What Is The Best Platform to Develop Web Applications?

Before creating a web application,it is imperative that you identify the framework on which you will develop it. Frameworks serve as platforms of support for building a web application and can complement the features that you’re planning for your web app. If you’re partial to a specific programming language, you might want to pick a … Read more

Encounter review: A sci-fi road trip that gets lost along the way

By Gregory Wakeman Malik (Riz Ahmed, centre) is determined to prepare his sons to fight the aliens Amazon Content Services LLC Encounter Michael Pearce UK cinemas, Amazon Prime ENCOUNTER brings together three of the most exciting stars in the British film industry: director Michael Pearce, whose debut feature Beast was critically acclaimed on its release … Read more

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 4, Episode 4 ends with a surprise you won’t see coming

“Star Trek: Discovery” constantly comes under discussion and decisions made in the writers’ room continue to divide fans, more so — it’s safe to say — than any other incarnation of the longest-running science fiction franchise in history. And some on social media claim that “Discovery” isn’t true “Trek” (whatever that means). However, I recently had … Read more

Dr. Brain review: Scientifically absurd but strangely entertaining

By Josh Bell When Dr Sewon Koh uploads memories from dead people, he doesn’t always like what he sees Courtesy of Apple Dr. Brain Apple TV+ WITH a name like Dr Brain, the title character of the first South Korean-language series from Apple TV+ sounds like he should be a second-string Marvel superhero. Yet while … Read more

Black hole jet boasts double helix structure molded by powerful magnetic fields

An extraordinary galactic jet ejected from a supermassive black hole boasts a corkscrew-like helical structure, new ground-based telescope views reveal. The black hole lies at the center of an elliptical galaxy called Messier 87 (M87), which is located roughly 55 million light-years from Earth. The black hole — the first, and only, black hole ever … Read more

The eerie bioluminescence of the ghost fungus in all its glory

By Gege Li Juergen Freund/naturepl.com Photographer Jürgen Freund AgencyNaturepl.com THIS haunting shot of a bioluminescent fungus may seem otherworldly, but you can witness the astonishing sight in forests here on Earth. The photo was taken in the Atherton Tableland plateau in Queensland, Australia, by nature photographer Jürgen Freund. This species is probably Omphalotus nidiformis, otherwise … Read more

WordPress Security Tips and Hack Defense

From WordPress core, theme and plugin safety, to user name and password best practices and database backups. Other topics to consider include: layered security measures like using the .htaccess file to enable or disable features limiting file permissions black listing and white listing IPs disable file editing using HTTPS WordPress Security If you run a … Read more

Building a private space station: Q&A with Axiom Space CTO Matt Ondler

Private companies are getting ready to take the baton from the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS, which has hosted rotating astronaut crews continuously for more than 20 years, is expected to retire around 2030. (Congress has officially approved it to operate only through 2024, but an extension is widely expected.) If all goes according … Read more

Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren’t as irrational as they seem

To explain the paradox of a smart species that embraces fake news, conspiracy theories and paranormal woo, we need to rethink rationality, says psychologist Steven Pinker Humans 8 December 2021 By Graham Lawton Jennie Edwards HUMANITY faces some huge challenges, from the coronavirus pandemic and climate change to fundamentalism, inequality, racism and war. Now, more … Read more