‘Star Wars’ Actor John Boyega: Films Made Him ‘Exhausted, Frantic And Paranoid’
Actor John Boyega attends the world premiere of “Nope” at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Actor John Boyega revealed in a new interview he thought about quitting acting as he powered through numerous projects in recent years. Boyega, known for his role as Finn in the “Star Wars” franchise, […]
Pennsylvania’s Fetterman Released From Hospital After Stroke
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate contest, has been released from the hospital after a stay of more than a week following a stroke, his wife and his campaign said Sunday. “João is headed home — time to rest and recover (and annoy […]
Opinion | ‘I Am Just Trying to Stand Up to a Bully’: What We Heard This Week
“I am just trying to stand up to a bully.” — John Spertus, MD, of Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, on his copyright infringement lawsuit against the nation’s leading electronic health record vendor, Epic Systems. “If it were my relatives, I would be sending them out to do this.” — Peter Marks, MD, PhD, […]
Student researchers discover genes unique to humans in search for source of our evolutionary distinctiveness
A team of student researchers from John Jay College of Criminal Justice has discovered human microRNA genes not shared with any other primate species and which may have played an important role in the unique evolution of the human species. The students, under the direction of John Jay Professors Dr. Hunter R. Johnson and Dr. […]
Simple, accurate, and efficient: Improving the way computers recognize hand gestures: Optical hand gesture recognition sees improvements in accuracy and complexity with new algorithm
In the 2002 science fiction blockbuster film Minority Report, Tom Cruise’s character John Anderton uses his hands, sheathed in special gloves, to interface with his wall-sized transparent computer screen. The computer recognizes his gestures to enlarge, zoom in, and swipe away. Although this futuristic vision for computer-human interaction is now 20 years old, today’s humans […]
Metasurfaces control polarized light at will: New research unlocks the hidden potential of metasurfaces
For years, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have engineered metasurfaces to manipulate light based on its polarization state. That research has contributed to advances in polarization technology — but metasurface technology has proven more powerful than even the researchers themselves realized. Now, researchers have uncovered hidden […]
John Oliver Exposes One Of America’s Worst Ideas By Creating A 100% Legal Scam
John Oliver on Sunday night took a deep dive into the world of health care sharing ministries (HCSM), the faith-based schemes that might resemble health insurance, but aren’t actually health insurance. And many participants find out only after it’s too late. The “Last Week Tonight” host told the story of one family whose child had […]