Critics are increasingly out of touch with moviegoers as films fall into categories like ‘crowd pleasers’ and ‘critical darlings,’ according to a new analysis. So movies the critics liked – take 2019’s AdAstra that starred Brad Pitt as an astronaut – aren’t always fan favorites. While Venom, which fans loved, was panned by critics. Stephen Follows, … Read more
BUDGET 2021 LIVE: Follow our build-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech with analysis, reaction and verdicts as it happens Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver speech at 12.30pm Green bonds, stamp duty extension, income tax freeze – what could be in it? Follow the build-up, the speech and aftermath with our live blog By Lee Boyce … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: FDA analysis finds Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine does protect against COVID-19 and could be approved as soon as FRIDAY An FDA analysis found Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine is safe to use and does protect against COVID-19 Officials found the vaccine was 68% effective against the variant in Brazil and 64% effective … Read more
Is Betelgeuse preparing to EXPLODE? New analysis finds the super-giant star is dimming and has entered helium-burning phase – the first stage of going supernova – but none of us will be alive to see it Betelgeuse is a bring star in the constellation of Orion that has been dimming A new study finds it is … Read more
Not every new animal is discovered in the jungle or rainforest: A new species of snake was discovered in a museum after being ignored by researchers for years. Levitonius mirus, also known as the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is native to the Philippines. But specimens of the snake sent to the University of were misidentified until … Read more
Not every new animal is discovered in the jungle or rainforest: A new species of snake was discovered in a museum after being ignored by researchers for years. Levitonius mirus, also known as the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is native to the Philippines. But specimens of the snake sent to the University of Kentucky were … Read more
The corn on your holiday table may have more in common with ancient wild varieties from South America than the domesticated version believed to have originated in southwestern Mexico. It’s long been assumed domesticated maize traveled south from Central America, but a new study suggests the trade actually went in both directions. DNA analysis of … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has slowed significantly since the start of the month, suggesting the latest suite of lockdown restrictions are successfully flattening the second curve of the outbreak. Infections were almost doubling every seven-to-eight days in September, which sparked widespread fears the country had sleep-walked into a second wave following a lull in transmission over summer … Read more
Half of England’s major university towns are already coming out of the other side of their coronavirus outbreaks, analysis of official data suggests. Major university towns, defined as having more than 20,000 students but excluding London, saw infections skyrocket at the end of September when students and teachers returned to education in their droves. The arrival … Read more
Two fishermen have been convicted of felonies for cheating in a Utah fishing contest, after forensic analysis of the winning fish proved it came from another lake. Robert Dennett, 45, and Kamron Wootton, 35, were sentenced to 24 months’ probation, during which time they are banned from hunting, over the murky scam where they pretended … Read more