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Pop Culture Countdown: Beyoncé cries and another space movie starring Channing Tatum
By Danny McCarthy, Staff Writer
@thedanosaurus
Welcome to Monday! It may have been a rainy weekend, but it’s all toasty warm in pop culture land! So kick up your feet and settle in for a while as we talk about everything that you might’ve missed in the last week!
6. Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow selling their London home:
In the aftermath of going public with their split, Gwyneth Paltrow and husband Chris Martin are reportedly selling their $7 million London home. The pair have been working on their marriage for roughly a year, and despite rumors swirling of infidelity on the side of Paltrow, they insist the break-up is amicable. Paltrow also announced that she will be taking time off from Hollywood to be with her children and deal with the effects of the split.
5. Selena Gomez served with papers in Justin Bieber’s lawsuit:
Looks like Selena is being dragged into Justin’s legal mess! The beautiful brunette was served with court papers. She will testify in the lawsuit centering around Bieber’s alleged assault on a paparazzo while on a date with Gomez. However, Gomez could be grilled on more than just that one incident. Possible topics include Bieber’s use of illegal substances and any incidents of violence or anger.
4. New “Jupiter Ascending” trailer:
Jupiter Ascending, starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, released a new trailer, and it’s drawing me in! With the scenes of a vast galactic empire and some pretty sick fights — involving a wolfish Tatum — I’m excited for the film to be released in July. The film was directed by the Wachowskis, who brought us the Matrix films. It centers on Jupiter, played by Kunis, who is the next in line for a celestial throne, and the great battle to achieve her birthright. Pretty cool, right?
3. Zoe Saldana named the new face of L’Oreal:
Zoe Saldana is having one hell of a year! The Star Trek actress will be involved with the “Avatar” sequel, a NBC adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby,” and now she joins the likes of Blake Lively and Lea Michele as L’Oreal Paris’s newest spokesmodel. Saldana was humbled by the offer, and credits her success to her family’s work ethic. We can’t wait to see the gorgeous L’Oreal pictures featuring the beauty!
2. Beyoncé cries at the last Mrs. Carter show:
If it were possible for the entire world to love Beyoncé more, it would be this moment. At her last show of 132 shows on her Mrs. Carter tour, Beyoncé humbly thanked her fans for giving her a career and lifting her up every time she fell. It is amazing to see a celebrity of Beyoncé’s stature acknowledge the power and special place of the fans in the making of fame. The past year of the tour has been a huge step for Beyoncé: the growth of her daughter Blue Ivy, and the release of her secret fifth album, BEYONCÉ.
1. Emma Watson “Noah” premiere; graduation in May:
Okay, full disclosure: this is my number 1 because I’ve been re-obsessed with the “Harry Potter” series lately and Emma Watson is my British queen. At the “Noah“ premiere, Watson revealed that she is due to graduate from Brown University in May, and she couldn’t be happier! She finished her degree in five years, balancing both the pressures of schoolwork and cinema. Emma says that graduating will free up her time considerably and, after filming her new movie “Regression,” she would love to break out on Broadway. Congrats, Watson!
Okay, so that’s all for this week! If there’s anything I missed, or anything you want to chime in on, feel free to comment down below!
Science Tuesday: FINDER
By Sanah Faroke, Staff Writer
@sanahfaroke
When there’s this much damage, it’s good to have an app on your hands to conquer the rubble./PHOTO VIA Wikimedia Commons
When you feel like you’re completely lost and trapped under all your problems, there’s an app for that (and also a psychologist). But what happens if you’re actually in a crisis with say, a natural disaster, a collapsed building or a storm? One moment you’re consumed by all the work you have to do, and the next, you’re being consumed by a tornado (which isn’t likely, especially in Boston), but let’s just pretend. There is now a new tool to get you out of the gutter.
This new tool, created by U.S. space agency experts who collaborated with the Department of Homeland Security, created a portable radar device that can actually detect live victims who are as far down as 30 feet under collapsed material. So, for the zombie fans out there, this device would be an essential one during a zombie apocalypse.
But in all seriousness, the technology that detect objects in space from a distance inspired the FINDER app, which is short for Finding Individuals Disaster and Emergency Response. It’s some pretty intense stuff, but the possibilities of using this machine during dire circumstances is unbelievable and, well, dare I say it, a life saver.
“The ultimate goal of FINDER is to help emergency responders efficiently rescue victims of disasters,” said John Price, the program manager for the First Responders Group in Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate in an interview with Discovery News.
So how does it work? Well, it’s much more complex than the average metal detector. And just to be clear, I’m not ragging on metal detectors—it’s just one way I can find change for laundry, duh. FINDER however uses advanced algorithms to identify the tiny signals that are given off by a moving chest.
NASA’s Deep Space Network uses the same technique that created FINDER to track spacecrafts that orbit Saturn. Through this method, they can detect the victim’s heartbeat and breathing from a distance through signal processing.
If you think about how much impact this device could have been in situations like the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans or the September 11 tragedy, many lives could have been saved, but looking to the future, FINDER can identify if there is a surviving victim and is a tool for rescue workers. Looks like those adorable rescue pooches will soon be out of a job because where they falter, FINDER picks up the slack. It can detect a survivor in open spaces for up to 100 feet and under solid concrete, it can locate a living survivor up to 20 feet.
In preparation for the unknowns of tomorrow, devices like FINDER is not only heaven sent, but insanely beneficial. You never know what’ll happen tomorrow, so always eat like it’s the Last Supper, live like you have 9 lives and if you get stuck in a rut, just know that technology is moving as fast as you are and devices, like FINDER, are here to the rescue.
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