At the time of her ascent as a Hollywood screen siren, actor Kim Novak had something that neither directors or audiences could quite put their finger on. She somehow mixed an air of confident sexual defiance with an undertow of vulnerability and melancholy, and whatever it was that she had exactly, she’s definitely still got it on the evidence of Alexandre...
European cinema breeds provocateurs, from Pasolini to Haneke to Noé, Österlund and Radu Jude. Although separated by generations, nationalities and genres, these filmmakers never shy away from confronting their audience with the crass, controversial and/or achingly contemporary. Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli is the latest in a long line of such raconteurs – his feature debut Sick of Myself was a ceaselessly cynical take on...
Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market could be counted on two hands. Today, he says, there are thousands. As president of the investment bank Rainmaker Securities, whose focus includes private securities markets — it facilitates transactions in roughly 1,000 stocks —...
The war in Iran has hammered global oil markets, with gas prices in the U.S. spiking significantly. Amid the rise in transportation costs, Amazon has instituted a new 3.5% fuel surcharge for sellers that use its distribution network. The policy has the potential to inflict significant new costs on the untold merchants that rely on the e-commerce giant to sell...
Decentralized finance company Drift says it has suspended withdrawals and deposits after confirming a security incident. The crypto platform said in a post on X that it was “experiencing an active attack,” and that it was working to “contain the incident.” Security researchers and public blockchain data suggest the losses could be significant. Blockchain security firm CertiK said on X...
Experimental procedures and approvalAll procedures were performed under protocols approved by the Northwestern University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Three adult rhesus macaque monkeys were trained in the experimental procedures described below.SurgeryIn each monkey, we surgically implanted a 96-electrode silicon electrode array (Blackrock Microsystems) into M1 contralateral to the arm used to control the cursor. During surgery, monkeys were...
The rapper says she felt faint while performing in the Broadway show and was later diagnosed with "extreme exhaustion". Source link...
A Colonial Heights officer jumped down into a drain to save several ducklings on Wednesday. Source link...
The story of Passover starts in mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, which symbolically means “the narrow place.” For millions of Israelis like myself, the Jewish festival of freedom will be marked this year from the narrowest of places: a bomb shelter. Across Israel, tens of thousands of shelters have become part of our daily life. They are rarely comfortable, often...
As digital communication accelerates and cyber threats continue to rise, researchers are working to develop more secure ways to transmit information. One of the most promising approaches is quantum cryptography, which uses individual photons to generate encryption keys. A research team from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw has created and tested a new quantum key distribution...
