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Paul Feig has been working in comedy for more than twenty years. Now the man behind Freaks and Geeks, Bridesmaids, and the criminally underseen Melissa McCarthy film Spy is jumping genres – he’ll next direct a murder mystery called A Simple Favor that currently has Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) and Blake Lively (The Shallows) in talks to […]
Enlarge / Oil processing towers and gas processing infrastructure stand at the Exxon Mobil Corp. (credit: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images) On Wednesday, 62.3 percent of investors in oil giant Exxon Mobil voted for the company to produce an annual report on the impacts of climate change policies on the company’s business. The resolution, which […]
A solar thermal plant in the US. (credit: SolarReserve) It’s not always a simple task to compare the value of electricity generation resources. Coal, natural gas, solar, wind, and so on have different strengths and weaknesses, so when it comes time to build or replace energy capacity, economists look at the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), […]
Just inside the entrance to the Washington Monument, a handful of people hold black and white signs bearing the words ADA assistance. As one one man walks by, he briefly pauses to consider their message. “Americans with Disabilities Act, or Ada Lovelace?” he says. “She was a great mathematician.” It’s just shy of 9AM in […]
AP Over the past decade, Tesla has been very successful at creating two products: sexy electric luxury cars and frequent chaos. The first product is self-evident — just look at a Tesla Model S sedan or Model X SUV. Take a ride in one. The whole experience is aesthetically and emotionally thrilling, overlaid with the […]
– Exploding costs and brutal new emissions laws will do what the Dieselgate emissions scandal couldn’t do–kill off Volkswagen’s small-diesel-engine range, or at least the ones smaller than those it sold in the United States, VW executives are saying. – Volkswagen’s head of development, Frank Welsch, said this week that the next generation of the 1.6-liter […]
There’s a single interesting idea floating around in Rings, the latest sequel in the franchise that turned dripping wet black-haired Japanese ghosts into mainstream Hollywood horror. “What if,” the film asks, “it was possible to scientifically quantify mind-numbing terror, turn it into harmless data, and use it for mechanical ends?” That’s a fairly heady concept, […]
Walmart is killing off its Amazon Prime competitor in favor of offering free shipping on more items. The old service, named ShippingPass, started trials nearly two years ago, charging a $ 49 annual membership in exchange for free two-day shipping. The new system means that this service will be available on more than two million […]
