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Gizmodo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Could Nubia Be Joining James Gunn's DCU?
Cynthia Erivo and Michael Bay may be teaming up for a new sci-fi thriller. Somehow, the public domain horror movies have returned. Ivanna Sakhno talks about her hopes for a M3GAN 3.0. Plus, what's coming on Revival. Spoilers, away!According to Deadline, Universal and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes have teamed with Cynthia Ervo's production company, Edith's Daughter, on a film adaptation of Adrian Tchaikovsky's sci-fi/action/thriller, Saturation Point. Adapted for the screen by Minnie Schedeen, the story concerns Dr. Jasmine Marks as she 'leads a search and rescue mission into 'The Zone,' a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life. As she pushes further into the wilderness, Dr. Marks discovers the Zone is far deadlier than initially believed and not all forms of intelligent life are necessarily human…'. It's currently unclear if Bay or Erivo will play roles in the movie beyond producing. Speaking with Pay Or Wait (via Superhero Hype), James Gunn suggested Nubia is set to make her live-action debut in his DCU sometime 'in the not-too-distant future.' I'm very aware of Nubia. Yes, we are very much talking about that. I want to have all sorts of people represented in the DCU. And, yeah, you might be happy in the not-too-distant future. Bloody-Disgusting reports Demián Rugna (When Evil Lurks, Terrified) is attached to direct a new vampire horror-comedy titled FELIX: A Complex Puzzle. The story is said to follow Omin, 'a hard-partying vampire playboy and leader of the notorious 'Blood-Suckers' clan. After falling into a river during a wild yacht bender, Omin is presumed dead and sent to the morgue, where doctors mistakenly harvest all his organs, including a lung. Waking up the next morning, disoriented and dismembered, Omin rallies vampire bounty hunters from across the globe—from Romania to Indigenous American clans—to track down his missing body parts. Meanwhile, in the Big City, we meet Felix, a hypochondriac night tour guide unknowingly about to become part of the bloody puzzle.' Deadline also has word filming has already wrapped on Minnie's Midnight Massacre, a Minnie Mouse-inspired horror film produced by Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey's Stuart Alson and Nicole Holland. Starring Hannah Hueston, the story concerns 'Steamboat Willie's first mate, Minnie,' as she goes 'on a killing spree when seeking revenge against the childhood bullies who tortured her as a teenager.' During a recent interview with Empire, director Dan Trachtenberg revealed the main Predator of Badlands is named Dek, is considered to be the 'runt of [his] litter,' and audiences will hopefully root for him. He's a thing of few words, pretty blunt. He cuts straight to the point. Literally and figuratively. That feels like a big idea, not just within Predator, but in sci-fi generally. In most sci-fi universes, the 'creatures' are either bad guys or sidekicks. In [Badlands] it's: 'What if you were with the creature on this crazy mission to prove itself, seeing everything through its eyes?' After Prey, I had three ideas. One was Killer Of Killers, one was Badlands and one… I haven't done yet. So, there are other awesome ideas and time periods it'd be exciting to explore, and all that's been part of our discussion for [what's next]. Speaking with Screen Rant, AMELIA actress Ivanna Sakhno stated she hopes the M3GAN franchise continues to explore new genres with each sequel. The M3GAN Universe seems to take a new genre every time they're making a new film. So who knows? Maybe it is going to be like a little romantic comedy or whatever. Love story of M3GAN and AMELIA, or AMELIA finding a soulmate. Jason Blum, I hope he sees that because I'm all ready to dance. We have Amie (Donald), who is ready to also guide me into that world. So Jason, please. I'm here. I'm ready. Finally, Spoiler TV has images from 'Run Along Little Lamb,' this week's episode of Revival. Click through to see the rest. A new mandate targets Revivers as Em's memories spark a violent reckoning with brutal costs. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
New York Times
21-06-2025
- Science
- New York Times
Friday Is the Longest Day of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere
This article was published in 2024 and has been updated for 2025's summer solstice. On Friday, everyone in the northern half of our planet will experience the summer solstice. It'll be the longest day of the year north of the Equator, and it is the scientific start of summer. Earth has a solstice every six months, in June and in December. Leading up to the summer solstice, the sun appears in a higher spot in the sky at the same time each day until it reaches its maximum point. After the summer solstice, the days will get shorter. The sun will appear lower in the sky each day until the winter solstice, on Dec. 21. What time is the summer solstice this year? According to the National Weather Service, the summer solstice will occur on Friday at 10:42 p.m. Eastern time (it will be Saturday, June 21, in Coordinated Universal Time). This is the moment during the day when the sun reaches its most northern point in the sky during the year. Why do we have solstices? The sun's height in the sky each day changes because Earth spins on an axis that is tilted 23.5 degrees away from vertical. This means that depending on the time of year the hemispheres lean either toward or away from the sun. This is what gives Earth its seasons: When the northern half of the planet leans toward the sun, it experiences summer; at the same time, the southern half of the planet leans away from the sun, and is in winter. It is a mystery why Earth is angled this way, though some astronomers believe that its tilt paved the way for life to exist. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
What is the summer solstice? What to know about the longest day of the year
This year, the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice occurs on June 20 at 10:42 p.m. EST. South of the Equator, this same moment marks the beginning of summer. Solstices occur at the same time around the world, but their local times vary with time zones. Traditionally, summer and winter solstices helped mark the changing of the seasons—along with their counterparts, the spring and autumnal equinoxes. However, today's meteorologists officially use temperature records instead to draw lines between the seasons. So what exactly are solstices—and how have they been celebrated throughout history? Here's all you need to know. Solstices occur because Earth's axis of rotation is tilted about 23.4 degrees relative to Earth's orbit around the sun. This tilt drives our planet's seasons, as the Northern and Southern Hemispheres get unequal amounts of sunlight over the course of a year. From March to September, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted more toward the sun, driving its spring and summer. From September to March, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away, so it feels like autumn and winter. The Southern Hemisphere's seasons are reversed. (Here's the difference between astronomical and meteorological seasons.) On two moments each year—what are called solstices—Earth's axis is tilted most closely toward the sun. The hemisphere tilted most toward our home star sees its longest day, while the hemisphere tilted away from the sun sees its longest night. During the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice—which always falls around December 22—the Southern Hemisphere gets its summer solstice. During the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice—which always falls around June 21—the Southern Hemisphere gets its winter solstice. You can also think about solstices in terms of where on Earth the sun appears. When it's a summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Cancer, the latitude line at 23.5 degrees North. (That's as far north as you can go and still see the sun directly overhead.) During the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice, the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, the Tropic of Cancer's southern mirror image. Earth is not the only planet with solstices and equinoxes; any planet with a tilted rotational axis would see them, too. In fact, planetary scientists use solstices and equinoxes to define "seasons" for other planets in our solar system.(Here's what to know about equinoxes, too.) It's worth noting, though, that other planets' seasons don't climatically equal those on Earth for a few reasons. First, planets vary in their axial tilts: Venus's axis of rotation is tilted by just three degrees, so there's much less seasonal difference between the Venusian summer and winter solstices than those on Earth. In addition, planets such as Mars have less circular orbits than Earth's, which means that their distances from the sun vary more dramatically than ours do, with correspondingly bigger effects on seasonal temperature. Earth's axial tilt plays a much bigger role than its near-circular orbit in governing annual seasons. Earth makes its closest annual approach of the sun about two weeks after the December solstice, during the Northern Hemisphere's winter. Earth is farthest from the sun about two weeks after the June solstice, during the Northern Hemisphere's summer. For millennia, cultures around the world have devised ways to celebrate and revere these celestial events—from building structures that align with the solstice to throwing raucous festivals in its honor. (These are 6 of the best destinations to celebrate midsummer in Europe.) Though the purpose of the enigmatic English structure Stonehenge remains unknown, this 5,000-year-old monument has a famously special relationship with the solstices. On the summer solstice, the complex's Heel Stone, which stands outside Stonehenge's main circle, lines up with the rising sun. (Learn more about how to visit Stonehenge.) In Egypt, the Great Pyramids at Giza appear to be aligned with the sun as well. When viewed from the Sphinx, the sun sets between the pyramids of Khufu and Khafre during the summer solstice—though it remains unclear precisely how the ancient Egyptians oriented it this way. Many cultures have found unique ways to mark the summer solstice. The traditional Scandinavian holiday of Midsummer welcomes it with maypole dancing, drinking, and romance. During the Slavic holiday of Ivan Kupala, people wear floral wreaths and dance around bonfires, while some plucky souls jump over the fires as a way of ensuring good luck and health. In a more modern tradition, the people of Fairbanks, Alaska, swing in the summer solstice with a nighttime baseball game to celebrate the fact that they can get up to 22.5 hours of daylight in the summer. The Midnight Sun Game has been played since 1906. (See the summer solstice from a Roman emperor's party cave.) The winter solstice has had its share of celebrations, too. On June 24, in time with the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, the Inca Empire celebrated Inti Raymi, a festival that honored the Inca religion's powerful sun god Inti and marked the Inca new year. The festival is still celebrated throughout the Andes, and since 1944, a reconstruction of Inti Raymi has been staged in Cusco, Peru, less than two miles from its Inca Empire home. Ancient Romans celebrated the winter solstice with Saturnalia, a seven-day festival that involved giving presents, decorating houses with plants, and lighting candles. And Iranians celebrate Yalda in December. The festival—a mainstay since Zoroastrianism was Iran's dominant religion—traditionally honors the birth of Mithra, the ancient Persian goddess of light. If solstices mark the brightest and darkest days of the year, why don't temperatures reflect that? In short, it's because it takes time for Earth's land and water to heat up and cool down. In the U.S., the year's coldest temperatures set in after-mid January, roughly a month after the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice. Likewise, thermometers hit their high in the U.S. in July and August, weeks after the summer solstice. Some believe, too, that since Earth's rotation is slowing down, each new solstice sets a new record for daytime length. But that's not the case. It's certainly true that Earth's rotation has slowed over billions of years, as Earth loses angular momentum to our planet's tides. Growth lines on fossil corals show that more than 400 million years ago, days on Earth lasted less than 22 hours. But Earth's gradual slowing down isn't the only factor at play. Picture a figure skater twirling on their skates; they can speed up or slow down their twirls by how much they tuck in their limbs. In much the same way, changes in the distribution of Earth's mass—from the winds of El Niño to the melting of Greenland's ice—can subtly tweak our planet's rotation rate. Taking all this into account, it's thought that the longest day since the 1830s occurred sometime in 1912. It lasted less than four milliseconds longer than the recent average. This article originally published on December 19, 2022 and has been updated with new information.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Equator's Washer and Dryer Set Recognized by Better Homes & Gardens as the Best Quiet Washing Machine
Award highlights Equator's innovative design, compact efficiency, and whisper-quiet laundry technology HOUSTON, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Equator Advanced Appliances is proud to announce that one of its stackable laundry units has been recognized by Better Homes & Gardens as the Best Quiet Washing Machine in a recent product roundup. In an industry where washing machines are often known for their noise, Equator's engineering stood out. According to the Better Homes & Gardens review team, "We actually thought the cycle had stopped mid-way—it was that quiet." The unit remained nearly silent even when tested in an open laundry area, with only a soft chime at the end to indicate the cycle's completion. In addition to its impressively quiet performance, the machine earned praise for its effectiveness in stain removal, energy efficiency, and user-friendly controls. With intuitive settings, a compact vertical build, and customizable wash cycles, this laundry solution delivers powerful performance without sacrificing simplicity or space. The reviewers highlighted the following features: Powerful wash cycles that effectively removed stains and odors Intuitive controls and labeling with minimal need for reference Space-saving, stacked design ideal for small homes and apartments Adjustable water temperature and drum agitation An exceptionally quiet motor that redefined expectations A Compact Powerhouse for Modern Living With a washer capacity of 1.57 cu. ft., this model is best suited for individuals, couples, or small families seeking efficiency in compact spaces. While larger households may prefer more capacity, the unit is ideal for apartments, condos, and secondary laundry setups where noise reduction and space optimization are priorities. Equator continues to offer stackable laundry solutions built with the same commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction. About Better Homes & GardensWith over a century of expertise, Better Homes & Gardens is a trusted name in home and lifestyle publishing. Known for its expert product testing, inspiring content, and practical tips, the brand reaches over 360 million readers annually and remains a household authority in home living and design. About Equator Advanced AppliancesEstablished in 1991, Equator Advanced Appliances is a Houston-based brand dedicated to providing energy-efficient, space-saving home solutions. From innovative laundry systems to modern kitchen appliances, Equator remains at the forefront of design, functionality, and sustainability. Media Contact: Name: Nick MathewsPhone: 713-589-2123Email: 395800@ Equator Advanced Appliances View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Equator Advanced Appliances
New York Times
29-04-2025
- New York Times
On a Swedish Lakeside, Four Cubes Add Up to One House
Patrik and Anna Johall searched for years to find an escape in nature, as a getaway from their primary home in Boras, Sweden. 'Even when we met and were very young, Patrik had a dream about having a house by the lake,' said Ms. Johall, now 50, the chief executive of Superstudio, a creative agency that Mr. Johall founded. 'We bid on a few houses over the past 20 years,' said Mr. Johall, 51, a photographer and a partner at Superstudio. But nothing worked out. When they finally found the right property in 2018, it had the splendor they craved, but it wasn't much of a getaway: The waterfront lot on Lake Oresjo was little more than a mile from their house, which they shared with their two children. 'It feels very remote even though it's close to town,' Ms. Johall said. 'It's 10 minutes by car to get into the city center.' The half-acre lot, which they bought for about $200,000, wasn't without its challenges. It rose steeply from the lake as a beautiful mess of boulders and trees; there was a small, primitive cabin in place that needed to be torn down; and the main access was via a narrow, private road. The lack of a flat building site led some of the couple's acquaintances to doubt their choice. 'Everyone was telling us, 'Oh, you're such idiots. You're trying to build on that property? How will that work?'' Mr. Johall said. 'But we never doubted it.' For help, they turned to the architecture firm Claesson Koivisto Rune and developed a concept for four separate structures scattered across the hillside rather than a single, larger house. 'The concept was almost like a rock crystal,' said Marten Claesson, a partner at Claesson Koivisto Rune, with perfect cubes emerging from the landscape. The largest of the structures is a 700-square-foot cube containing the main living space and primary bedroom. Aiming to disturb the earth as little as possible, the architects placed it atop a single concrete column that descends into the rock. 'It's like a mushroom, almost,' Mr. Claesson said. The house is rotated 45 degrees to angle out toward the lake, with an exterior split horizontally 'like an Equator line,' Mr. Claesson said. The bottom, where the living spaces are, is all glass; the top, where the walls wrap a rooftop terrace, is galvanized steel. Inside, a smaller cube at the center of the structure is clad in dark-stained ash and holds private and functional elements, including a bathroom and storage cabinets. Rotated at 45 degrees to the rest of the house, it creates four separate spaces at the corners of the larger cube, which serve as the living room, dining room, kitchen and primary bedroom. As a finishing touch, the Johalls selected knurled metal light switches and dimmers from Buster + Punch, which resemble toggle switches that could have been pulled from a custom guitar or vintage automobile. 'The house is so small that we put a lot of research into all the details, all the furniture,' since every piece would affect the overall feel of the space, Mr. Johall said. Closer to the water, a 323-square-foot cube with a kitchenette and a tiny bathroom provides a living and sleeping space for the two children, now teenagers, or guests. At the water's edge, a 108-square-foot cube holds a sauna with a curved aspen wood bench and Nero Marquina marble tiles, as well as a laundry area. The fourth cube is close to the road and provides a carport. Construction began in August 2020. 'It was supposed to take one year,' Mr. Johall said, 'but it took two years.' The project faced numerous delays from pandemic-related price spikes, adverse weather and complications getting materials to the building site. 'We weren't allowed to drive heavy trucks on the road during the winter,' explained Mr. Johall, which was a problem since most deliveries needed to come with a crane that could lower materials to the construction site. The team ended up having helicopters make some of the final deliveries. 'That was such a good idea, and something we should have done much earlier,' Mr. Johall said. As the project progressed, the construction cost ballooned to over $1.5 million — more than double what the couple had initially budgeted. But it was an investment they believe was worth it. As creative professionals, they were keen to realize the most ambitious architecture they could dream up with Claesson Koivisto Rune, without cutting corners. 'We tried to do everything in the best possible way,' he said. The reward is a home the family enjoys so much that it's become their primary residence, even though it's half the size of their house in the Boras city center. 'You can't have art on the walls,' Mr. Johall said. 'But when you open the curtain in the morning, nature provides a new painting every day.'
