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Cult Classic Movies, and the Fans That Keep Them Alive
April marks the 50th anniversary of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show‘s” debut as a midnight movie at New York City’s Waverly Theater. It is the longest-running theatrical release in movie history. “Rocky Horror” is the Rosetta Stone of cult films, that elusive stratum of film appreciation that cannot be manufactured. As Landmark Theatre’s film buyer and repertory programmer Mike DeLorenzo…
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Newton’s 300-Year-Old Law Passes Its Biggest Cosmic Test Yet
Gravity, long understood as the force governing motion from falling apples to orbiting planets, is now being tested on the largest scales of the universe. New observations of distant galaxy clusters confirm that gravity behaves exactly as predicted by Newton and Einstein, even across vast cosmic distances. Credit: Shutterstock By studying galaxy clusters separated by hundreds of millions of light-years,…
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Psilocybin and methylone: FDA moves to fast-track review
Some psychedelic drugs, once considered fringe, are now getting a step closer to possibly being approved for use as mental health treatments in the United States. The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued national priority vouchers to three companies studying these psychedelic-based medicines: psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” for treatment-resistant depression; psilocybin for major depressive disorder;…
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Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake : NPR
Bison walk on the dry lake bed of the Great Salt Lake on April 08, 2026 near Syracuse, Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state’s capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of Delaware, covering roughly 2,300 square…
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SC gives Centre final chance to clarify its stance on Bangladesh deportation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, granted the last opportunity to the Centre to apprise about its stand on a plea seeking to bring back some people who were earlier deported to Bangladesh. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi asked the counsel for the Centre to take instructions…
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Sustainable labware from paper pulp innovation
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Could you share a bit about the story behind PulpFixin, and the inspiration behind the name? PulpFixin began by seeking alternatives to plastic lab wear. We initially explored bioplastics but found them expensive and not widely…
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PHOTO ESSAY: Chernobyl liquidators return to where they faced an invisible enemy
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, soldiers, firefighters, engineers, miners and medics were summoned from across the USSR. They were known as “liquidators” — an ominous Soviet-era catchall term for those assigned to eliminate a problem.…
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‘Michael’ Is a Vain Account of the Man in the Mirror
After an overlooked legal settlement spurred extensive reshoots, the new Michael Jackson biopic’s selective memory adheres to its subject’s self-mythologizing The 32-foot-tall replicas of a defiant, bandolier-clad Michael Jackson commissioned to promote his 1995 double album, HIStory, were thought up by their subject, an imperial edict from an authentically world-conquering hero. The story goes that when Sony executives asked MJ…
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says it killed 12 FSB officers in drone swarm attack on Russian command centre
Ukraine’s defence minister says country’s ‘red lines’ won’t change Ukraine’s defence minister Kyrylo Budanov has said his country’s negotiating position on giving up territory in peace talks is not going to change. “No one in the world deals with the weak, and international law does not work without strength. To succeed in negotiations, we must be strong on the battlefield…
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Ceasefire is indefinite, Trump says, as economist puts recession risk at 40% if Hormuz stays closed
ONE BIG THING Gates Foundation investigates its ties to Epstein—weeks before Bill Gates faces Congress The Gates Foundation has commissioned an external investigation of its past engagement with Jeffrey Epstein, CEO Mark Suzman told staff in a memo this week. At the same time, billionaire co-founder Bill Gates prepares to testify before Congress in June about his relationship with the…
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