Adele’s ‘30’: A mathematician explores number patterns in album titles

Adele, the 33-year-old British top-selling and award-winning recording artist, released her sensational new album, 30, in November. Reviewers are raving, with the New York Times calling...

Adele 30: the psychology of why sad songs make us feel good

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adele (@adele) Adele’s new album, 30, is finally available. Last month, hundreds of millions of us streamed...

Harry Potter and the legacy of the world’s most famous boy wizard

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first film in the eight-part series, has reached its 20th anniversary. Released in 2001, it became the highest-grossing film...

Astroworld tragedy: here’s how concert organisers can prevent big crowds turning deadly

B.C. professor’s Mother Tree research branches out to bestselling book, movie deal

A British Columbia forestry professor’s unique research and bestselling book mapping how trees are deeply connected communities has gained the attention of Hollywood.   Prof. Suzanne...

Adele’s new album to be released in November

November 19 – that is the date for the release of Adele’s new album titled, 30. The singer announced this on social media, saying that she...

Jon Kent Finds his Identity in “Superman: Son of Kal-El #5”

On November 9th the life of Jon Kent, the Superman of Earth and son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, takes a bold new direction. “I’ve...

What the remastered queer film classic ‘Working Girls’ can teach us about sex work today

Working Girls, the 1986 indie hit film, was re-released by the Criterion Collection in July. The film was made by queer feminist American filmmaker Lizzie Borden...

Britney Spears gets free of father’s conservatorship – but many others remain shackled by the easily abused legal arrangement

Britney Spears finally got her wish: A judge suspended her dad as conservator, about two and a half months after she told the court that he...

How 9/11 changed cinema

One of the most common responses to the events of September 11 2001, both among witnesses on the scene and more distant commentators, was that the...