Washington PostTo the list of planets orbiting distant stars, add another 715. That’s the number of planets, strewn among 305 planetary systems, popping out of the observational data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope. “We’ve almost…
Wall Street JournalThe lives of couch potatoes changed forever when co-founders Mike Ramsay and James Barton rolled out TiVo 15 years ago. Now the folks behind the original digital video recorder want to reinvent how…
Box Office Report: ‘Lego Movie‘ Continues to Build on Strong Start; ‘Pompeii …Design & TrendThe McG-directed film took home $4.01 million on Friday, and will likely earn around $12 million this weekend. Relativity Media gave…
Daily MailBack to the Future becomes a reality (well, sort of…): Nike to sell Marty McFly’s self-tying Power Laces in 2015. Designer Tinker Hatfield announced the plans at an event in New Orleans; Self-tying laces…
TheHDRoomThe Lego Movie Tops RoboCop and About Last Night in Awesome at Friday Box Office The Lego Movie faced a small army’s worth of 1980s remakes at the North American box office on Friday and…
VentureBeatJoe argues that we shouldn’t be so hard on Flappy Bird’s creator for pulling the mobile game. Aside from money, we can only guess at what his sudden burst of fame has brought him. This…
TheHDRoomThe Lego Movie More Awesome Than RoboCop and About Last Night at Friday Box Office The Lego Movie took on a slew of remakes at the box office on Friday and built upon a strong…
Box Office Report: ‘The Lego Movie‘ Builds on Strong Start; ‘Winter’s Tale …Design & Trend“The Lego Movie,” last weekend’s big winner at the box office, ended Friday in a tie with newcomer “About Last Night,”…
VentureBeatGamers only spent $664 million on physical games at brick-and-mortar stores, which is down 21 percent from $835 million in 2013, according to industry research firm The NPD Group’s monthly report. But the comparison isn’t…
Design & TrendJoey Chiu, 24, reacts after purchasing the first Sony Playstation 4 at a special sale event put on by Sony at the Standard Hotel in New York November 14, 2013, mere moments after…
Tech TimesTawny crazy ants are taking on the much larger fire ants (a la David v. Goliath) in the battle for domination and survival in the southern United States. Both ants have venom but fire…
Hidden RemoteAlmost all major TV networks air repeats opposite the Super Bowl. There’s no really sense in competitng with the biggest show of the year. However in recent years Animal Planet has carved out their…
Channel News AsiaThe demand for shark fin soup has been declining in recent years, according to restaurants, hotels and suppliers in Singapore, while observers say that sharks could still face extinction in the next 10…
CNETThe carrier introduces a new keyboard-equipped Android phone, and finally shares pricing on its first bendable handset. Jessica Dolcourt. by Jessica Dolcourt January 27, 2014 9:03 AM PST Follow @jdolcourt …T-Mobile bends over backwards for…
Crave OnlineThere rare, and then theres RARE. The NES’ Nintendo World Championship game is considered one of the most sought after possessions of a video game collector. So how much does one of the rarest…
SI.comWhen you bothered to think about Seattle, you probably thought about Starbucks, grunge music and endless rain. Now these Seahawks—Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman & Co.—are making up for all those times our city…
Design & TrendRichard Sherman’s post-game conversation with Michael Crabtree was released, and it suggests that he had reason to be angry at Michael Crabtree, although perhaps not a very good reason. CBS Sports reported that…
Los Angeles TimesNine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and English musician Atticus Ross will put their knack for chilly, moody soundscapes to use once again in director David Fincher’s upcoming thriller “Gone Girl,” an adaptation…
PC MagazineAT&T customers can start placing their pre-orders for LG’s curved G Flex smartphone this Friday, Jan. 24. The device will be $299.99 with a two-year contract. Those who want the option to upgrade their…
E! OnlineBeyoncé and Jay Z will be performing at the Grammys! After a bit of speculation, the superstar couple’s upcoming appearance was confirmed Sunday night in a commercial that aired on CBS, which listed the…
The Utah People’s PostThe scientists have developed a microscopic robot that can swim like a sperm inside a human body and help in sensing many diseases by exploring the body’s complex environment in a simpler…
International Business TimesAccording to new research, chimpanzees use hand gestures to collaborate on shared goals, like finding food. Reuters. Scientists have found that chimpanzees, our closest living relatives with whom we share 98 percent of…
Design & TrendChimpanzees have been shown to use gestures when trying to accomplish a task. (Photo : Reuters/Brazil). Researchers at Georgia State University have concluded that chimpanzees use gestures to communicate when pursuing a specific…
MTV.comDrizzy debuts Nothing Was The Same bonus cut along with a remix of Soulja Boy’s ‘We Made It.’ By Nadeska Alexis (@neweryork). “Drake Season” is still in full effect — just ask Kanye West. As…
Design & TrendA fireball is another name for a very bright meteor, one with about the same brightness as Venus in the morning or evening sky, according to AMS. Hundreds of reports came rushing in…
Design & TrendResearchers have developed a new way to microscopically view battery electrodes while they are bathed in wet electrolytes, mimicking realistic conditions inside actual batteries. (Photo : Nano Letters). Researchers have developed a new…
Design & TrendMost spectacular Comet ISON, which had been billed as a possible “comet of the century,” turned out to be such a dud. A photograph of the Great Comet of 1882 taken in South…
Sydney Morning HeraldCape Canaveral, Florida: Space station astronauts repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk on Tuesday, braving a “mini-blizzard” of noxious ammonia as they popped in a new pump. It…
Design & TrendNASA astronauts repair pump in rare spacewalk. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spent their Christmas Eve successfully repairing a critical cooling system pump. (Photo : NASA). NASA astronauts repair pump in…
Design & TrendThe most recent research suggests mercury concentration in fish is much lower than expected in much of the continental Arctic, and the Soviet Union may have something to do with it.The burbot is…
Guardian ExpressThis is neither the website of, nor affiliated in any way with, Guardian News and Media. Amborella genome yields evolutionary insight into flowering plants. A slew of scientific papers are due for publication on…
Design & TrendThe flower is the only link to the ancient flowers that covered the planet and is helping scientists understand the evolutionary processes that led to the 300,000 species of flowers that currently cover…
Los Angeles TimesNever mind the selfish gene – the cellular family history of the oldest living species of flowering plants is marked by enough sex and gluttony to earn a place in Shakespeare’s folio. The…
ABC NewsSomeone was willing to pay big bucks for an early glimpse of what would become the Boss’ “runaway American dream.” A handwritten, working lyric sheet for Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 hit “Born to Run” sold…
Los Angeles TimesThanks to the Hubble Space Telescope and some new imaging techniques, scientists have detected traces of water vapor on five massive planets right in our galactic backyard. But if you just thought “Life?!”…
Toronto SunRon Burgundy (Will Ferrell) waves to the crowd at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Winnipeg, Man. Sunday December 01, 2013. (Brian Donogh, QMI Agency). Article. Tweet. Change text size for the story; Print…
natmonitor.comActor Tommy Chong recently told TMZ that he helped the author of the “Wolf of Wall Street,” which has now been turned into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese,…
Los Angeles TimesTechnically Thanksgiving was over when Jimmy Fallon, Rashida Jones and Carrie Underwood performed their ultimate Thanksgiving song medley on Thursday night, but all is forgiven. Chances are you’ll be hearing some of these…
