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Pike’s novel sends U.S. astronauts to Mars to discover the fate of an earlier Russian expedition, whose crew members haven’t been heard from. Wagner and her fellow U.S. crew members learn there’s a seemingly supernatural reason for their disappearance — and that some of the Russians may still be alive on the Red Planet, living out a zombie-like fate that’s not only dangerous for anyone who comes looking, but worse than death itself. (Credit: Tor Books/Amazon) Mike Flanagan will also c...

Star Trek, you probably watched the first season of Lower Decks when it premiered last year. The animated series, focused on the support crew of the USS Cerritos, premiered a trailer for its upcoming second season at a “Second Contact” panel held during From blasting rainbows out of their hands to fighting snake people, ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Tendi (Noël Wells), and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) are indeed up to doing more “sci-fi stuff” for the new season. The final member o...

Credit: Designed by Rob Grom for St. Martins Press The cover, designed by Rob Grom, evokes the many genres that the book dovetails between — the lipstick-kissed envelope calls up a thriller/noir element, for example, while an image of a young Brent Spiner-dressed-as-Data looks like it was created out of cut-out of pieces of paper, very similar to those used in a ransom note. Despite those dark evocations, however, the look of Spiner also suggests that the book will be a humorous read as wel...

The issue is sustainability. No, there’s no depletion of resources during StoreDot’s recharging. Rather, we’re talking about how long a battery can sustain maximum amperage. As it turns out, it’s not very long at all. According to Car and Driver, even the most advanced of electric cars on the market — Tesla’s Model S and the Porsche Taycan — can barely average a quarter of their rated charging ability over the course of a complete charging cycle. So, even though Tesla’s latest ...