care, Right Person, police officers will only respond to 999 mental health calls when there is an "immediate threat to life." The new strategy will be implemented from September 1 2023.…