Tess

1977 – 2023 The entertainment world is in mourning after hearing the sad news that Annie Wersching, who portrayed the much-loved character of Tess in Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, passed away on Sunday, January 29. She was 45. Wersching was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1977 and pursued the dramatic arts at an early age, training as an Irish stepdancer throughout her schooling before transitioning to the world of the theater during her college years, eventually earning a BFA in Musical Theater in 1999. Wersching’s…

Image: Marvel StudiosAnnie Wersching recently passed away at the age of 45. Per her friends and family, and confirmed by Deadline, the Star Trek and Timeless actor was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 2020.“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today,” wrote her husband Stephen Full. “But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell BYE! until we were out of earshot and…

A clicker on The Last Of Us.Image: HBOWe’re only two episodes into HBO’s adaptation of The Last Of Us but as the season goes on, one thing is going to become abundantly clear: there’s less action on the show than in the video game.This makes sense for a number of reasons. The big one is video games are an active experience. Players are making the action happen themselves and they’d much rather fight a zombie than walk down a street. Television, however, is a passive experience as the viewers let the story happen as they…

Anna Torv as Tess.Image: HBOAfter only two weeks, it should be pretty clear that HBO’s The Last of Us is catching on with audiences. From its spot-on adaptation of elements of the video game, to its dark extensions of that lore, to the terrifying reality of its world, fans and non-fans of the game alike seem to be eating it up. And, in the latest episode, there seemed to be less eating and more... kissing, which some may have found curious.As discussed in our extended recap, episode twoof The Last of Us ended with Tess…

NASA's TESS has discovered an Earth-like planet in a habitable zone near a star. Here’s what you need to know. Water is the life force behind every living being on planet Earth. Without water, there is no life. Humans have been on the hunt for an Earth-like planet for decades. Space agencies like NASA, ISRO, CNSA and ESA use their extensive resources to search for planets which could support life one day, should the need to ever leave Earth arise. Although there are more planets in the Universe than you could ever…

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found success in detecting various exoplanets throughout the universe. Now, though, the satellite has detected what scientists believe may be a second possibly habitable Earth-sized planet in a system called TOI 700. The planet, which is believed to be rocky like our own, is within the habitable zone of its star. The habitable zone of a star is essentially the area where liquid water could occur on the planet’s surface. In our solar system, Earth is the…

You know that extreme paranoia you have about dropping your favorite device in the toilet? Withings wants you to forget all that for its latest health-tracking device, the U-Scan, which is not only specifically designed to be used in a toilet bowl, but to be urinated on as well. Stick with us; it’s not as gross as it sounds.There’s only so much health information that can be collected from strapping a smartwatch to your wrist, clipping a pulse oximeter to your finger, or wrapping an inflatable blood pressure cuff around…

Screenshot: HBO MaxIf there’s a genre that won’t die, it’s survivors doing their best (and sometimes their worst) amid a zombie apocalypse. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us PlayStation games offer a particularly compelling take on the story—which is why the series is soon making the jump to HBO Max. Today, we’ve got close-up looks at the main characters thanks to a series of new posters.The adaptation, which arrives January 15,  stars The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal as Joel, a man out for redemption in a world riddled with…

By NASA October 18, 2022Artist concept of TESS observing an M dwarf star with orbiting planets. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterOn Thursday, October 13, at around 6:30 p.m. EDT <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the…

By NASA October 13, 2022Illustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at work. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics…