🍿 'Avatar: The Way of Water' is an impossibly beautiful sci-fi ride

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Dec 14 2022

James Cameron has done it again.

The blockbuster auteur has delivered a spectacular sequel that surpasses his history-making 2009 sci-fi flick Avatar in every which way. From its dazzling visuals, to its nail-biting action, to its more potent environmental message, Avatar: The Way of Water is in a league of its own — and may just be one of Cameron's best movies.

Read our review for Avatar: The Way of Water, and more, in today’s Inverse Daily.

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Avatar: The Way of Water is an impossibly beautiful sci-fi ride

Avatar: The Way of Water is impeccable escapism. Every nut, bolt, and pixel in this cutting-edge theme park is calibrated to the nth degree. It demands the biggest screen you can find so that its most potent elements — from its impossible scale to its complete range of emotions — can be fully absorbed.

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Gear

2022 was the year of the handheld

Consoles and PCs typically dominate the gaming scene, but 2022 was, without question, the year of the handheld.

More than any unexpected turn in the tech landscape — the metaverse, gigantic mergers, and surprising developments in artificial intelligence — handheld game consoles were top of mind for techies and gamers alike this year.

Whether it was the launch of the Steam Deck, the Playdate, or the neverending stream of handheld and retro emulation content uploaded to YouTube, the landscape of portable gaming hasn't felt this vast and vibrant since the Nintendo DS / PlayStation Portable (PSP) era.

Pew pew

Innovation

Physicists achieve a "holy grail" of nuclear fusion

Last week, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made nuclear fusion history. At 1 a.m. Pacific on December 5, scientists fired the world’s most energetic lasers to recreate the process that gives stars like the Sun their sparkle — turning hydrogen into helium.

For the first time in history, this attempt to recreate nature produced surplus energy. After putting in two megajoules of energy, the reactor spit out a bit over 3 MJ, according to Tuesday's DOE press conference. This breakthrough is more than six decades in the making and brings us a step closer to an abundant new form of clean energy.

“We have taken the first tentative steps toward a clean energy source that could revolutionize the world,” said Jill Hruby, the Department of Energy’s under secretary for nuclear energy, during the press conference.

Good trip

Mind and Body

Colorado’s radical decriminalization efforts may herald a new era for psychedelics

Last month, voters in Colorado passed Proposition 122 — the broadest drug decriminalization measure ever approved in the United States.

The Natural Medicine Health Act defined certain psychoactive compounds derived from plants and fungi as “natural medicine.” Included are psychedelics dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, mescaline (excluding peyote), psilocybin, and psilocin, the latter two of which are found in magic mushrooms.

Under this new definition, personal use, possession, growth, and transportation of these substances will be decriminalized for people at least 21 years of age and older.

Under the Sea

Ancient Treasure

10 ghostly shipwreck discoveries from 2022

It’s a tale as old as time: A ship sets sail carrying precious cargo and, in a tragic turn of events, never reaches land.

Scores of sunken ships were discovered, identified, or shored up in 2022. With them came ancient treasures, valuable artifacts, and haunting tales of the past.

Take a look back at 10 notable shipwrecks that made headlines this year.

See the full list

Meanwhile...

Perseverance rover captures audio of a Mars dust devil passing right over it

This shape-shifting e-bike morphs into a high-powered snowmobile

First 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' trailer reveals a Spidey civil war

How James Cameron made the great sci-fi thriller of all time

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