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 S10Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate | Andrew Winston   The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.The battle to get companies to take sustainability seriously is essentially over. Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues. (Even ExxonMobil, a company that has spent decades muddying the science on climate change, wrote in a recent report: “[On] a list of the biggest challenges facing humankind … addressing poverty and climate change would be at the top.”)
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S1718 Years Later, Capcom's Most Underappreciated Series Deserves a Second Chance  Capcom has been on an undeniable hot streak over the last few years, between the overwhelming success of Monster Hunter and the comeback of Resident Evil remakes. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the latest in a line of wins, already selling 2.5 million copies within two weeks after launch. But more importantly, these wins show there’s demand for games filled with challenging systems that add intentional friction and difficulty. It’s one of the most unique games Capcom has made in years, but it's far from the only series that uses those ideas. It’s long past time that the mall-hopping zombie-slaying Dead Rising makes a comeback. The first Dead Rising made a big splash when it released in 2006, for a few different reasons. For one it was a brand-new zombie game from the creators of Resident Evil. That alone was huge, but Dead Rising was an utterly fascinating experiment, incredibly ambitious on so many levels. Its tightly designed world took place entirely in a single mall, crammed impressive amounts of zombies on-screen, and embraced an incredibly demanding time-limit system.
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S47Niagara pre-emptively declares a state of emergency in anticipation of massive solar eclipse crowds  Officials estimate that the total solar eclipse on April 8 could prompt up to one million people to visit Canada’s Niagara Falls. In preparation, a pre-emptive state of emergency has been declared for Ontario’s Niagara Region. Unlike other sudden-onset disasters, there is specific information available in advance about the potential dangerous impacts of the eclipse. It is known when and where large crowds of spectators will converge — the location of any impacts will be at the prime vantage points in proximity to Niagara Falls. The timing of any potential impacts will be immediately before, during and after the eclipse.
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S46Racism, harassment and discrimination takes a terrible toll on ethnic minority NHS staff  During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time filled with uncertainty and fear, ethnically minoritised NHS staff have not only had to contend with the virus but also a workplace fraught with inequalities. Recent reports highlight concerning – and ongoing – issues for these NHS staff. For example, ethnically minoritised nurses face significant obstacles in securing promotions or new positions, and ethnically minoritised ambulance staff are twice as likely to suffer discrimination. These revelations confirm the persistent racial inequalities within the NHS, underscoring the urgent need for systemic change.
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S6S13Netflix's New Thriller Doubles Down on Its Most Exciting Franchise In Years  Netflix loves a spinoff, whether it’s needed or not. International spinoff of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before? Sure, that’s a fun idea with global reach. Prequel to Bridgerton? Why not, we can learn how all these characters met. A Wednesday spinoff about Uncle Fester? Uh, okay, we don’t see why that’s necessary, but fine. Now, yet another Netflix spinoff is attempting something different by taking the tone of one of its best shows and bringing it to a new genre. The Sandman adapted Neil Gaiman’s most unadaptable comic book series into a bingeable TV show, and came away with a critically acclaimed supernatural epic that’s already secured a Season 2 renewal. Before that arrives, the world of The Sandman is getting a spinoff. Or, rather, the world of The Sandman is getting an adaptation of an already existing spinoff.
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S14Netflix's #1 Sci-Fi Show Has A Massive Challenge For Season 2  The San-Ti are coming! Even though Netflix dropped all eight episodes of 3 Body Problem Season 1 on Netflix two weeks ago, the series has still not officially been picked up for Season 2. However, as pointed out by Forbes and other outlets, 3 Body Problem managed to become Netflix’s number one most-watched show in the first week of April. It’s a bit of a slow-burn climb, which feels appropriate for a slow-burn series. For some pundits, this news means that 3 Body could very well get greenlit for a costly Season 2, and perhaps, could put the creative team of Alexander Woo, David Benioff, and D.B. Weiss in a good position to adapt all three novels into a multi-season arc.There’s just one catch. If 3 Body Problem remains remotely faithful to the arc of the novels, Season 2 will be almost nothing like Season 1. Spoilers ahead.
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S49Growing quickly helped the earliest dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles flourish in the aftermath of mass extinction  It may be hard to imagine, but once upon a time, dinosaurs didn’t dominate their world. When they first originated, they were just small, two-legged carnivores overshadowed by a diverse array of other reptiles.My colleagues and I recently studied the fossilized bones of the earliest known dinosaurs and their nondinosaur rivals to compare their growth rates. We wanted to find out whether early dinosaurs were somehow special in the way they grew – and if this may have given them a leg up in their rapidly changing world.
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S127 Years Later, the Most Important Star Trek Show of the Century Is Coming to an End  Ten years ago, the state of Star Trek was very different. It was the year after the second J.J. Abrams-directed reboot film, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), hit theaters. But now, in 2024, one of the co-writers of that film, Alex Kurtzman, is the admiral in charge of all the television adventures in the Final Frontier. Since 2017, when Discovery debuted on CBS All-Access (now Paramount+), there have been four more new Star Trek TV series, with at least one more new show — Starfleet Academy — on the way. “I feel like there wouldn’t be this new era of Trek without Discovery,” Kurtzman tells Inverse. “Discovery was first in the door, and it tried so many different things, and we had amazing successes, and I think that all the other shows, in different ways, kind of organized themselves around what Discovery did first.”
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S35Turkey and Ethiopia have had close ties for many years: Somalia maritime deals may shift the dynamics  Ethiopia and Turkey, which have had cordial ties since the early 20th century, have drawn even closer in recent years as both battle criticism from the west over domestic policies. But new developments are putting the relationship to the test. These include Turkey assuming the role of protecting Somalia’s waters – deemed to include the Gulf of Aden – as well as efforts by Ethiopia to gain access to the sea through a deal with Somaliland.Turkey and its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, have had a long history of interactions in the Horn of Africa, going back to the 16th century. But formal diplomatic ties between Ethiopia’s Emperor Menelik II and the Ottoman Empire’s Sultan Abdul Hamid II were not initiated until 1896. At the time, the Ethiopians had just defeated the Italians at the Battle of Adwa. In 1889, the Italians began to occupy the largest share of Somalia, while the British established a protectorate in the Somaliland region in 1898. Ethiopia did not participate in the first world war and Britain and Italy were part of the victorious Entente. After the war, the Ottoman Empire, as part of the defeated Central Powers, was partitioned. Turkey, by 1923, asserted control over Turkish areas of the former empire.
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S37Microplastics in Nigeria's Osun River: new study flags alarmingly high levels  The Osun River is one of the major rivers in southern Nigeria. It flows from its source in Ekiti State, through several states, before emptying into Lagos state’s Lekki Lagoon. It is an important source of water for the communities that live around it, whether for irrigation or for personal use.Part of its course is in Osun State, where it flows through the Osun-Osogbo sacred grove, a Unesco world heritage site. Osun worshippers visit the river to pray daily. The largest gathering of worshippers and tourists is recorded during the yearly Osun-Osogbo festival, held in August.
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S5S2830 Years Later, the Most Resilient Sci-Fi Show Could Return Once Again  The last best hope for peace in the galaxy is now poised to be the next big sci-fi TV reboot. Twenty-six years after Babylon 5 aired its final episode, a reboot could be close to finally happening. In 2021, fans were stunned to learn that the CW was working with original B5 creator J. Michael Straczynski on a new version of his groundbreaking series. Much has happened in the world of TV since then, leading some fans to worry about the future of this “from-the-ground-up reboot.” And in 2023, the animated Babylon 5 movie — The Road Home — seemed to set up a backdoor pilot for an animated series set in a slightly different B5 timeline.But the live-action B5 reboot is very much alive and well. Here’s the update from the creator of Babylon 5 himself.
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S7S9Webinar: Creating Values-Driven Business Value  The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.The spring 2024 issue’s special report looks at how to take advantage of market opportunities in the digital space, and provides advice on building culture and friendships at work; maximizing the benefits of LLMs, corporate venture capital initiatives, and innovation contests; and scaling automation and digital health platform.Many business leaders have prioritized issues such as sustainability and human rights — indeed, sustainability emerged as the No. 1 CEO challenge in IBM’s most recent CEO survey. But even the most committed leaders often struggle to show the business value of their investments in these areas. It needn’t be that way. Acting on values that have a positive impact on the world can improve operations, benefit customers and employees, and bolster the bottom line.
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S11Kyle MacLachlan Reveals Why Villeneuve's 'Dune' Movies Are Better Than David Lynch's  Dune: Part Two can “tell a little more of the story without having to feel like you have to rush through.”Ask any Dune fan whether there’s been a perfect adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel, and you’ll get many different answers. Some might say Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies are the closest to a Platonic ideal. The nerds might say it’s the Sci Fi Channel’s three-part miniseries, Frank Herbert’s Dune. Bigger nerds will say perfection exists only in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s deranged imagination, while the biggest nerds will argue that there’s no way to accurately adapt Dune at all. Only the real freaks, however, will speak up for David Lynch’s notorious 1984 flop.
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S18This 'Spatial GPT' App Makes Me Want More Mixed Reality Chatbots  Horizon Workrooms might not have been the work revolution we were hoping for, but mixed-reality chatbots in virtual reality could be. Noda, an app that combines its AI chatbot with a virtual workspace, promises a more intuitive way to get creative work done.We’re seeing AI chatbots being incorporated into everything under the sun, but pairing it with a mixed-reality environment makes a lot of sense. Having a conversation with a generative AI-powered chatbot and then being able to pin that thought in a virtual space feels like a more streamlined way to work in VR. As Noda says, it feels like you’re Tony Stark talking to Jarvis, who will map out your project as you work on it.
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S413 Body Problem: is the universe really a 'dark forest' full of hostile aliens in hiding?  We have no good reason to believe that aliens have ever contacted Earth. Sure, there are conspiracy theories, and some rather strange reports about harm to cattle, but nothing credible. Physicist Enrico Fermi found this odd. His formulation of the puzzle, proposed in the 1950s and now known as “the Fermi Paradox”, is still key to the search for extraterrestrial life (Seti) and messaging by sending signals into space (Meti). The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and life is at least 3.5 billion years old. The paradox states that, given the scale of the universe, favourable conditions for life are likely to have occurred many, many times. So where is everyone? We have good reasons to believe that there must be life out there, but nobody has come to call.
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S42An Opinionated Guide to Women Painters explores how women influenced the trajectory of art  Have you ever wondered where all the women artists are when wandering through a museum or browsing a book about the history of art? Women artists, and in particular women painters, have always been around, but until recently they haven’t appeared much in books, on TV, or hanging on the walls of museums.In a new pocket-sized book, art writer Lucy Davies walks us through a lineage of woman painters, beginning with a nun in the 11th century and concluding with some of the most exciting female artists working right now.
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S19The Most Revolutionary Sci-Fi Franchise is Returning, But There's a Huge Catch  Get ready to jack into the Matrix once more. Only three years after The Matrix Resurrections, the pandemic-era installment that revisited the digital world after 18 years away, Warner Bros. is bringing the revolutionary sci-fi series back for a fifth film. But it won’t look or feel the same as previous installments — and it might not be a very good idea.According to Variety, the as-yet-unnamed fifth Matrix movie will be the first of the franchise to not be directed by a Wachowski. Both Lana and Lilly Wachowski directed the first three movies, while Lana alone directed Resurrections. Lana Wachowski will serve as executive producer on the new movie, but it will be written and directed by Drew Goddard, who also wrote and helmed The Cabin in the Woods and Bad Times at the El Royale.
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S2531 Years Later, Star Trek Just Resurrected a Wild Canon Twist  Why do so many Star Trek aliens look like humans? The real-world explanation is that way back in 1964, Gene Roddenberry said the format of Star Trek would focus on stories that took place on “parallel worlds.” This didn’t mean Trek was an alternate universe-hopping show, but that allegorically, the people encountered by the Enterprise were humanoid, thus making the stories easier to write and understand (and, from a budget perspective, easier to make). But there’s an in-universe explanation for this, too.In 1993, Star Trek: The Next Generation devoted an episode to answering this big question. And now, 31 years later, Star Trek: Discovery is doubling down with a Season 5 storyline that serves as a direct sequel to that story. Here’s what this means and why it matters. Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episodes 1 and 2.
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S2610 Years Ago, Marvel's Best Twist Changed the MCU Forever  Ten years later, Captain America: The Winter Soldier still holds a special place in the MCU's history.Coming off the game-changing success of The Avengers in 2012, Marvel Studios could have easily spent the next few years playing it safe. The studio, for the most part, did the exact opposite of that. 2013's Iron Man 3 subverted fans' expectations so aggressively that it rubbed many the wrong way, while 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy brought the Marvel Cinematic Universe into cosmic territory for the first time and introduced a kind of surreal humor that had previously been missing from the franchise. Even 2013's Thor: The Dark World, for all of its many flaws, ends with Tom Hiddleston's Loki sitting on the throne of Asgard instead of his adoptive father, Odin.
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S34Aspirant Black chartered accountants in South Africa feel marginalised, hurting pass rates and their mental health  Every year the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants administers the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). This board exam is the last hurdle for an aspiring chartered accountant en route to qualifying. The latest results, released in late February, had an overall pass rate of 52%. The pass rate for white candidates was 76% and the pass rate for Black candidates was 39%.Statistics provided by the Council on Higher Education show that Black African students studying commerce (the university faculty under which chartered accounting falls) have disproportionately higher failure rates than their peers of other races.
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S36S16PlayStation Plus Just Quietly Added the Most Approachable Multiplayer Strategy Game  There’s simply no escaping Minecraft. Since its release in 2009, it’s grown from a fun indie construction sim unfortunately created by one of the least pleasant developers in gaming to a Microsoft-owned behemoth that’s still getting active updates. According to a recent survey from Newzoo, it’s still one of the most popular games across PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox 15 years after its launch. Given all that, it’s no wonder it’s also gotten multiple spin-offs, including the strategy defense game Minecraft Legends, which joined PlayStation Plus this month. While it might not look too different from the action-RPG Minecraft Dungeons at a glance, Minecraft Legends is actually a strategy game that cleverly uses Minecraft’s simple resource gathering and building for a more approachable entry to the genre. Doing away with much of the complexity of its real-time strategy siblings does mean Minecraft Legends isn’t likely to appeal to long-time strategy fans, but it could be just the thing to get newcomers invested.
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S8S157 Years Later, the MCU Will Finally Address a Real-Life Marvel Controversy  The Punisher has returned — and he’s reclaiming what’s his. Jon Bernthal, best known for his role in Netflix’s Daredevil and its Punisher-centered spinoff, is officially transitioning into Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. He’s set to return in Daredevil: Born Again, and while the specifics of his role are still more or less a mystery, recent set images have already proven our most intriguing theories right.Born Again is reportedly adapting the “Mayor Fisk” storyline from Daredevil comics. The Kingpin is going to war against the street-level vigilantes of New York — and it’s safe to assume he’s got a small army of dirty cops in his pocket. Behind-the-scenes images seem to tease a confrontation between the original Punisher and the newly-formed Anti-Vigilante Task Force. Its leader, NYPD Officer Cole North (Jeremy Earl) has spruced up his uniform with a familiar design: the Punisher’s white skull. His new look aligns with the most pervasive theories about Born Again, which suggested that corrupt cops would either be impersonating the anti-hero or co-opting his symbol altogether.
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S32S27PlayStation Plus Just Quietly Released the Most Surprising Shooter of 2023  Before online multiplayer took the world by storm, there was a time when shooters were all about single-player campaigns, filled with massive set pieces and vibrant ideas that change how you interact with the world. Half-Life 2, BioShock, and Halo: Reach all fall into that category, and while it might not hit those same heights, Immortals of Aveum feels like a throwback to the shooters of yesteryear. While it’s admittedly a bit rough around the edges, the game has a kind of scrappy, ambitious spirit that permeates every part of the experience and feels especially strong in its fantastic combat. Immortals is easily the most overlooked game of 2023, and its additions to PlayStation Plus is the perfect chance to make sure you don’t miss it again. Immortals takes place in an original fantasy world inspired by the “arcanepunk” aesthetic, which fuses magic and science together. You play as a young man named Jak, a thief and pickpocket scraping by on the streets of a city called Soren. It’s a classic underdog story, as Jak suddenly finds himself the possessor of immense power, and embroiled in a magic battle for the fate of the world.
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S38S40Turkey's economy is paying the price for years of policy mistakes  For many years, it wasn’t the economy that determined voting behaviour in Turkey. The country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook. This is commonly explained by the importance of identity politics in a country that has been polarised by the policies of Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party over its 22 years in power.
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S202 Years After It Was Cancelled, HBO's Wildest Sci-Fi Show Could Come Back From the Dead  Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan still has ideas for a fifth season. Could it actually happen?We don’t really need a fifth season of Westworld. HBO’s twisty sci-fi drama shocked audiences with a somewhat definitive ending for its characters and their world. But Season 4 was also the best the series had been in a long time, and it finally introduced us to The Sublime, the fabled realm that serves as an afterlife for Westworld’s sentient robots. In that regard, Season 4 still didn’t feel like the end of the story. At the risk of dipping further into spoilers, the latest season brought an end to the world as we know it. But a different world awaits, allowing the tale to continue for at least another season.
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S29Why workplaces should not discriminate based on how people look | Aeon Essays  is professor of political theory in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick in the UK. His books include Living Together as Equals: The Demands of Citizenship (2012) and What’s Wrong with Lookism? Personal Appearance, Discrimination, and Disadvantage (2023).We’d be outraged if a business owner told an employee she wouldn’t receive her bonus unless she lost weight. With most jobs, our looks should be regarded as irrelevant to our suitability and remuneration. What matters is that we have the skills for the job and put them to good use. Yet appearance discrimination, or ‘lookism’, is pervasive and consequential in the workplace. Can lookism in employment ever be justified? And, when it can’t, should we legislate against it?
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S31S45If you have money anxiety, knowing your financial attachment style can help  The number of people struggling with money in Britain is at a record high. Financial charities say that people are contacting them for help with debt, paying bills and insolvency. The campaign group Debt Justice found in a survey that 29% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 25% of 25- to 34-year-olds had missed three or more bill payments in the last six months. A majority (65%) of people don’t think they can survive on their savings for three months without borrowing money. Statistics from the UK’s financial markets regulator show that more than one-third of UK adults have less than £1,000 in savings. And a survey by Money.co.uk found that 30% of Brits aged 25-64 do not save at all for retirement.
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S48Human error may have contributed to the Key Bridge disaster -- changing our approach to design can help reduce accidents  In the early morning of March 26, a 948-foot vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., causing its collapse. Preliminary evidence shows that the container ship Dali lost power while transitioning out of the Baltimore harbour, which resulted in the ship’s crew losing control of its steering.The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched an investigation into the accident to unveil its causes. In a recent press conference, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy indicated it may take between 12 to 24 months for the investigation to complete.
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S43This philosophical theory can help you stop taking criticism personally  Receiving criticism in the workplace, whether on written reports and projects, presentations or performance reviews, can make us doubt ourselves. It can feel impossible not to take criticism personally because many of us tend to get our self-worth from our careers.In these moments, I try to disentangle my sense of self-worth from what I do and how others perceive me. The work of Hannah Arendt is particularly helpful here. In her book, The Human Condition (1958), the German-Jewish political thinker makes a distinction between “who” we are and “what” we are. She writes:
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S22'Fantastic Four's Silver Surfer Casting Makes MCU History  Matt Shakman’s Fantastic Four movie is pulling no punches with the casting. On Valentine’s Day, we finally got a glimpse of what actors would play the dream team: Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing. But no super squad is anything without a villain, and almost two months later we finally have an inkling as to who that villain will be, and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before. Deadline reports that Ozark star Julia Garner will play Silver Surfer in the MCU’s Fantastic Four, the first time a woman has played the role in live-action. According to the report, this isn’t the Silver Surfer we saw in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. She has a different name and origin story — and her inclusion could hint at an even bigger villain.
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S23Netflix Just Quietly Released The Most Bone-Chilling Noir Thriller of the Year  Ripley creator Steven Zaillian is a master of minutiae. Throughout his career, from Schindler's List and Searching for Bobby Fischer to The Night Of and The Irishman, the multi-hyphenate screenwriter and director has proven himself uniquely adept at building stories not only out of the most minute of details but also exploring the inner lives of characters whose journeys are often determined by the smallest possible decisions and moments. Take a look at his credits and you'll realize that there's almost no one more well-suited to bringing a grifter and murderer like Tom Ripley to life onscreen.Lo and behold, the filmmaker is in complete control of Ripley across its eight episodes. The new Netflix miniseries is the longest adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's classic 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and also the coldest. While it lacks the sensuality and queer angst of Anthony Minghella's 1999 Matt Damon-led film adaptation and the sun-soaked sexiness of Purple Noon, Ripley's miniseries format gives it something none of its predecessors truly had: time. Ripley's eight hours specifically affords it the time it needs to depict, in agonizing detail, every step its determined protagonist makes on his desperate, blood-speckled climb up the world's economic ladder.
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S24Amazon's Best Superhero Show Just Set Up an Epic New Plot Line  Whether Mark Grayson likes it or not, he is his father’s son. The end of Invincible Season 2 makes this point abundantly clear, and it’s up to Mark to decide if his heritage is a chance at redemption — or a prison sentence.In Invincible Season 2, Mark Grayson (voiced by Steven Yeun) continues his duty saving the world as Invincible, all while trying to live a normal life in college. That’s easier said than done, naturally. Almost as soon as the academic year kicks off, Mark leaves Earth to briefly reunite with his estranged, once-villainous father Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) on an alien planet. After Omni-Man is taken prisoner by the Viltrumites, Mark returns home with his baby step brother who is eventually named Oliver.
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S39S33Africa now emits as much carbon as it stores: landmark new study  University of the Witwatersrand provides support as a hosting partner of The Conversation AFRICA.A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it stores. When the total amount of carbon that is sequestered by natural ecosystems (such as the soil and plants in grasslands, savannas and forests) exceeds the amount of total carbon emissions within a system, it’s referred to as a net sink of carbon. But, the study found, as natural ecosystems are converted for agricultural purposes, the carbon storage capacity is decreasing – while the rate of emissions is increasing.
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S21This EV Might Be The Most High-Tech And Affordable Car Americans Can't Buy  A serious Tesla killer has launched in China, but it’s not coming from a company you would expect.Xiaomi, which is better known for its smartphones and quirky tech products, decided to venture into EVs and is making a bold statement with its first-ever car. The SU7 looks like a complete package: huge range, lots of tech, and an unbelievably affordable price.
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S30Simple entities in universal harmony - Leibniz's evocative perspective on reality | Aeon Videos  Warning: this film features rapidly flashing images that can be distressing to photosensitive viewers.The German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) believed that the Universe fundamentally consists of radically simple mind-like building blocks – separate, indivisible, indestructible – from which emerges the unified world of matter and substance. Borrowing a term from ancient Greek philosophy, he called these entities ‘monads’, and attributed their existence to a ‘God, who perceives all monads with utter clarity’. He laid out this theory of metaphysics in his seminal work, the Monadology (1714). This short video essay for Epoché Magazine pairs excerpts from the notoriously dense text with enigmatic archival imagery and original music, making for a whirlwind introduction to Leibniz’s celebrated and controversial conception of the Universe.
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S503 years after Canada's landmark investment in child care, 3 priorities all levels of government should heed  Three years ago, the federal government announced the multi-billion-dollar Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care plan, with its cornerstone focus on reducing child-care costs to an average of $10 per day for all Canadians by 2025. Each province and territory signed an agreement pertaining to federal funds for quality, accessible and affordable care systems. In Québec’s case, that province established universal child care in 1997. While supporting the general principles of the federal plan, and receiving its share of funds, Québec retains sole responsibility for early learning and child care.
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