Amazon aims to beef up its original programming lineup with the announcement of a new television series Zombieland based on the hit comedy movie of the same name and set in the same zombie-filled universe as the feature film that starred Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson. Work on the project is just getting underway and…
Kulula – the funny airlines with a (sometimes dark) sense of humor
Probe finds strongest evidence yet that Mars may have (or does) support life
On Sunday, January 20, officials announced that data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft provides evidence of a wet underground environment, and clues that suggest a groundwater-fed lake could have existed in McLaughlin Crater, a crater fifty-seven miles in diameter and 1.4 miles deep. According to NASA: “A combination of…
Russian “Snowpocalypse” – a snow tsunami that buried streets, cars, and buildings under 10 feet of snow.
Unrelenting snowfall in Russia in 2013 buried many cities under 10 feet or more of snow. Entire apartment blocks, markets, stores and offices were buried under snow overnight with snow accumulations so high, residents could not get out of their doorways. “Banks of snow were as high as two people put together, reaching the second-story…
Researchers discover proof of massive gamma-ray burst striking Earth in 8th century
Astronomers Valeri Hambaryan and Ralph Neuhӓuser have discovered proof that a massive short duration gamma-ray burst hit the earth in the 8th century. The intense blast of high-energy radiation could have caused a mass-extinction event if it had been just a tad bit closer to the earth. Scientists estimate that the event emanated from 3,000…
Terminally ill 23-year-old man dies after Reddit-backed around-the-world trip
Today we learned that Jake Villanueva, the 23-year-old who posted about his terminal cancer on Reddit last summer and was rewarded with $30,000 in donations to travel around the world, has died. Back in June 2012, 23-year-old Jake Villanueva of Vancouver took to Reddit to do an AMA (ask me anything) on his condition and…
Red October espionage platform begins shutting down after exposure on Monday
The Operation Red October espionage campaign was exposed on Monday (1/14/13) by Russian anti-virus software maker Kaspersky Lab. The Red October network was found to target hundreds of diplomatic, governmental, and scientific organizations in at least 39 countries, including the Russian Federation (the most frequent target), Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, India, Afghanistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and…
Original Batmobile sold at auction for $4.6 million to a Batman fan
The world’s oldest lightbulb that still works has been burning for over 112 years
At Fire Station 6, in Livermore, California, there burns a lightbulb that has survived several moves, varying voltage, and even earthquakes – and as of June 2012, it has been burning for over 112 years. In 1900, Adolphe A. Chailet and his company Shelby Electric Company, was a competitor of Thomas Edison and sought to…
Wanted – surrogate mother for first Neanderthal baby
Harvard University’s George Church has talked about alarming genetic engineering ideas before but a recent comment in Spiegel Online has a few people scratching their heads. In a Q&A in Der Spiegel (Germany’s Spiegel Online), Church talks about engineering humans to live to 120 years of age, making people resistant to viruses, exchanging DNA with…









