Michael B. Jordan ‘developing his own rival black Superman project for HBO Max’… separate to J.J. Abrams movie with Warner Bros. Jordan’s version is expected to follow the black character Calvin Ellis/Val Zod from the comics, rather than Clark Kent/Kal-El who is white This is separate from J.J. Abrams’ project, who is also producing a … Read more
Millions of dog owners across the country will already be feeling anxious about how their pets will cope when they go back to work post-lockdown. For those who only got their faithful friend as a puppy during the pandemic it may be the first time they’ve ever been left for a prolonged period of time, … Read more
While HBO is still casting its Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, the cable network has put three more spin-offs into development, some of which may have crossover potential with House of the Dragon. The first show is 9 Voyages (which has also been called Sea Snake), which hails from Rome and Gotham … Read more
Number of teenage girls developing tics and Tourette’s syndrome surges as a result of rising lockdown anxiety Specialists at Great Ormond Street and Evelina have reported a rise in referrals Before pandemic, average of six teenage girls presented symptoms each year Now experts say they are receiving three or four new referrals evey week Tics … Read more
Justice League star Ray Fisher launched a fresh volley of tweets against Warner Bros. and DC Films on Saturday following news of a new Superman project with a high-profile Black writer. Fisher, 33, reiterated his claims that DC Films President Walter Hamada had tried to ‘destroy’ his ‘credibility,’ before implying that the new Superman movie … Read more
Bank of England should lead the world by developing its own cryptocurrency, urges former WorldPay boss By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 The Bank of England should steal a march on the rest of the world and develop a crypto-currency, a … Read more
England’s salt reduction programme between 2003 and 2018 successfully slashed salt consumption of the average English adult by 15 per cent, a new study has found. Data shows 8.38 grams of salt are now consumed every day, down from 9.38 grams in 2000. If these salt intake levels are maintained, by 2050 the programme would … Read more
US Army is developing a briefcase-sized device that turns dirty ‘ditch water’ into a one-liter bag of life-saving IV fluid in roughly six minutes The US Army is building a device that turns ground water into intravenous fluid The device is now a working prototype and about the size of a briefcase Water is injected with … Read more
Day of the cyborgs: US Army is developing muscle-bound, Terminator-like war robots that use LIVING TISSUE in place of actuators The Army Research Laboratory wants to grow living muscles for robots The team says the living tissue would replace actuators that hold joints This would give robots similar agility and versatility to biological systems The goal … Read more
Scientists need to start developing new Covid vaccines now to stop the coronavirus evolving to escape the immune system, an expert investigating new variants of the virus has warned. Professor Ravi Gupta, a Cambridge University microbiologist, fears there is a risk that mutations will ‘chip away’ at the efficacy of the current crop of vaccines … Read more