HELSINKI — Emerging trends in how China is utilizing and operating its Tiangong space station could impact how the country’s space program is viewed internationally.
“The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) intention to allow civilian astronauts and nonstate-owned enterprise (SOE) companies to participate in the Chinese Space Station (CSS) are two trends that will probably change the global image of the Chinese space program,” according to a report from the Department of the Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), published Aug. Read More...
Amar Santana and Victoire Gouloubi have a good day in the kitchen. (Photo: David Moir/Bravo)
Just as the season premiere foretold, Top Chef: World All-Stars has been excellent. By gathering champions and finalists from Top Chef franchises around the globe, the show has avoided cannon fodder contestants who never get their fish perfectly cooked. Instead, it’s delivered episodes where at least half the dishes seem worthy of the win, and most of the time, even the losing plates look pretty good. Read More...
Fans of high fantasy epics like The Lord of the Rings naturally gravitate to immersive fantasy open-world games like Skyrim.
Still, Skyrim offers something most other games don’t: Thousands of mods allowing you to reshape the world and create any adventure you can imagine – even visiting Tolkien’s Middle-Earth.
Thanks to the efforts of LotR fans with modding skills, it’s possible to walk through Rohan or The Shire with your multi-racial band of warriors on a quest to rid the world of Sauron’s influence – all from inside Skyrim’s engine. Read More...
