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. . Two hundred meters beneath a chateau in the Italian countryside, eight people stand trembling in a bunker, backs against the concrete wall.
An empty parking lot is shown at a closed JC Penney store in Roseville, Mich., May 8, 2020. Paul Sancya | AP Ross Allen-McCabe worked for six years at J.C. Penney. Now, he’s out of a job after the department store filed for bankruptcy and has so far let go hundreds at its headquarters in Plano,
Quantum clock: rotating atomic spins have been used to measure the time it takes for quantum tunnelling to occur. (Courtesy: iStock/agsandrew) The time it takes for an atom to quantum-mechanically tunnel through an energy barrier has been measured by Aephraim Steinberg of the University of Toronto and colleagues. The team observed ultracold atoms tunnelling through
Netflix has set a Oct. 16 streaming date for its $56M pick-up from Paramount, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 in what looks to be the first of their 2020-2021 awards season contenders. Paramount, which first had the movie, was eyeing a fall platform release, initially with a limited debut of Sept. 25,
SmallSat Alliance Chairman Chuck Beames said DoD’s decision to award contracts to six companies without a competition was a mistake. WASHINGTON — The Defense Department caused an uproar when it announced on June 18 it had selected six small launch companies to receive contracts funded under the Defense Production Act, the head of a space
Republicans are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance benefit at a dramatically reduced level of $400 per month, or $100 a week, through the rest of the year, sources told CNBC. Congress passed a $600 per week, or $2,400 a month, boost to jobless benefits in March to deal with a wave of unemployment unseen
Kanye West has a steady stream of close friends showing up in Wyoming — the latest being Damon Dash, who he took for an essential items shopping trip. It appears Dame arrived at Ranch West sometime Wednesday, and the duo hit up the Walmart in nearby Cody … wearing face masks to enter, as required.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about economic recovery during a campaign event at Colonial Early Education Program at the Colwyck Center on July 21, 2020 in New Castle, Delaware. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday called President Donald Trump the first racist president in U.S.
Many have speculated about what Hillary Rodham Clinton’s life would’ve look like if she hadn’t fallen for an Arkansas man named Bill. Wonder no longer: A series reimagining the former first lady, senator, and presidential candidate’s life without her marriage to Bill is heading to Hulu. The Hollywood Reporter reports that The Affair‘s Sarah Treem
A secret Pablo Picasso sketch has been discovered underneath his abstract painting Still Life. The piece of art is one of Picasso’s most well-known, but nobody ever knew about the hidden sketch until just now. A team from the Art Institute of Chicago were doing some in-depth analysis of the painting, looking at layers of
There’s no mystery to solve here. HBO is keeping Perry Mason on the case for another year. The premium cabler has renewed the drama series for a second season, it was announced today by Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming. “It has been an exciting journey to work with the immensely talented team behind
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. . With the cancellation of the Summer Olympics this year and a pandemic continuing to rage on, most of us are stuck at
From the beginning, LUXIE has taken a “do no harm to the Earth and its creatures” approach to crafting a complete collection of fan-favorite functional makeup brushes and beauty tools. One of the first to engineer an entirely vegan, high-performing makeup brush, the company has awed and inspired makeup lovers around the world since 2014 with premium
David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs & Co. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Wednesday that the U.S. economy will be hampered by high unemployment and a plodding recovery because of the coronavirus pandemic. “The economic reality is that we are still facing a very, very
Series editor’s note: What does it mean for a body to remember its feeding, to have to reckon with its darkest days, days spent eating weeds in the aftermath of a genocide? And what does it mean for the body to choose to harm itself, by eating anything to make it whole, to forget what
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images United Airlines posted a $1.63 billion net loss for the second quarter, driven by a plunge in air travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic, the carrier said Tuesday. Revenue fell more than 87% from a year earlier to $1.48 billion from a
As expected, Chinese authorities have given the go-ahead for cinemas in Beijing to reopen this coming Friday. That’s also when the first new Hollywood titles will hit the market, including Dolittle and Bloodshot. Only cinemas in the capital’s low-risk areas will be able to resume operations — and with strict sanitary measures in place, state
The Air Force will use BlackSky’s monitoring service to track the spread of COVID-19 and secure its supply chain. WASHINGTON — Earth-observation company BlackSky announced July 21 it received a U.S. Air Force contract to monitor overseas U.S. military bases, detect outbreaks and analyze the spread of COVID-19. The contract was awarded by the Air