Don’t you just hate it when you plan a nice vacation to reconnect with your daughters and then a lion starts terrorizing you? Idris Elba feels your pain. Elba stars in the upcoming thriller Beast, where he plays the recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels. He brings his two daughters (Iyana […]
Day: May 25, 2022
Sen. Chris Murphy begs Congress for gun control in impactful speech
The congressman who once served as the representative for the town of Sandy Hook gave a rousing viral speech in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting in which an 18-year-old killed at least 19 children and two adults. “What are we doing?” Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy […]
‘Sniper Elite 5’ suggests not all Nazis were bad. F*ck that garbage.
Derelict James Bond cruise ship gets second life after a man bought it on Craigslist
‘This Is Us’ is done forever. The cast had some lovely mushy things to tweet.
Jacinda Ardern talks to Stephen Colbert about gun control in New Zealand
In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting on Tuesday which left 19 children and two teachers dead, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to Stephen Colbert about gun control — and the measures her own government took following the 2019 Christchurch massacre which saw 51 people killed. […]
Astronomer captures image of the huge mile-wide asteroid (safely) passing Earth
It’s extremely unlikely that a colossal space rock will slam into Earth in the coming centuries, and beyond. NASA, however, is vigilantly watching the skies for any near-Earth objects that might threaten our planet, whether on a small, regional, or planetary scale. Asteroids, often small, regularly whizz by Earth — […]
‘Stranger Things’ is almost back, so here’s your reminder that Hopper should have stayed dead
NASA just showed us why its Mars lander will soon run out of power
After detecting over 1,300 Martian quakes, NASA’s InSight lander will soon run out of power. A thick layer of red dust has coated the landmark robot’s solar panels, depriving the geologic sleuth of the power it needs to continue investigating Mars’ interior. The space agency expects to shut down InSight’s […]