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The twentieth century brought the dawn of the atomic age, and with it, the promise of a virtually unlimited source of energy. In his “Atoms for Peace” speech, President Eisenhower imagined a future where nuclear energy would “provide abundant electrical energy in the power-starved areas of the world.” Yet, just a few decades later, unbounded optimism turned into fear and controversy. In 1979, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station experienced a partial meltdown, exposing residents in the surrounding region of Pennsylvania to radiation....

This deal was first announced back in January 2017, with a cinematic trailer that teased a new game that the partnership would be collaborating on. While not showing any characters directly, the trailer made it clear that the title would be focused on the core Avengers, the group that came together in the first Avengers movie. RELATED: 10 Marvel’s Avengers Memes That Are Too Hilarious For Words Avengers Reassemble The trailer wasn’t subtle in its hints....

Much of the adoration is directed at Mass Effect 2, as typically fans consider it the peak of the mountain, but the conclusion of the third game was widely panned at launch. Both games are known for those respective things, but Mass Effect doesn’t receive anywhere near as much recognition, nor does it seem to warrant much conversation, as it’s a game that suffered severe growing pains that were necessary for the next entries to improve upon....

RELATED: The Outer Worlds: Peril On Gorgon – The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Things About The DLC The right armor for any given player entirely depends on their playstyle and character build. But these unique pieces offer some of the best chances to keep the character alive in any situation and many improve the damage dealt to the enemy. 10 Wilderness Ops Helmet The Wilderness Ops Helmet is a great choice for stealthy characters....

So how come no one you know has taken a vacation there yet? Until recently, fear was a good reason. War zones don’t lure tourists. And along the Gulf of Aqaba at this northern tip of the Red Sea, the decades-old battle lines and borders between Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia all converge. The 1967 Arab-Israeli war began at the gulf’s entrance. Bomb craters and rusting barbed wire still mark the site....

Unfortunately, Formula One is not what it was a few years ago. In seasons like 2010, 4 drivers were competing for the championship, and until the last lap of the final race, one could never really know who would win the championship. With the passage of time and a lot of rule changes and reading between the lines of those rules, F1 has turned out to be a 2-man battle....

The pressures are enormous, beginning with the desire of the great media monoliths to maximize profits at their news properties. That’s compounded by the fact that the American news consumer has never paid full price for the product. Advertising or sponsorship heavily underwrites newsgathering in all media, usually by half or more. This advertising-supported model has worked for a long time and serious journalistic organizations have evolved a “church and state” division to keep commercial influences from influencing news coverage....

It started in 1996, when Mattel unleashed the CD-ROM Barbie: Fashion Designer on an unsuspecting world. I promptly sent that first Barbie title to a smart feminist reviewer out in California and waited for the explosion. When I didn’t hear back I called to find out how the review was going. The reviewer said she hadn’t yet been able to get the game away from her 8-year-old daughter. Anti-Barbie from way back, the reviewer was primed to lambaste the digital version but never had the chance....

In the 11th episode of My Dress-Up Darling!, Marin wishes to cosplay a sharp-toothed thief from one of her favorite shows; however, the character has much darker skin than Marin, which poses a cosplay challenge. Marin; who wants to be as close to a real-life depiction of a character as possible, mulls over how to overcome the glaring deviation from the character that her lighter skin poses, but the way she goes about it falls into a well-known issue; blackface....

While details about the newest entry into the Fable series are sparse, it has been revealed that Fable 4 will be open-world. The Fable series’ open-world elements were certainly present in previous games, but they did not in and of themselves make Fable an open-world game. The original Fable trilogy contained large open sections that the player could explore, but they are just different areas as opposed to an actual singular world....

Our late-season slide continued last week, with our official plays going 3-4. Our Big Plays took the hit, going 1-3 and dropping our YTD record to 50 percent.* The Titans (+3.5) blew a 10-point first-half lead and lost by eight on Thursday at the Jaguars; the Bears (+9) almost beat the Lions outright, giving us a fairly easy cover; the Chiefs (+3) failed to take advantage of scoring opportunities, and fell 20-12 at the Steelers....

Marshall, laying 8.5 points on the road, comes in boasting a bloated 4-2 record, which they've built up by playing a lackluster schedule. They’ve failed to cover in their two opportunities as road favorites this season, losing outright, in fact, to Ohio. The Quants love Middle Tennessee State as a home dog tonight. (The Linemakers’ on Sporting News’ Kenny White, meanwhile, offers a selection of his own on the total....

Updated July 23, 2021 by Mina Smith: TCGs have been big news again in the last year, with Magic: the Gathering cards going at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars and Pokemon TCG boxes selling for thousands. As the games continue to grow in popularity among collectors, the prices of the cards will also climb, even for the McDonald’s collectible cards sold in Happy Meals. This article has been updated with current prices as they continue to inflate....

The people featured in the series and their stories range from relatively tame to absolutely bonkers. With there being so many episodes out there, it’s safe to say some really stand out above the rest as especially weird. People were catfished by their closest friends, parents, and other family members. Some, even thought they were dating celebrities. While these stories were usually begun with a very healthy dose of skepticism, a few of those people wholeheartedly believed they were involved with the real deal....

Columbine–and Paducah and Granada Hills–sounded the alarm for parents around the country. Whether they live in the inner city or the most serene suburb, they now know that their kids are not immune from the threat of guns. “The places you used to think were safe have been violated by these random acts of violence,” says Kathy Thomas, a mother of three from Thousand Oaks, Calif. “I certainly don’t want my kids to live in fear....

While we’ve not had a chance to go hands-on with the new LG Gram laptops, with CES swapping Las Vegas for the internet due to the ongoing global pandemic, LG has created a free virtual exhibition space for all of its CES 2021 products for anyone dearly missing the show floor this year. Lets run down the specs and see what’s so special about these diminutive laptops. Display The new LG Grams come in 17” and 16” models with WQXGA (2560x1600) 16:10 displays as well as a 14” model with a WUXGA (1920x1200) 16:10 display....

There’s a revolution brewing on Seventh Avenue. If all goes according to plan, Ralph and Oscar and Calvin will be ousted to make way for Todd and Zang and Gemma and Soyon and Jun. These new American designers are hardly household names, and they seem pretty exotic even to the hothouse that is Seventh Avenue. Zang Toi, 29, is Malaysian; Gemma Kahng, 36, and Soyon, 23, and Jun Kim, 25, are from Korea....

Many may recall that Nintendo resurrected this tournament-style format back at E3 2015, although the company left it dormant during 2016. Still, it managed to generate enough excitement back then to be seen as a viable option for 2017, and it turns out that gamers eager to test their mettle won’t be waiting all that long either. Once again partnering with Best Buy, fans will be able to go to participating stores in an attempt to qualify....

Has Facebook Peaked? Last week, Facebook posted its 2020 performance update [PDF]. In it, we learned that the social network has added almost 300 million more active users over the course of 2020. However, that growth entirely has come from outside of North America. Facebook added 5 million daily active users in 2020, but that’s while losing daily active users in the US and Canada throughout the year. Definitely not the sort of data you’d expect to see after a global pandemic has plagued everyone around the world, forcing everyone indoors....