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Long daily commutes, extensive office meetings, and late night TV binges are not without a health cost. Repeated studies have made it clear that too much sitting is a recipe for an early grave.  Yet like so much in science, the evidence is limited to what can be studied close to home. Far from research institutions of affluent countries, the consequences of sedentary living haven't been scrutinized in as much detail, leaving open the possibility that low and middle income populations might have a different…

The Marvel comics multiverse is massive and labyrinthine, and it's only getting bigger as time rolls on. If you thought the complicated conflux of realities of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" was tangled, just wait until you attempt your first tour of its original comic book counterpart. Most universes are (relatively) straightforward alternate realities, like for example the universe of Earth-26615, which is seemingly identical to the 616 universe except that its Venom killed its Spider-Man.…

Rumours that Zenday is pregnant have been swirling for the last few days on social media. However, Zendaya has weighed in after a TikTok prank that claimed she was pregnant went viral. The video, which appears to have popped up earlier this week, featured a fake sonogram photo that was photoshopped to look as if the actress had posted it herself. The original videos were part of a prank called getting ‘Krissed.’ The video opened with an image of a fake sonogram image showing a fetus, with Zendaya’s profile image…

General Zod has humble origins. His first appearance wasn't even in "Action Comics" or "Superman," the two ongoing titles closely associated with the Man of Steel. Instead, it was in the pages of "Adventure Comics" #283. This was the title to feature the adventures of Superboy, and this issue marks his first encounter with the Phantom Zone. In an instance that would stretch the limits of plausibility if it wasn't occurring in a Silver Age DC story, a Phanton Zone projector falls from the sky and a fluke…

One of the most memorable roles Idina Menzel played on the Broadway stage was as Elphaba in Wicked. She’s otherwise known as the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West who became unlikely friends with Glinda before the events of The Wizard of Oz. With Wicked getting the film-adaptation treatment, the movie musical has cast its two leads. But, one of those leads will not be the actress who brought the role to life. Idina Menzel shares her “honest truth” about how it feels to not relive the Tony-winning role of Elphaba for…

If you were online at all this weekend, you may very well have noticed an interview that Simon Pegg gave to The Times (£). It didn’t offer much new information when it comes to Pegg (he had an alcohol problem, he wants to be taken seriously, he has tattoos now). However, it did appear to reveal something new about Pegg’s frequent co-star Tom Cruise: he is compulsively unable to display contrition.“The best thing he taught me is never to accept responsibility for a mistake,” Pegg said. “If something goes wrong and it’s his…

A long-running meme at The Verge is that copyright law is the only functional law on the internet — the entire internet is just made of copies, after all, so copyright law has become the go-to mechanism for everything from fighting harassment to stopping leaks. Confusion about how copyright law works is everywhere — and it’s getting even more complicated in the world of Web3. What does “owning” something on a blockchain mean, when that something is still just a bit of code that can be infinitely copied? Courts and…

Amber Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez has said she is “proud” of Heard despite the verdict.Last week, Johnny Depp won his high-profile defamation case against ex-wife Heard.On Sunday (5 June), Henriquez – who testified during the six-week trial – wrote on Instagram that she “still stands” with her older sister.“Yesterday, today and tomorrow I will always be proud of you for standing up for yourself, for testifying both here in Virginia and in the UK, and for being the voice of so many who can’t speak to the things that…

Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey have been one of those couples who are so adorable that it hurts. However, after one year of dating, there are now rumors circulating that the sweet cute couple has split. As for what happened between the two, it seems that the truth is more complicated than we think, thanks to some purported lingering feelings. Not all breakups have to be messy, as the reasoning for one is not always black and white. And that's what insiders would have us believe is going on with Michael B. Jordan and…

When Nebula was introduced in the MCU, she was initially a thorn in the side of her adoptive sister, Gamora. Over time, however, the two put aside their differences and focused on a common enemy: their daddy dearest and mad warlord, Thanos. Now it's safe to say that Nebula is an important part of the Guardians of the Galaxy and a pivotal hero in the overall context of the MCU. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Karen Gillan revealed that her character's arc was originally meant to be much smaller in the…