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…
A graduating New York University student was ejected from his commencement at Yankee Stadium yesterday after he was caught trying to steal home.
But Beckman said that "the Yankees were very gracious hosts and we were grateful to be allowed to be there, and it is always disappointing to us when one member of our community thinks there's a special set of rules for him or…
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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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Look out foreign threats, and don't underestimate the F-bomb.
Washington, D.C.- “It’s powerful, fast and versatile,” explained Master Sergeant Robert Kane U.S.M.C. “There just isn’t anything out there comparable to the F-bomb.”The new weapon…
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To prevent infamous director Uwe Boll from creating more video game-based films, the makers of Stride gum today announced that it will provide free packs of gum to those who sign the Stop Uwe Boll internet petition, provided that it reaches a million signatures.
Publisher Ubisoft today announced that it has opened a new internal development studio in Kiev, Ukraine, marking the company's third Eastern Europe st…
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The fun police attack…yet again.
lame, isn't a strong enough word. MORON doesn't aptly describe our bureaucrats since almost all of them at the state level are under investigation - from the governor on down. the response from the community has been great to the stop…
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Like a good gambler, Daphne Koller, a researcher at Stanford whose work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, sees the world as a web of probabilities.
“Daphne is one of the most passionate researchers in the A.I. community,” said Eric Horvitz, a Microsoft researcher and president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. “After being…
Chalk up another environmental problem that could be stemming from global warming: New research shows that oxygen is vanishing from ever-larger swaths of the oceans. If the trend continues, it could disrupt marine ecosystems.
Warm water can't hold as much oxygen as cold water. So ever since scientists began to worry about the impact of rising ocean temperatures, they have been gathering data on oceanic oxygen levels. Up to now, however, most of the research has…
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A team of Filipino and American scientists have rediscovered a highly distinctive mammal — a greater dwarf cloud rat — that was last seen 112 years ago. Furthermore, it has never before been discovered in its natural habitat and was thought by some to be extinct.
Most of the species that the team documented on Mt. Pulag live only in the Central Cordillera, and most live only in mossy forests. Other unusual species documented by this research team during this survey are the bushy-tailed cloud rat, a…
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Similarities between half-billion-year-old and recent food webs point to deep principles underpinning the structure of ecological relationships.
The researchers compiled data from the 505 million-year-old Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and the even earlier Chengjiang Shale of eastern Yunnan Province, China, dating from 520 million years ago. Both fossil-rich…
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