The INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS). Courtesy: INFN-LNGS Our everyday experience shows that the macroscopic world is different from the quantum one. Unlike quantum particles, the objects in our daily existence do not, for example, exist in a superposition of different states. Traditionally, physicists explain the transition between the two worlds by saying that
Month: October 2020
A visual representation of bitcoin with U.S. dollars. studioEAST | Getty Images LONDON — After Facebook shocked policymakers with its plan to launch a digital currency last year, central banks have been forging ahead with discussions on how they could create their own virtual money. Now, they’ve come up with a rough framework for how
Regal Cinemas is taking it to the streets, with the marquee of its iconic and shuttered Times Square multiplex admonishing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for being just about the last pol in the country to reopen cinemas. “48 states have reopened theatres safely. Why not New York, Governor Cuomo?” blared from that strip of
Brock Bagby, the executive vice president of B&B Theatres, next to his father Bob Bagby, the CEO. B&B Theatres B&B Theatres, the sixth largest cinema chain in the U.S., has been operating for nearly 100 years. Its owners now say it is months away from filing for bankruptcy protection. The family-owned business has 48 theaters
SAN FRANCISCO – Exolaunch signed an agreement to secure rides for dozens of small satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions scheduled to launch later this year and in 2021. Under the agreement announced Oct. 8, Germany’s Exolaunch plans to integrate 30 U.S. and European cubesats and microsatellites on Falcon 9 rideshare flights to sun-synchronous orbit scheduled
The White House on Friday took a new coronavirus stimulus offer to Democrats, believed to cost $1.8 trillion, as the sides work to strike a deal before the 2020 election. The plan would mark an increase from the $1.6 trillion the Trump administration previously proposed. House Democrats passed a $2.2 trillion bill earlier this month, and
100 gecs have shared a new music video for their 1000 gecs track “hand crushed by a mallet.” The Weston Allen–directed visual features chess matches, giant weapons, and more. Check it out below. 100 gecs recently dropped a 1000 gecs remix album titled 1000 gecs & he Tree of Clues. The record was followed by
An Amazon warehouse Getty Images Two Amazon warehouses in California have been cited by the state’s division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for coronavirus-related health and safety violations. Cal/OSHA issued $1,870 in fines to an Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California, known as LGB3, and a delivery station in Hawthorne, California, referred to
This weekend, consider your house haunted. Netflix just dropped The Haunting of Bly Manor, the ghost story following The Haunting of Hill House in Mike Flanagan’s ongoing spooky stories franchise. The series takes Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and leads us into the world of Dani Clayton (Victoria Pedretti), a governess tasked with
We may be nearly two years away from the release of Jurassic World 3 but Jeff Goldblum has just given fans something to help tide them offer. The actor, who plays Ian Malcolm in the franchise, has recreated his most iconic on-screen moment. Yes, nearly 30 years after Jurassic Park first arrived, Goldblum has exposed
HBO Max will welcome another superhero to its ranks. Months after being announced as in development, Green Lantern has landed a series order at the relatively new streamer. Variety confirmed the series order, revealing that a 10-part first season has been announced. The series “will depict the adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, including Guy
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Cable wasn’t available where we lived in rural Ohio, but my father had splurged on a satellite dish. New-fangled and cutting-edge, the
Instagram has added new audio features for Reels, in what seems to be a bid to make it even more similar to TikTok. You can now save audio clips, share audio pages over Direct Messages, and browse through new sections like For You and Trending. These new features will make it easier for users to
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing company gained more than 3% after Mizuho initiated coverage on the stock with a buy rating and $550 target. “We believe Zoom can continue to deliver outsized revenue growth due to its position as a market leader, its global
When Emma Keegan loses her husband of three years in a tragic accident, she loses her sense of direction. Without her husband, Alfonso Bove, Emma withdraws from the world that once saw them as the sensational hit Italian-American singing duo. Now her lifelong interest of music, friends, and activities are meaningless without Alfonso. But even
Focus Features’ femme thriller Promising Young Woman, which made its world premiere at Sundance back in January, has returned to the theatrical release calendar for a Christmas Day release. The movie was originally set to open on April 17 before the pandemic pushed all titles. Out of the gate, the film notched a high Rotten Tomatoes
WASHINGTON — Despite dire predictions just six months ago, space companies in general, and startups in particular, have survived the pandemic and its economic fallout in relatively good shape. In sessions at the three-day Satellite Innovation 2020 conference that concluded Oct. 8, executives and other industry observers concluded that the industry fared better than expected
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after a lunch with Republican Senators, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 30, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Congress likely will not pass another coronavirus stimulus package before the Nov. 3 election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday. The White House and Democrats have
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