It ’s already been establish that a pocket oftoxic Star Wars fandomis rooting forSharmeen Obaid - Chinoy ’s movieexploring the New Jedi Order to fail . But the star of the first Star Wars sport to be directed by a woman — Rey Skywalker herself , Daisy Ridley — is here to prompt devotee tokeep cultivation wars out of Star Wars . Inan interview with Variety , Ridley was asked how “ the franchise ’s first distaff film maker [ will ] bear on the serial publication , ” a question she ’s likely proceed to get tired of answering before the moving-picture show ’s still far - flung release date ....

It ’s dependable that many recent 3D moving picture have sucked . But now Roger Ebert claim there ’s a scientific understanding such pic fail – our brain ca n’t manage 3D. Now Slate ’s Dan Engber expose the pseudoscience behind this widely - hold in belief . In a terrific takedown of Ebert ’s widely - quotedarticle about why 3D ca n’t work , Slate skill editor Engber explains how all medium affects our genius in ways that evolution never intended ....

Watch out , Nicolas Cage ! Brandon Routh is muscling in on your territory with Dylan Dog : Dead of Night , in theaters today . Yes , the man who slip the part of Kal - El from you is point your “ horrible Z - movie ” crown . The difference of opinion is , the last couple Nic Cage outrages , Season of the Witch and Drive Angry 3D , were at least entertainingly appalling ....

Every cloud has a metaphorical silver lining , but it seems global warming has a literal one : increasing the relative frequency of high - altitude clouds that fall with recherche beauty on summer night . In a succeeding humankind lacking the optical splendor ofcoral reefsor ourmost majestic cities , Pollyannas may take comfort in this compensating looker . From a scientific period of purview , however , these clouds aid confirm the validity of atmospheric models ....

Visualizers were the sort of thing that I kind of assume had die with Windows Media Player and Winamp . But Google says no . Google tell you must have motion with your music . If you needed another reason to apply Google ’s online music serve ( apart from it still have theTaylor Swift back collection , duh ) , its new Particles visualizer is pretty compelling . The graphics are n’t the kind of sci - fi effect you used to get from Windows Media Player ; rather , it ’s something like what chance when you drop ink in weewee , only there ’s two of them and they trip the light fantastic toe around to the music ....

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I ’ll take one fade of “ anything weactually get to learnabout The Expanse season 4 , ” please . Amazon has announce , via a brief TV greeting from the humans himself , that Torchwood and Pacific Rim ’s Burn Gorman will appear in The Expanse ’s first - post - Syfy - outing as the heavily - adjoin security chief Adolphus Murtry . Introducing Adolphus Murtry . Welcome to#TheExpanseSeason 4,@burngorman....

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Being the ruler of one of the mankind ’s greatest empires might sound like a cushy job , yet it turns out thatRoman emperorshad one of the most dangerous occupations in human story . And while it ’s well know that many of those who prevail over Rome meet rather gummy ends , Modern inquiry has give away that their death were governed by the same mathematical principle that determines the severity of earthquakes and the figure of social media followers a person has ....

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Nauru Airlinesmight not be a household name , but this small airline has a engrossing chronicle and singular mathematical process . Did you know that Nauru Airlinesstarted as Air Nauru in 1969 ? This airway do as the national immune carrier for the tiny island nation of Nauru , located in the Pacific Ocean . Despite itssize , Nauru Airlines play a crucial role in connect remote Pacific islands with Australia and other destinations ....