Psychologists from the University of Portsmouth have published a paper suggesting gorillas use human-like facial expressions to communicate moods with one another. Not only that, but two of the expressions, both of which resemble grinning, could show the origins of the human smile. However, the findings published in the American Journal of Primatology show their smiles mean different things. The...
What’s worse for the planet? Driving to the supermarket for your weekly shop or spending all day on Zoom calls while binging The Office on repeat? Now, finally, we have an answer. Sort of. For the first time, Netflix has revealed specific details about its carbon footprint. Using a tool called DIMPACT, developed by researchers at the University of Bristol, Netflix claims that one hour of...
As far as cinematic bust-ups go, you’d be hard pressed to beat a face off between King Kong and Godzilla. And while they might no longer carry the cultural cachet of the Avengers, (the kings and queens of smashing things up on screen), both creatures have earned their right to a long-awaited showdown in Godzilla vs. Kong, which hits screens this week. Arguably the strangest thing about the...
Grey Gardens This documentary centers on an upper class mother and daughter both called Edith Beale (Big and Little Edie), who, despite being aunt and the first cousin of former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, live in poverty and seclusion in East Hampton, New York. The crew shadows them around a derelict house, Grey Gardens estate, as they squabble and reminisce and feed their cats and...
Netflix is one of the most prolific documentary producers around. That means there’s a huge array of choices—but not all of them are good. To help you sift through the glut, we’ve picked out some of our favorite Netflix documentaries, from science to sport, politics to true crime. And if this isn’t enough for you, we also have a list of the best documentaries available on Amazon Prime. An...
This weekend saw San Diego overtaken by hordes of pop culture aficionados as the city once again played host to Comic Con International. The annual event has long since shrugged off being soley focused on comic books though, and now showcases the biggest movies and TV shows the world has to offer. While some studios haven’t (officially) made some of the juicier content shown to con-goers online...
Sometime in late 2019, Diana Deets started changing face. An Instagram influencer and OnlyFans adult content creator going by Coconut Kitty, Deets had till that point looked like a woman in her late twenties to mid-thirties. In her new pictures, however – while her body remained unchanged – her face gradually morphed into something otherworldly: her chin became pointy, her lips waxed into a perma...
The console version of Minecraft is about to get even more beautiful – in its unique, blocky way – with the announcement of a new expansion pack tapping into Chinese mythology. The Chinese Mythology Mash-Up Pack was revealed at Minecon 2016, the annual fan gathering devoted to developer Mojang’s sandbox phenomenon, and is set to offer a new world to explore, fresh creatures to encounter...
The company’s first feature, 1995’s Toy Story, changed CGI forever, and has since brought to life landscapes and textures in startling new ways. But for Inside Out‘s mind worlds, which range from the caves of Subconscious to Abstract Thought, realism was off the agenda. “As the line has blurred between visual effects and computer animation, the latter tends to lean towards realism,” says producer...
v YouTube videos using child-oriented search terms are evading the company’s attempts to control them. In one cartoon, a woman with a Minnie Mouse head tumbles down an escalator before becoming trapped in its machinery, spurting blood, while her children (baby Mickey and Minnie characters) cry. The cartoon, Minnie Mouse Mommy Has Pregnancy Problem & Doctor Treats Episodes! Mickey Mouse...