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Josh Fischman: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We demystify the research and help you understand what it really means. I’m Josh … Read more
It’s a shame that the best episode of “The Book of Boba Fett” didn’t even feature him, but what an episode! (Image credit: Disney/Lucasfilm) Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” Episode 5 There are so many things to take away from episode 5 of “The Book of Boba Fett,” the new spinoff … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” chapter 3 Expectations were dangerously high after the incredible episode 2 of “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney Plus and it’s safe to say, nothing that happened this week could’ve possibly been predicted — in both good and bad ways, but we’ll get to that. … Read more
Josh Fischman: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We demystify the research, and help you understand what it really means. I’m … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” chapter 2 We were all pretty excited upon our first watch of the first installment of “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney Plus, and while it was only 38 minutes long, deep down we were secretly hoping for maybe just a teeny-tiny bit more action. … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” episode 1 Following the first two seasons of “The Mandalorian” it’s safe to say that expectations were high for “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney Plus and at the same time — despite lots of tantalizing teasers and trailers — we still didn’t know quite what … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 4, Episode 7 Probably the most significant “Star Trek” news that broke in the time between last week’s episode and now was that Paramount unexpectedly announced on Twitter that “Star Trek: Discovery” will be taking a mid-season break, with tonight’s installment being the mid-season finale. The fourth … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 4, Episode 6 This latest episode more or less marks the halfway point in this fourth season of “Star Trek: Discovery” and it’s hard to tell quite which direction it’s going in. Episode 6, entitled “Stormy Weather” also marks the first installment in Season 4 that “Star … Read more
If you’re not already watching “The Expanse” on Amazon Prime Video right now, go and do so immediately. Space.com has exclusively been given a clip from the next episode entitled “Force Projection” that will air at midnight PST on Friday (Dec. 24). In the clip, we see a tender moment behind Holden and Naomi that … Read more
In 1949, at the height of his career, Rustin McIntosh, the director of pediatrics at Columbia University’s Babies Hospital, submitted his letter of resignation. Dr. Scott Baird, who wrote a biography on Dorothy Andersen, takes us back to this pivotal moment, which occurred at the dawn of pediatric pathology in the United States. Through archival … Read more