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Remember to stop and look at the sky tonight to witness one of the biggest and fullest moons of the year -- known as a "supermoon."
A supermoon occurs when a full moon or new moon is closest to Earth and comes within 224,834 miles of us, which will happen six times this year, according to earthsky.org.
A blood test that detects tumor DNA in patients with early-stage breast cancer may predict a woman’s risk of relapse months before conventional methods. The results are published in Science Translational Medicine.
Breast cancer is a formidable foe for researchers, doctors and patients alike. To date, it is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women. For those fortunate enough to go into remission, the risk of relapse looms as a dangerous possibility. The earlier treatment can begin, the higher the rate of success a patient has. Now, a blood test may help increase those odds.
“We have shown how a simple blood test has the potential to accurately predict which patients will relapse from breast cancer, much earlier than we can currently,” said lead author Dr Nicholas Turner from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, in astatement.
For the study, researchers took tumor and blood samples from 55 early-stage breast cancer patients who had undergone both chemotherapy and surgery. The tests were personalized to the mutations found in the patient’s tumor.This way, the researchers could implement a technique called “mutation tracking” to uncover DNA shed by a woman's tumor into her bloodstream.
Blood tests were repeated every six months for two years. Over the course of those years,15 women relapsed. Of those, the blood test predicted the return in 12 of them. The sensitivity of its detection is nothing to scoff at: The test signaled the cancer’s return eight months before it was visible on conventional imaging.
The findings may one day lead to therapy tailored to individual patients, according to thestudy. However, that day is not yet near, as researchers still need to perform many more tests and trials. For one, the size of this latest trial was small. Second, the study took blood samples for only two years – the researchers therefore don’t know the predictive value of the test after that period of time has passed.
Still, as Paul Workman, chief executive of ICR, said: ”Studies like this also give us a better understanding of how cancer changes to evade treatments – knowledge we can use when we are designing the new cancer drugs of the future.
What can you birth order say about your weight? According to a new study, first-born women are more likely to be overweight or obese than their younger sisters.
There’s a lot of research on the relationship between birth order, personality and health. It’s been linked with intelligence, political ideology and cardiovascular disease. For obvious reasons, many don’t hold up to further scrutiny and it’s probably best to take these findings with a pinch of salt. But what’s particularly interesting about this recent study is that it’s the largest of its kind and builds on previous research that reported similar findings.
The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, collected a range of data from the Swedish Birth Register, which included the weight and height of nearly 13,500 pairs of sisters. Researchers note that all large studies examining the effects of birth order on someone’s BMI – or body mass index – have previously been carried out on men, which prompted them to investigate whether there were similar patterns among women.
Researchers studied sibling pairs born between 1991 and 2009 to women who were at least 18 years old at the time of their first pregnancy. Twins were not included in the study.
They found that at birth first-born women weighed less than their siblings, but were more likely to be overweight or obese when they grew up. First-born women were 29% more likely to be overweight and 40% more likely to be obese, when compared with their second-born sisters. Also, the average BMI for first-borns was 2.4% greater than their second-born sisters.
“Our study corroborates other large studies on men, as we showed that firstborn women have greater BMI and are more likely to be overweight or obese than their second born sisters,” researchers note in the study.
“The steady reduction in family size may be a contributing factor to the observed increase in adult BMI worldwide, not only among men, but also among women,” they add.
It’s unclear why first-born women were more likely to be overweight. A co-author on the paper, Professor Wayne Cutfield from the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland, speculates that this pattern could be partly down to a change in the amount of blood the placenta receives between first and later pregnancies. He told CBS News that blood vessels may be narrower in the first pregnancy, which could in turn reduce the nutrient supply; changing how fat and glucose is regulated in the body. First-born women could therefore at risk of storing more fat and have less effective insulin.
Researchers were, however, quick to point out this is an observational study and therefore no definitive conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect. They also warn that although the research suggests birth order could be a risk factor for obesity, it’s clearly one of many and is probably only a small contributor.
Ridley Scott just can't leave space alone. In a recent interview with Empire, the The Martian director stated plainly that his next project is the sequel to 2012's Prometheus. "I was starting to look for locations for my next movie," he told the magazine, "which wasPrometheus 2."
For those who don't remember, Prometheus served as a kind of pseudo-prequel to theAlien franchise. Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender, the film delved into the origins of intelligent life on Earth as well as how the iconic Xenomorphs can into being. While the movie itself was a bit of a mess, it was still a financial success, paving the way to a new franchise running parallel to the Alien mythos. That's great news for fans who've wanted Scott to return to that universe for years. However, it also means people clamoring for the Neill Blomkamp-directed Alien 5will have to wait a while longer.
Last season of Grey’s Anatomy featured the death of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital’s resident hot doc, McDreamy a.k.a. Dr. Derek Shepherd. While fans are still recovering from the loss, the TGIT staple is looking to its upcoming season to bring a “brand new” feel to the long-running drama, according to star Jason George.
“They’ve hit reboot almost. There’s a lot of things that make it feel brand new,” George – who plays Dr. Ben Warren – told People. “But it has that lightness and sense of humor that people fell in love with in the first place. And the sexy is back on. There are a lot of people who are not in couples now and are falling into bed. Everyone’s getting a little bit of loving.”
Without Dempsey on set, the show is certainly “different,” but according to George, change is necessary – even if it takes the characters in a much sadder direction.
“People think they want everything to stay the same and everyone to be happy,” George said, “but happy people make for boring television, ultimately.”
To read more of George’s interview, head on over to People. Grey’s Anatomy returns Thursday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
What if an episode of The Walking Dead was set on a passenger airliner before civilization had fallen?
That’s basically what AMC is planning in a highly unusual — if not totally unprecedented — new special that’s set during the time period of the hit drama’s companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.
Here’s the plan: EW has exclusively learned AMC is producing a half-hour special that will tell a stand-alone story following a group of passengers facing a walker attack on an airline while in flight. One character who survives that encounter will then join the cast of Fear the Walking Dead in season 2. So, yes: Zombies on a Plane.
Previously, AMC has had stand-alone The Walking Dead online web series, but the network never used such content to introduce a new character before they joined the show. The airline attack story will debut online, and will unfold this in chapters that will air during Walking Dead’s on-air telecasts. In other words: You’re watching The Walking Dead, AMC cuts to commercial break, then you get a chapter in the as-yet-untitled stand-alone airline attack drama.
Beyond that, details are scarce. We assume the flight is headed to Los Angeles, since that’s the setting of Fear (L.A. residents, insert your LAX-is-already-run-by-zombies joke here). Our lingering questions: What’s the stand-alone content called? Who is the new character being introduced and who will play them? (Presumably AMC will be reluctant to release that because that would then reveal which passenger survives.) How many pieces of this interstitial will there be, and across how many Walking Dead episodes will it air?
A plane has been used a setting for a zombie outbreak before, most memorably during a sequence in the otherwise lackluster World War Z. There was also a 2007 movie called Flight of the Living Dead (which also carried the subtitle Outbreak on a Plane for those who didn’t find ”Flight of the Living Dead” clear enough). It will be intriguing to see how TWD’s team add new twists into that trapped-group premise. Producers of the special content include Dave Erickson and Fear co-executive prodcuer David Weiner.
The Walking Dead returns Oct. 11. Companion series Fear the Walking Dead recently premiered to a record 13.3 million viewers, including three days of DVR playback, making it the biggest series cable debut ever.
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In 2001, Disney released its 41st animated feature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. They did a lot of things differently with this movie, and that may have influenced its mediocre box office. But it was all those risks that make it so wonderful.
From a purely design perspective, Atlantis is a beautiful movie. In the beginning of the movie, the Jules Verne influence is very strong. Atlantis may have the best version of the Nautilus that’s ever made it to film:
Once they actually get to the city of Atlantis, the design riffs on the Greek origin of the myth, but also appears to include inspiration from every single pretty thing they could find. It would have been very easy to leech all the color and do a white-columned, white-togaed society, but that’s not what we got.
The look of the whole movie was heavily influenced by Hellboy creator/artist Mike Mignola’s style, who was hired as one of four production designers on the film. Disney animation worked hard to teach their animators how to match the style guides and preliminary character/background designs Mignola provided, and it gives Atlantis a completely different feel from the other Disney works.
Atlantis also eschewed making a musical for something much more in the vein of an action-adventure serial. For me, tired of princesses and princes, Atlantis was a breath of fresh air.Atlantis moves at a very fast pace, destroying the beautiful submarine less than 10 minutes after we see it. The final battle—between the technology of Atlantis and the guns of 1914 Europe—is epic in every sense of the word. On one side is grey stone and glowing blue and the other is brown metal and orange fire. Despite its speed, it’s an easy action sequence to follow and enjoy.
The heroes of Atlantis are geeks. When it comes down to it, no matter what they look like, they are geeks and that makes them wonderful to root for. The protagonist is definitely Milo Thatch, an academic obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis, who checks every single dork box. But all the rest of the team—save maybe Wilhemina, the radio operator—are all people with very specific sets of skills and obsessed with being good at them. Audrey’s a mechanic who became the most brilliant there is by the time she was a teenager. Dr. Sweet immediately starts running Milo through a series of medical tests when he met him. Vinny hoards explosives and is always tinkering with something that could blow everyone up. Mole actually assaults Milo for messing up his dirt collection.
And for all that some of these qualities are played for comic relief (especially Vinny and Mole) the ones with passion are the ones who are good inside. The villains are the ones who have no passions outside of money. We even get the classic second-in-command turn, where the angry accusation is about how much she was promised. Oops. Atlantis is much better at giving this message, and these kinds of antagonists, than Pocahontas was.
I’m also a fan of a lot of the dialogue in Atlantis. It’s very fun, and moves at a great pace. Like this:
Milo: Will you look at the size of this? It’s gotta be half a mile high, at least. It must have taken hundred — no, thousands of years to carve this thing.
Vinny (explodes the bottom of the column, so it falls over): Hey, look, I made a bridge. It only took me, like, what? Ten seconds? Eleven, tops.
The team is so good in Atlantis, in a way that previous ensembles weren’t. Without each one of them, the story didn’t work. Each one contributed something to get the team to Atlantis. Which, as much as I love the enchanted house staff in Beauty and the Beast, cannot be said of them.
Atlantis: The Lost World deserves more love than it ended up getting from its parent company. Disney scuttled the TV show and buried the plans to integrate into the theme parks. Which is a shame, since the design was so strong and the movie so fun.
We're sending a big mazel to Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd, who are celebrating 33 years of wedded bliss today (August 28). The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillspowercouple said "I do" back in 1982 and haven't looked back. And to mark the occasion, their daughter, Pandora, is paying to homage to their great romance on social media by posting snapshots from their big day. That dress is a bit retro (in a glamorous, Princess Di sort of way), but Lisa hasn't aged a day.
It should be noted this is a big week in the Vanderpump household. Pandora and hubby Jason also celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary this week. (One day before her parents to be exact.) And is it just us, or does her dress resemble her mama's?
Bravo viewers were with Lisa and Ken for another milestone. Take a look at their vow renewal ceremony, as seen on Season 3 of RHOBH. And, yes, Giggy was there for every minute of it.
A Polish official says ground-penetrating radar images have left him "99% convinced" that a World War Two German military train is buried near the south-western city of Walbrzych.
Deputy Culture Minister Piotr Zuchowski said images appeared to show a train equipped with gun turrets.
Local legend says a Nazi train filled with gold, gems and guns went missing near the city in 1945.
Mr Zuchowski called the latest evidence an "exceptional" discovery.
He did not reveal the location of the find but said he personally hoped that it would bring to light looted art and Nazi archives.
However, he also reiterated warnings to treasure hunters that it may be booby-trapped.
Mr Zuchowski said information about the train had apparently come in a deathbed confession from a person involved in concealing it.
Earlier this month, a Pole and a German told authorities in Walbrzych that they knew the location of the armoured train.
Through lawyers, they said that they wanted 10% of the value of anything that was found.
The BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says no documents have ever been discovered confirming the existence of the train but, between 1943 and 1945, Germany forced prisoners of war to dig more than 9km (five miles) of underground tunnels near Walbrzych that were apparently to be used as factories.
Some are now tourist attractions.
Walbrzych's deputy mayor told reporters on Wednesday that the train's location was being kept under wraps, along with the identity of the two men who claimed to have found it.
"The find is within our administrative boundaries," said Zygmunt Nowaczyk.
"I cannot of course reveal the exact place."
The train was rumoured to have been carrying gold from what is now the Polish city of Wroclaw as the Soviet army closed in at the end of World War Two.
Local folklore said it went missing near Ksiaz castle, 3km (two miles) from Walbrzych.
In a statement earlier this week, Mr Zuchowski warned the public to stop searching for the train until official procedures to secure the find were completed.
He said there could be "hazardous substances" and there was a "huge probability that the train is booby-trapped".
