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The low concentration of CO2 on Earth is due to the fact that this gas is absorbed by the huge volume of water on Earth. The higher the CO2 concentration, the less water on the exoplanet, and vice versa. But the presence of water alone does not guarantee the origin of life on a cosmic body. This is only a basic marker, for example, because the James Webb Space Telescope is very good at measuring CO2 levels on exoplanets.
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Filming has started on Detective Get Knives 3, which streaming service Netflix will unveil next year, and protagonist Benoit Blanc has appeared in an offbeat appearance.
To mark the start of filming on the movie, writer and director Rian Johnson has shared the first photo of Daniel Craig as the detective. The photo shows that Benoit’s hairstyle has changed quite a bit since The Glass Onion, and he now has quite long hair.
“Ahhhh, here we go! Today is the first shooting day of Benoit Blanc’s next appearance in Wake Up Dead. Well, see you on the other side,’ the director wrote.
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The legendary Jeff Bridges will play God in the upcoming film of no less legendary director Terry Gilliam, for the role of Satan in which was previously confirmed Johnny Depp. In addition to these actors, in the dark comedy ‘Carnival at the End of Days’ (‘Carnival at the End of Times’ – translation ‘Film News’), according to the director, will take part Adam Driver and Jason Momoa. Terry Gilliam said this during a ‘master class’ held as part of the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France, where he arrived to receive the honourable award ‘Cristal’.
Receiving the award on a stage traditionally pelted with paper aeroplanes by the audience, 83-year-old Terry Gilliam joked, ‘You wouldn’t believe how long it took me to get this damn award. I was finally allowed to participate. It must have occurred to them that I might not be there next year.”
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At the Xbox Games Showcase, the prospective game ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’, which is positioned as a prequel to the previous episodes of the legendary ‘Doom’ franchise, was unveiled for the first time. It was also announced that fans will be able to appreciate it in 2025.
It is claimed that the game will not be exclusive to consoles, but will appear on day one on Xbox Game Pass. The opening cutscene tells us about the times before the heroic exploits of the Executioner of Doom of the Day on Mars, when he was the weapon of Gods and Kings.
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‘Spy x Family’ is returning with a third season. The creators of the popular anime series announced work on the third chapter during the ‘Spy x Family Extra Mission’ event held at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on 9 June 2024. The announcement did not include information about the premiere date for the third season, but the anime series’ social media accounts shared a visual teaser poster. It shows fan favourite pink-haired Anya Forger sleeping in her room with Bond curled up comfortably behind her. Meanwhile, Yor and Lloyd walk past their foster daughter’s room.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh has decided to change her last name. A source close to the former couple claims that the 18-year-old has applied to remove ‘Pitt’ from her last name, which would allow her to be officially called Shiloh Jolie, and has hired her own lawyer for the process.
‘Shiloh paid for it herself,’ the anonymous tipster noted, citing ‘abuse’ by her father as one of the reasons for the name change.
Shiloh’s two siblings have also apparently dropped Pitt from their surname. Vivienne is now referred to as ‘Vivienne Jolie’ in the playbill for the Broadway show The Outsiders, produced by Angelina Jolie herself. Zahara, meanwhile, joined the Alpha Kappa sorority at Spelman College in November and introduced herself there as Zahara Marley Jolie. Recall that in addition to Shiloh, the stars have five other children in common.
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This ‘last of the Mohicans’ was male, and therefore all the descendants, which are now only found in botanical gardens, are also male. Scientists are trying to revive the species through natural reproduction, but in this case there is a problem: no female plants for pollination have been found.
To make the search more efficient, researchers are using drones, flying them over the Ngoye forest, which has not yet been 100 per cent studied. The drones are equipped with multispectral cameras to scan thousands of acres of forest. The drones have recently captured over 15,000 images of the vegetation, and that’s just the beginning.
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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the virus has spread to 33 dairy herds in 8 states and has also infected a farm worker.
The FDA says pasteurisation is likely to deactivate bird flu, but the agency has already begun destroying milk from infected cows.
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In the Atacama Desert, where it seems impossible to live, researchers have discovered a hidden world full of diverse microbial communities. The Atacama Desert is one of the driest regions of the planet, but this has not proved to be an obstacle for many microbial species.
The scientists focused their attention on the Yungai Valley, where they took soil samples. DNA analysis showed that there are three groups of bacteria in the soil: Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, and they are distributed unevenly and at different depths.
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As it turned out, this variety appeared 350-600 millennia ago as a result of natural crossing of Coffea eugenioides and Coffea canephora. This happened without (and even before) human intervention.
Although wild coffee plants grow in Ethiopia, it is believed that their first roasting and preparation began in Yemen in the 15th century. According to legend, an Indian monk named Budan secretly smuggled 7 raw coffee beans back to his homeland in the 17th century, helping to spread coffee around the world.
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