WHEN Nintendo released the Wii 18 months ago, it upended the notion of what video games could be. Moving beyond the sunlight-deprived young men at gamings core, Nintendo appealed to the rest of the world with an intuitive, family-friendly entertainment experience.
Shira Weiss, a 33-year-old mother of two who works out of her home in Teaneck, N.J., as a publicist for small businesses, wants Wii Fit because it fits both her lifestyle and her doorway. “Before having the kids, I used to work…
The original Spiral Island was the talk of the world: a man-made floating island constructed from 250,000 plastic bottles that could drift and relocate as needed … until it was destroyed by disaster. Now the new amazing Spiral Island is finally finished and slated to open to the public within the next few months in Laguna Makax near Isla Mujeres.
There is a variety of media available to people who want to learn more about spiral island. The Spiral Islanders site has forums, a blog, photo collections and videos related to the construction and history of the island as well as the stories and…
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What are the best and worst times to post that gem of a blog item? The answer is early to mid-afternoon, but never on Monday, according to a statistical analysis conducted by one blogger/programmer. Time part makes sense, but are Mondays really a blogger’s Bermuda Triangle? If so, why?
Thursday at noon (PST) is the best time post and be noticed. It's happened to me a few times; I stay up late working on a great post and finish at 1 a.m. EST. In a rush of excitement I decide to submit it to reddit or del.icio.us and…
This monster was built in the Legoland Windsor theme park in the U.K. of 500,000 LEGO bricks, and stands just shy of 100 feet high.
you can tell that its like a pyramidal shape, phatnacky, so there are more blocks on the bottom and it decreases as it gets higher, so the bottom probably wouldn't have been crushed by all that weight.
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The largest randomized study of breastfeeding ever conducted reports that breastfeeding raises children’s IQs and improves their academic performance, a McGill researcher and his team have found.
Kramer and his colleagues evaluated the children in 31 Belarusian hospitals and clinics. Half the mothers were exposed to an intervention that encouraged prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding. The remaining half continued their usual maternity…
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Mosquitoes and other insects have long been harbingers of disease, but global warming is allowing them to venture into the newly warmer areas and spread once uncommon ailments to unfamiliar locations.
Malaria As is the case for dengue and chikungunya, rising temperatures have expanded the range of the Anopheles mosquito that carries malaria. Malaria is now found in highland regions in Africa, where it had previously not been detected; a WHO…
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At first we were concerned what kind of images we would get for our transportation photo contest, but we needn’t have worried. Over the past two weeks of voting we’ve received many truly excellent submissions, with these 10 superb photos gaining top ranking among voters.
At first we were concerned what kind of images we would get for our transportation photo contest, but we needn't have worried. Over the past two weeks of voting we've received many truly excellent submissions, with these 10 superb photos…
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Having short arms and legs may raise a person’s risk of developing memory problems later in life.
The researchers said several studies have suggested that early life environment plays a role in susceptibility to chronic disease in later life. Short limbs may be a sign of nutritional deficits early in life that ultimately play a role in brain…
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After reading this post, you’re gonna want to reach for the Purell.
Toilet’s are routinely cleaned with bleach, while lots of other things don’t. This is just like the middle school science fair projects that swab household objects and compare what grows in a petri dish compared with a swab…
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Regrown finger is 'junk science': “It's a ridiculous story ? absurd and over-egged in the extreme,”
The Healing Foundation Centre aims to unravel the genetic quirks that allow certain amphibians, such as frogs and salamanders, to recover from severe injuries by generating fresh body tissue. By identifying the genetic mechanisms involved, the…
