Shelf clouds sometimes form at the forward edge of thunderstorms. See photos here. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/photos-shelf-clouds-arcus…
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Truth Seekers review: Ghost-hunting capers from Shaun of the Dead duo
Amazon Prime’s Truth Seekers from Sean of the Dead duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is a mash up of British comedy and ghost hunting. Let’s hope the series becomes today’s Ghostbusters, says Emily Wilson Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833070-600-truth-seekers-review-ghost-hunting-capers-from-shaun-of-the-dead-duo/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Black Box review: Smart sci fi plays with identity, fate and death
Black Box is an intelligent and melancholy sci-fi film in which a man who loses his memory in a car crash takes extreme steps to get his life back, writes Simon Ings Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833050-600-black-box-review-smart-sci-fi-plays-with-identity-fate-and-death/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Nick Frost on ghost hunting with Simon Pegg
In a recent interview, Frost recalled being knocked unconscious while hunting ghosts on a rainy night. The comedy duo, who have written and starred in… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340270/nick-frost-on-ghost-hunting-with-simon-pegg…
Publishers Worry As Ebooks Fly Off Libraries’ Virtual Shelves
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: After the pandemic closed many libraries’ physical branches this spring, checkouts of ebooks are up 52 percent from the same period last year, according to OverDrive, which partners with 50,000 libraries worldwide. Hoopla, another service that connects libraries to publishers, says 439 library systems in the US and Canada have joined since March,…
Cool new Hubble portrait of Jupiter’s storms
A beautiful new image of Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope – captured in August 2020 – shows the planet’s icy moon Europa as well as several famous storms in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/hubble-jupiter-europa-famous-jovian-storms…
Cambridge Staff ‘Fobbed Off’ At Meeting Over ARM Sale To Nvidia, Says Union
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Opposition to the $40 billion sale of the UK’s largest tech firm, Arm Holdings, is mounting, as the trade union Unite said staff concerned about their future had been “fobbed off” and the company’s local MP urged the government to act. The government has so far declined to say whether it will…
The Pringles Tube Is Being Redesigned Because It’s a ‘Recycling Nightmare’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The distinctive Pringles tube is being re-designed after criticism that it’s almost impossible to recycle. The current container for the potato-based snack was condemned as a recycler’s nightmare. It’s a complex construction with a metal base, plastic cap, metal tear-off lid, and foil-lined cardboard sleeve. The Recycling Association dubbed it the number…
Book excerpt: ‘The Organ Thieves’ (Simon and Schuster, 2020)
White surgeons racing to perform a pioneering transplant in 1968 took a Black patient’s heart — but didn’t tell his family. Source: https://www.livescience.com/the-organ-thieves-book-excerpt.html
Amazon and Mall Operator Look at Turning Sears, J.C. Penney Stores Into Fulfillment Centers
The largest mall owner in the U.S. has been in talks with Amazon.com, the company many retailers denounce as the mall industry’s biggest disrupter, to take over space left by ailing department stores. From a report: Simon Property Group has been exploring with Amazon the possibility of turning some of the property owner’s anchor department stores into Amazon distribution hubs, according…