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Image via Disney Plus/LucasFilm Ahsoka star Rosario Dawson reveals that not unlike how Jedi go through a laborious training process, she had to fine-tune her acting chops from a very early age. And just as Snips trained under the best, the actress had a great mentor in the form of award-winning and influential director Spike Lee. During a recent chat with The Hollywood Reporter as part of their new Drama Actress Roundtable, Dawson explained how working with Lee on He Got Game and 25th Hour prepared her for…

Amur River clams recovered from San Francisco Bay. Credit: Stephen Himson Leicester researchers searching for a "golden spike" to formally define humanity's current geological period—and acknowledge human impact on our planet—have announced a major step in their analysis at an international conference on Wednesday. …

Attendees look at the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck at the Washington Auto Show in Washington on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesThe cost to produce electric vehicles is primed to surge over the next four years, according to a new report, the result of scarcity in key raw materials needed to make EV battery cells."The tsunami of demand is coming," said Sam Jaffe, vice president of battery solutions for E Source, a research firm in Boulder, Colorado. "I don't think…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Ontario News Crime Spree this year hits 60 compared to 59 for all of last year. “Thankfully the victims were unharmed": Insp. Rich Harris Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner speaks to reporters after a locker clean-out at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Photo by FILES /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content Without identifying Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner by name, Toronto Police say officers are “feverishly” working to solve Monday…

The recent spike in cases of sudden, severe hepatitis in children around the world has been widely reported. Recently, several news outlets have highlighted a possible link between cases and contacts with pet dogs.  However, the data suggesting this link is extremely weak – in fact, probably a lot weaker than most of the alternative hypotheses that have been proposed.The spike in hepatitis cases in children was first noticed in the UK, but has now been reported in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Although the numbers…

It’s a very promising world first! Scientists at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) have managed to identify the key that allows the Covid virus to attack cells. Better still, they have also managed to close the lock to block the virus and prevent its interaction with the cell, in other words, to prevent infection. This discovery, published in the journal Nature Communications, raises a huge hope: that of developing an antiviral, in the form of an aerosol, which would help to eradicate the virus in case of infection or…

Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military activity causing radioactive dust to rise into the air.The former power plant was captured by Russian forces on Thursday after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said.The still-radioactive site of the 1986 nuclear disaster lies some 100km (62 miles) from Kyiv.Experts at Ukraine's…