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Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food
North Carolina startup Pairwise is using Crispr gene-editing technology to develop seedless, thornless, higher-yielding blackberries and other improved fruits, aiming to compress decades of traditional plant breeding into just a few years. The company hopes this marks the start of a new era of “designer crops” engineered to benefit consumers, farmers and the environment alike,…
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GTA 6’s $100 PS5 Ultimate Edition Is Getting More Pre-Orders Than the Cheaper Version
Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two has said that pre-orders for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 are skewing towards the pricier Ultimate Edition rather than the standard version, despite the premium option costing significantly more. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick made the comments during a CNBC interview, describing overall pre-order demand for the game as “exceptional”…
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Laufey loves being recognised as “the one from ‘Fortnite’”
Laufey has said she is enjoying being recognised as “the one from Fortnite” following her collaboration with the game earlier this year. The singer headlined Fortnite Festival season 14, which saw a concert experience inspired by her “A Matter Of Time” arena tour added to the game, along with her songs and character skins, marking…
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Upcoming RPG Promises Neverwinter Nights Vibes With a Steampunk Touch
French developer and publisher Super AC has officially announced Covenant of Gears: The Three Musketeers, a tactical RPG that aims to recapture the spirit of classic CRPGs such as Neverwinter Nights and Baldur’s Gate. The game reimagines Alexandre Dumas’s novels in a steampunk-inflected, alternate-history 17th-century France, with players controlling D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, each…
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Clea actor finds it “fascinating” that RPG fans give her character “more grace” than Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lae’zel
The actor voicing Clea in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has said she finds it “fascinating” that role-playing game fans have extended her character “more grace” than they have shown Lae’zel, the fierce githyanki warrior from Baldur’s Gate 3. The comparison highlights how audiences can respond very differently to female characters with strong, uncompromising personalities depending…
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“I don’t think the underground or extreme metal scene will ever dig us. It’s elitist”: How Trivium defied the gatekeepers and split the critics with The Crusade
Trivium broke through in 2005 with their album Ascendancy and a star-making performance at Download festival, but their 2006 follow-up, The Crusade, prompted a significant backlash and divided critics and fans. Metal Hammer spoke to the band during their first US tour that year, discussing their rapid success, accusations of snobbery from parts of the…
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Fighting relegation & eyeing promotion? Championship set for six-team play-offs
The Championship play-offs expand to six teams this season. Here’s a closer look at how it may pan out and the thoughts of those involved.
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Man faces prison after ‘hotwired’ tractor is rammed into family home at ‘full throttle’ by masked thugs
A man is facing a potential prison sentence after allegedly stealing a tractor and using it to ram into a family home, with masked accomplices reportedly involved in the attack. The incident has raised concerns about the escalating and dangerous nature of targeted property attacks, given the significant risk posed to the occupants inside the…
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George MacKay, Louisa Harland, Nathalie Emmanuel and Eric Kofi Abrefa Join ‘The Animals’ From ‘Supacell’ Star Calvin Demba (EXCLUSIVE)
British actor-turned-filmmaker Calvin Demba, best known for Netflix’s “Supacell,” has assembled a notable cast for his second directorial short film, “The Animals.” George MacKay, Louisa Harland, Nathalie Emmanuel and Eric Kofi Abrefa have all signed on, marking a significant step up in profile for Demba following his 2022 directorial debut, the BFI Network short “BabyDolls.”…
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Marvel Officially Confirms Who Is the Best Spider-Man
Marvel has released a preview of a new Miles Morales: Spider-Man comic, written by Bryan Edward Hill with art by Nico Leon, which the publisher is framing as confirmation that Miles is its best contemporary take on Spider-Man. The story matters to fans because the character, popularised on screen by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and…