2019

The Castle in Cassiopeia by Mike Resnick

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The novel “The Castle in Cassiopeia” by Mike Resnick was published for the first time in 2017. It’s the third novel in the Dead Enders series and follows “The Prison in Antares”.

Nathan Pretorius is used to being in charge of the most difficult missions but this time the Dead Enders must carry out a task that seems really impossible. They were the ones who replaced General Michkag with a clone counting on the fact that he would sign a peace treaty between the Democracy and the Traanskei Coalition but the clone decided that he liked his position and is continuing the war with better results than the original.

The Dead Enders must try to kill General Michkag’s clone knowing very well that he knows them and has seen how they work. They have to find out where he’s hiding and get to him knowing that after replacing the original he changed the old defense systems to make them much better. To succeed in their task it’s useful to have new allies.

PS4 (Image courtesy Sony)

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Video games had an amazing evolution since their humble beginning and today you can enjoy them on a PC or buy a video game console with the power that not that long ago was limited to supercomputers at really affordable prices. Today there are many options for gamers and it can be confusing if you’re just having your first look into this world, but you just need to get some basic ideas to make the best choice for you.

Kamuysaurus japonicus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived 72 million years ago

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An article published in the journal “Scientific Reports” describes the identification of a new species of duck-billed dinosaur that lived about 72 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period, in today’s Japan. A team of paleontologists led by Professor Yoshitsugu Kobayashi of the Japanese Hokkaido University Museum named it Kamuysaurus japonicus and classified in the family of hadrosaurids after examining the almost complete skeleton available.

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”.