September 2019

Dr. Kitamura (Hiro Kanagawa) in The Weak Are Meat (Image courtesy AMC Studios / Amazon. All rights reserved)

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“The Weak Are Meat” is the fourth episode of the second season of the TV show “The Terror”, which was named “The Terror: Infamy”, and follows “Gaman”. It’s broadcast in the USA on AMC Studios and in other nations on Amazon Prime Video.

Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) was sent to Guadalcanal where, he works for the US military to translate any Japanese documents they can get their hands on. His nights are practically sleepless for fear of being attacked not only by Japanese soldiers but also by some evil entity. He exchanges letters with Luz Ojeda (Cristina Rodlo), who is about to give birth and relies on Dr. Kitamura (Hiro Kanagawa).

Pseudotherium argentinus was a relative of mammals that lived 230 million years ago

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An article published in the journal “PLOS ONE” reports the identification of a new species of cynodont that lived in today’s Argentina about 230 million years ago, in the Late Triassic period. A team of researchers subjected a fossil skull to a high-resolution micro-CT scan to study it in detail and named it Pseudotherium argentinus. Its look made paleontologist Ricardo Martínez compare it to Scrat, a squirrel among the characters in the movie “Ice Age”.

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The news arrived that the writer and screenwriter Terrance Dicks died on August 29. No details were provided on his death, official statements indicate only that he suffered a brief illness.

Terrance Dicks is survived by his wife and their three sons. The condolences for his death were remarkable among people connected to the production of “Doctor Who”. He’s been part of the great family of this saga for over 50 years and he made a notable contribution to it especially during the classic series era and helping to keep it alive after its cancellation.

Artemis by Andy Weir (Italian edition)

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The novel “Artemis” by Andy Weir was published for the first time in 2017.

Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara gets by working as a porter on Artemis, the only city on the Moon, but dreams of doing much more and to accumulate the money she needs she smuggles various products with the help of a contact on Earth. Among her “special customers” there’s also Trond Landvik, a wealthy businessman who one day offers her a lot of money to sabotage the Sanchez Aluminum anorthite harvesters, part of a plan that would make him even richer.

Jazz tries to implement her sabotage plan but unexpected events start getting in the way between her and the big money Trond Landvik promised her. Things go really bad when Jazz starts realizing that behind the company there’s much more than they suspected and that includes the presence of an assassin.