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A Guide to Disney Parks Halloween, More Holidays, and the Frozen and Zootopia Lands
Holiday trips to Disney Parks make the best core memories and Halloween kicks off the end of the year vacation fun with spooky goodness. From now until new themed land openings inspired by Frozen and Zootopia abroad, fall festivities lead the way to end of the year Disney destination trips.
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Europe's Bumblebees Are in Big Trouble
The bumblebee’s days in Europe might be numbered. In new research out this week, scientists predict that as many as three-quarters of bumblebee species in the region will experience substantial population decline and territory loss over the next several decades due to manmade problems like climate change. While there…
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The Clone Wars Battles That Shaped Ahsoka Tano
Ahsoka’s fifth episode, “Shadow Warrior,” puts its titular protagonist back into her own past, as she navigated her history at the front line of the Clone War. In doing so, we and Ahsoka alike are pressed back into 3 crucial moments from the war—conflicts from her past that still resonate as moments fundamental in…
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See the Aftermath of Severe Flooding in New England This Week
Heavy rainfall this week over Massachusetts and Rhode Island washed away roads, collapsed homes, and created large sinkholes throughout the region.
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Google Expands the Lifespan of Chromebooks With Promise of 10 Years of Software Updates
If you bought a Chromebook recently, you can now expect to hold on to it for at least a decade. Google announced Thursday that, beginning next year, any Chromebooks released in 2021 and beyond will get ten years of automatic updates. The company is also pushing for more repairability for its cloud-based laptops and…
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California’s Massive Right-to-Repair Law Leaves Carveout for Video Game Consoles
California might soon become the state to be in if you want to finally repair your home electronics, but your busted console will still be off limits, as a new law makes specific exemptions for all video game electronics.
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Doctor Who Casts Miriam Margolyes as Beep the Meep
In sentences that sound like shitposts but are in fact actual news, akin to Bryce Dallas Howard Is Yaddle, the BBC has confirmed that one of Doctor Who’s deep-cut villains for its 60th anniversary specials, Beep the Meep, will be suitably voiced for such a triumphant return by acting icon Miriam Margolyes.
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An Experimental Antibody Could Someday Make Organ Transplants Less of a Hassle
A lab-made antibody could one day make organ transplants less of an ordeal, recent research suggests. In experiments with nonhuman primates, the antibody appeared to be safe and effective at preventing the rejection of transplanted kidneys and pancreatic cells. Scientists hope that this treatment could reduce or even…
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Your Favorite TikTok Dietitian Might Be Paid Off by Big Food
TikTok is the next generation of information, for better or (usually) for worse. A new report reveals that some major TikTok dietitians are being paid off by the food industry to shape viewers eating habits.
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Lower Decks Isn't Wasting Time Teaching Its Heroes Some New Lessons
Last week’s season 4 premiere of Lower Decks kicked off the season with a big promise, even in the smallest form they can come on Star Trek: the tiny pip transforming our Ensign heroes into Lieutenants Junior Grade. But for as small a leap it is on the career ladder, it’s already giving the series great chances to dig…
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Webb Telescope Data Confirms ‘Hubble Tension’ Is Not Hubble Telescope’s Fault
The rate of the universe’s expansion has vexed astronomers for decades. Called the Hubble constant, the figure is quite different depending on how you get to it—fittingly, a source of constant befuddlement to astrophysicists.
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Here's an Aquaman 2 Trailer Breakdown, With Help From Director James Wan
The long-awaited first trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was finally released today and it’s a lot. Director James Wan is certainly not holding back in returning to the world of Atlantis and seems to even be upping the ante on every single level. But what exactly is going on? What are the intentions here?…
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Warner Bros. CFO Thinks You Deadbeats Have Been on a Free Ride for Way Too Long
Warner Bros. Discovery is coming off a high of its massive box office success from the Barbie movie, but it’s not enough. It’s never enough. In fact, it’s your fault things are not going as well as they should. Yes you, dear viewer, you’ve had it too good for too long. All that content you’ve been paying for has been…
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Massachusetts Wants to Ban Gun-Wielding Robots
Bad news for fans of gun-toting killer robot. Massachusetts wants to make your Black Mirror fantasy illegal. This week, two state senators proposed a first-of-its-kind bill that, if passed, would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or use of robots with mounted weapons. The bill would also put in place new safeguards…
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The First Trailer For the New Goosebumps Show Brings Back Slappy
Just in time for Halloween, a new show based on YA horror legend R.L. Stine’s world of spooky Goosebumps books is set to haunt Hulu and Disney+.
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What We Know About the 'Alien' Corpses Shown to Mexico's Congress
The internet is buzzing with images of tiny mummified bodies with three fingers and an elongated head, the alleged corpses of extraterrestrial life. A congressional hearing held in Mexico on UFOs is the latest to join a string of recent headlines on aliens, but are we any closer to finding out the truth of whether we…
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California Officials Approve Sweeping Emissions Disclosure for Big Businesses
California officials passed a bill this week that will require large companies to outline their annual greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to the climate crisis. This is the first mandate of its kind in the U.S.
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Our Flag Means Death's New Season 2 Trailer Is Here to Shiver Your Timbers
After that first teaser, accompanied by the perfect Prince needle drop, arrived late last month, Max has now released the full trailer for season two of Our Flag Means Death. Anything this show does has internet-breaking potential... and as you lovelorn swashbucklers might suspect, this new glimpse certainly fits that…
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Donald Glover's Lando May Return In His Own Star Wars Movie
Sorry, Lando, I’m going to have to disagree with you here. This news is getting better all the time. Weeks after it was revealed that Donald Glover and his brother Stephen had taken over the previously announced Lando Disney+ show from Justin Simien, now it seems it won’t be a show at all. It’ll be a movie.
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