Online P2P file sharing site Mininova has complied with removing links to illegal content as it was ordered to by a Dutch court ruling in August 2009. The P2P site now only hosts what it calls “Content Distribution,” a legal file sharing service. The Netherlands anti-piracy organization BREIN director, Tim Kuik said, “We applaud the fact [...]

Choom Lam is a up-and-coming animator based in Vancouver. She and her team have created several animations that have received critical acclaim. Unfortunately, I don’t think enough people have seen them, so I decided to post some of those animations here. At the 2008 Animation Block Party, based in New York City, Choom won the award [...]

When George W. Bush was in power, the Republican party restricted stem cell research, despite it’s vast potential to develop treatments or cures for a large number of diseases and conditions. On March 9th, 2009, Barack Obama reversed the funding limits that Bush had imposed, allowing scientific research to continue. In a strange proposal, the [...]

NASA has found itself a little bit overwhelmed with the large amount of images sent back of Mars’ surface over the years. They’re looking to the public – that means YOU – to help them map out the detailed photos of the Red Planet. They’ve set up a website, in partnership with Microsoft (*barf), where [...]

Ok, so how would this be relevant to this site? Well, do you suck at Photoshop? This series of tutorials can definitely help you out then! You’ll be an expert in no time. Your fantastic tutor will be Mr. Donnie Hoyle. He’s been kind enough to take the time out of his perfect life to teach [...]

A research team, headed by Dr. Adam Yates and Dr. Matt Bonnan, has discovered a new species of dinosaur in South Africa that exhibits unique transitional features. “Aardonyx celestae” lived approximately 195 million years ago and was likely an ancestor to the giant sauropods, like the famous Brontosaurus. At approximately 7 meters (20 feet) long, [...]

As of next week, YouTube will start supporting 1080p HD videos in full resolution. The HD mode will feature both 720p and 1080p, depending on the resolution of the original source. Videos that have already been uploaded at 1080p will be re-encoded to be displayed properly. According to Google, although many people will still upload low [...]

The American Institute for Cancer Research reported that, in the United States, more than 100,000 cases of cancer each year are caused mainly by obesity. America is by far, the fattest country in the world with a whopping 74.1 percent of the adult population considered overweight and 30.6 percent considered obese. That’s about 225 million [...]