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Titanic at 25: how James Cameron captured 1990s anxieties with pure golden-age Hollywood style

Titanic at 25: how James Cameron captured 1990s anxieties with pure golden-age Hollywood style: James Cameron poses during a promotional event for Titanic 3D. Franck Robichon Titanic (1997) arrived as disaster films were experiencing a comeback. Compared to the apocalypses visited on the world in Michael Bay’s Armageddon (1997) or Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996), …

James Webb: telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world – paving the way for studying Earth-like planets

James Webb: telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world – paving the way for studying Earth-like planets: Artist impression of WASP b and its star NASA, ESA, CSA, and J. Olmsted (STScI) Since the first planet orbiting a star other than the Sun was discovered in 1995, we have realised that planets and planetary systems …

James Bond’s ethnicity might change – but his accent probably won’t

James Bond’s ethnicity might change – but his accent probably won’t: The cinematic character of James Bond has changed with the times since the first Bond film Dr No was released back in 1962. We have seen Bond as a chauvinistic womaniser, a fun-loving bon vivant, and, more recently, a sometimes brutal yet three-dimensional character, …

Four ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Space Telescope

Four ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Space Telescope: An artist's impression of planet Gliese 667 Cc at sunset. ESO/L. Calçada, CC BY The study of exoplanets, worlds which orbit stars other than our sun, is currently being transformed by the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We will shortly …

James Hutton Brew: Gold Coast abolitionist who exposed Britain’s anti-slavery hypocrisy

James Hutton Brew: Gold Coast abolitionist who exposed Britain’s anti-slavery hypocrisy: The Cape Coast castle is a lasting legacy of the slave trade Adam Cohn/Flickr The literature and research on the abolition of slavery in places like Gold Coast (modern day Ghana) has tended to have a Eurocentric focus. Most has focused on colonial anti-slavery …

James Lovelock: the scientist-inventor who transformed our view of life on Earth

James Lovelock: the scientist-inventor who transformed our view of life on Earth: James Lovelock, the maverick scientist and inventor, died surrounded by his family on July 27 2022 – his 103rd birthday. Jim led an extraordinary life. He is best known for his Gaia hypothesis, developed with the brilliant US biologist Lynn Margulis in the …

James Webb Telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy

James Webb Telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy: A star forming region in the Milky Way. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI After decades of development and many trials and frustrations along the way, the James Webb Telescope has finally started to deliver what it …