Thandiwe Newton Knows Her Solo: A Star Wars Story Character's Death Was Bad

Solo is not the most well-respected of Star Wars movies, but there’s one moment that felt especially egregious: the weird, confusing sacrifice of Val, played by Thandiwe Newton.

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Astronomers Identify a New Type of Planet That Could Harbor Life

Aliens, should they exist, likely inhabit rocky planets like ours, but new research proposes an entirely new type of habitable world—one that scarcely resembles Earth.

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Microsoft Is Going to Make it Difficult for Chromebook Owners to Use Word Offline

Microsoft plans to end support for its Android-based Office apps for Chrome OS users. Beginning Sept. 18, Chromebooks that rely on the Android versions of Office, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive will need to migrate over to the web to access files and folders.

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Anti-Immigrant Trump Aide Stephen Miller Laid Groundwork For Disastrous Afghan Evacuation

Miller began making life difficult for Afghans who worked with the U.S. as a Senate staffer, prior to Trump’s election.

Children Now Make Up 36% Of Tennessee’s Virus Cases

The state has reported 14,000 pediatric cases in the last seven days, a 57% increase from the previous week.

Billionaire Erik Prince Charges $6,500 Per Person To Evacuate Afghanistan: Report

Asked to respond to the Blackwater founder’s offer, Jen Psaki said no one “with a heart and soul” would do such a thing.

Spike Lee Is Re-editing 9/11 Docuseries After Criticism For Featuring Conspiracy Theorists

His HBO series connects the experiences of New Yorkers during the COVID pandemic to those during the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Antidote To Climate Dread

If you’re overwhelmed by the constant, dire news of record-breaking heat, fires and floods, here’s what you can do.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga gets new trailer, but is still delayed

We’ve known for a while that a new Star Wars LEGO game is inbound, but it — as with many things last year — ended up delayed. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was originally scheduled to hit digital shelves last year, but was soon delayed until early 2021, getting delayed yet again after that. If there’s any good news, … Continue reading

Microsupercapacitor project packs AAA battery voltage into a speck of ‘dust’

Researchers have managed to pack the same amount of voltage found in a AAA battery cell into a microsupercapacitor as small as a speck of dust. This is the first time such an achievement has been reported, paving the way for tiny energy storage systems that can be safely embedded in the human body for biomedical gadgets and treatments. The … Continue reading