Tom Hiddleston in “The Life of Chuck.” NEON The Life of Chuck, based on a story by Stephen King and starring Tom Hiddleston, is new in theaters. When will it be available to watch at home? Rated R, The Life of Chuck opened in limited release on June 6 and expanded to 1,072 theaters nationwide…
Smartphones can help children socialise AYO Production/Shutterstock A survey of more than 1500 children suggests that smartphones can be beneficial to their mental and social well-being – unless they start using social media. Justin Martin at the University of South Florida surveyed children between the ages of 11 and 13 in the state to open…
Astronomers have raced to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan The world’s space agencies have reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth to below 1 per cent, which strongly suggests that a potentially devastating collision will be avoided. However, the asteroid will still probably pass extraordinarily near…
BBC Paternity leave policies vary across Europe – but the UK’s offer is one of the least generous The paternity leave offer for new dads in the UK is “one of the worst in the developed world”, according to a new report published this week. The government says the system needs to be “improved” and…
Getty Images The Arizona Diamondbacks were trailing 7-3 heading to the bottom of the ninth inning against the Padres on Saturday night. The game ended as an 8-7 D-backs win with only one out having been recorded by the Padres. Things started out innocent enough with a Pavin Smith single. Gabriel Moreno and Alek Thomas…
Matrox returns with dual-GPU card built for synchronized multi-display setups A380 Octal supports up to eight 5K screens and high-end audio Quad version offers fewer outputs, less power, for simpler installations One of Nvidia’s earliest rivals, Matrox was well known in the 1990s for its high-quality graphics cards. Although it eventually moved away from the…
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Global Witness The Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the Seas’ Stark images, captured from a drone by environmental campaigners and shared with the BBC, appear to show how nickel mining has stripped forests and polluted waters in one of the most…
“This is where people of today’s world hang out,” explained Bill Preston, a student, to Socrates. Mr Preston was not your typical member of the Socratic circle. The year was 1988 and they were riding the escalator at a mall. That the makers behind “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, a film about two high-schoolers transporting…
BOSTON (AP) — Hunter Dobbins had quite the week. First, he said last weekend that he’d rather retire than pitch for the Yankees because his father was drafted by New York twice before being traded. Then, he goes out and beats the Yankees. Advertisement A few days after his comments about never wanting to pitch…
