John Boyega is unbothered by Star Wars fans who wanted white Stormtroopers When the first trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens emerged, some commenters on the Internet were peeved to see a black actor playing a Stormtrooper in the film. But that’s not bothering actor John …
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Ashley Ross @ashbrookeross 7:50 AM ET Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty IMages A Chinese tourist holds onto his son as they walk across a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in the Shinuizhai mountains in Pingjang county, Hunan province some 150 kilometers from Changsha on Oct. 7, 2015. Though officials say it has no impact on …
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The ultimate autumn dessert At a recent photo shoot, a few of us were standing around lamenting that we don’t have a go-to pumpkin pie. Or that our go-to is so involved that it’s more akin to an awkwardly choreographed square dance, and stresses us out and furrows our faces …
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Here’s a helpful guide to the film’s most important characters Steve Jobs, the new Aaron Sorkin-written, Danny Boyle-directed film about the late Apple co-founder, is out Friday, Oct. 9. The film is split into three acts, each centered around a different product release helmed by Jobs—the Macintosh in 1994, the …
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Tessa Berenson @tcberenson 3:02 PM ET TASS/ITAR—Corbis Pictured in this video screen grab is the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy firing Kalibr cruise missiles against remote Islamic State targets in Syria, a thousand kilometres away, Oct. 7, 2015. This was the first time the cruise missiles had been fired …
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Leto was too into his role as Joker to talk The Suicide Squad cast got really friendly while shooting the DC Comics film, as evidenced by elaborate birthday cakes and those#SKWAD tattoos, but it seems Jared Leto was so committed to playing the Joker that he didn’t get to know …
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e greatest and worst thing about the Internet is how much amazing stuff it has to offer. Websites, tweets, Instagrams, podcasts, newsletters—it’s a tsunami of awesome, threatening to drown you in mind-expanding revelations. Venture into this informational vortex with caution. Seek guidance—ours. What follows is the most comprehensive collection of …
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Click to Open Overlay Gallery Zohar Lazar When the streaming apps Periscope and Meerkat went live earlier this year, a strange trend emerged. People started broadcasting the contents of their fridges.Yes, their fridges. They’d stand in their kitchen and tour through their milk and odd leftovers. And when they weren’t …
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Christie Hemm Klok Students can learn plenty of biology and chemistry in school. But you can also stealthily incept them with science-y ways of thinking with the right games. The Bot Maze, a new educational toy from MindWare, is a great example. Kids build a mini obstacle course with pre-cut …
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Click to Open Overlay Gallery Zohar Lazar My browser is a mess. When I’m working on my laptop, I usually have about 40 tabs open at a time: a dozen Google Docs, Twitter, a couple of forums, oodles of other research pages. Pretty soon my work slows to a crawl …
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