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Image via Netflix Netflix has a calculated plan for building and sustaining as many in-house franchises as possible, and while the results have been about as hit-or-miss as you’d expect, it isn’t hard to think the company doesn’t account for sleeper successes like Lust Stories. After all, a Hindi anthology comprised of four short films that dive into the complexities of modern love told from the perspective of Indian women – covering everything from crumbling marriages to performance issues in the bedroom –…

A frame from The Spider WithinScreenshot: SonyThis weekend, at the Annecy International Film Festival and Market, a short Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse film was screened for audiences. Jarelle Dampier, an emerging animation artist and director, was able to direct the short starring Miles Morales (and voice actor Shameik Moore), as part of Sony Pictures Imageworks’ LENS (Leading and Empowering New Storytellers) program.She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 9 Finale ReviewIn this short film, called The Spider Within,…

Credit: New directions for tackling food safety risks in the informal sector of developing countries (2023). A report commissioned by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on One Health highlights the urgent need for innovative strategies to address food safety risks in the informal sector of developing countries. The report "New Directions for Tackling Food Safety Risks in the Informal…

FuturLab and Games Workshop have announced that last year’s clean-’em’-up hit PowerWash Simulator will tackle the world of Warhammer 40,000 with an upcoming downloadable content (DLC) release. In a trailer that debuted at the Warhammer Skulls 2023 livestream, FuturLab revealed its now-iconic powerwasher being used to clear grime away from the Warhammer 40,000 logo. While a release date for the DLC is yet to be confirmed, it will see players visit Games Workshop’s vision of the distant, dark future portrayed in the…

It can cost billions of dollars to develop drugs and a large percentage fail at the trial stage, so a number of companies are deploying AI to help in that area. Google's Cloud division is the latest to join that race with two new suites aimed at addressing drug discovery while advancing precision medicine, it announced.  The Target and Lead Identification Suite aims to help drug companies better understand proteins and amino acids that are key to drug development. Specifically, it's designed to help scientists identify…

Roscosmos spacewalker Sergey Prokopyev works outside the International Space Station’s Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module on May 3, 2023. Credit: NASACosmonauts Prokopyev and Petelin prepared for a spacewalk, while the rest of Expedition 69 crew focused on eye exams, lab maintenance, and human research aboard the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

Jack Harlow has offered another critique of whiteness in hip-hop. The Kentucky-born rapper revisited the topic in “Common Ground,” the opening track of his newly released third studio album, Jackman. Harlow addresses the ways in which some white rap fans have become cultural tourists who embrace and appropriate the hip-hop lifestyle while cloaked in privilege.“The suburbs are filled with ebonics and trap sonics Frat boys sayin’, ‘No cap, put racks on it,’ he raps on the track, co-produced by BabeTruth, Mike Wavvs,…

That’s right, it’s a Tournament arc Crusader Kings III is setting out for some new festivities in May. The next Crusader Kings III expansion, dubbed Tours and Tournaments, debuts on May 11, 2023. While Crusader Kings has had plenty of courtroom drama, this particular expansion looks to add some pageantry to all of it. Host a royal wedding! It’s never gone poorly for anyone, ever. Head out on tour, or yes, even hold your own tournament. I’m sure leaving your kingdom in the hands of a cunning and ambitious seat-warmer…

(Left) Scanning electron microscopy image of numerous Trichomonas vaginalis organisms attached to epithelial cells grown in the laboratory. (Right) An enlargement of the microscopy photo showing two organisms grown in the laboratory. Credit: Washington State UniversityA new, affordable finger-prick diagnostic test developed by Washington State University researcher John Alderete could help combat the prevalent but underdiagnosed sexually transmitted infection, Trichomonas vaginalis. The test delivers results in just five…

(Illustration: Rahul Awasthi)China is ramping up efforts to develop home-grown semiconductor talent as it seeks to rapidly fill a shortage of expertise that has been made worse by U.S. efforts to limit Beijing's access to advanced chip technology. Enrolments for undergraduate and post-graduate courses have surged over the past five years thanks to new funds for top universities as well as a boom in smaller private schools focused on shorter-term instruction. Some graduates with degrees in other subjects are being…