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Alien: Isolation 2 isn't the first follow-up to 2014's survival horror game, and I wonder how the sequel will deal with it

Feature | A lot has happened to Amanda Ripley since the first Alien Isolation

GamesRadar · Jul 13

Prime Video top 10 movies — here’s the 3 worth watching this week (July 13-19)

I've watched plenty of Prime Video, and these are the three top 10 movies I'd recommend streaming first this week.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 13

The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow

Reflect Orbital just got approval to launch its first light-directing space mirror, which it plans to do later this year. Tens of thousands more such craft could follow over the next 10 years.

Space · Jul 13

“Can You Outsmart These Useless Facts?”: Ace This 20-Question Weird General Knowledge Quiz

Some facts are so wonderfully pointless that they somehow become impossible to forget. Why are bananas ever so slightly radioactive? Which animal has fingerprints that look almost human? And what on Earth is raining diamonds? This quiz is loaded with 20 wonderfully bizarre questions covering everything from strange science and…

Bored Panda · Jul 13

Forget white vinegar — I found a better natural way to banish ants in my yard for good

I finally got rid of the ants in my yard with this one natural item — and no, it wasn’t white vinegar this time.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 13

Japan has discovered record-breaking hidden gold beneath the ocean floor, but extracting it won't be easy; here’s why

Far below the surface of the Pacific, a volcanic landscape south of Japan has revealed an extraordinary concentration of hidden gold unlike anything documented before. The discovery comes from an active hydrothermal field where superheated, mineral-rich fluids continue to build towering chimney structures and dense sulphide deposits on the seabed.…

The Times of India · Jul 13

The Ancient Indian Fragrance Called Ittar Still Knows Something About Your Identity

The Scent That Predates the BottleThe oldest ittar recipes in the subcontinent don't come from perfumers. They come from physicians. The Charaka Samhita lists aromatic preparations not as luxury but as medicine, rose to cool the blood, sandalwood to calm the mind, vetiver to draw heat from the body in…

Times Life · Jul 13

Why The Most Shocking Idea About Religion Came From Vivekananda?

The Room That Heard Without Listening On 11 September 1893, Swami Vivekananda stood before the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago and opened with seven words: "Sisters and brothers of America." The hall erupted. Two minutes of applause for a greeting. What followed, the actual argument, received polite appreciation…

Times Life · Jul 13

3 Rare-Earth ETFs That Help Investors Balance Exposure and Risk

Federal support for MP Materials, USA Rare Earth, and others is rebuilding U.S. rare-earth refining. REMX, EART, and SETM ETFs offer diversified ways to invest in this supply chain.

MarketBeat · Jul 12

Mushroom trip: a mycologist’s tour of the Tarkine

On a three-day fungi workshop in Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearths an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life

The Guardian - AU · Jul 12