November 1 is the date that 29-year-old Brittany Maynard has chosen to end her life. Maynard was diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of cancer, Gliobastoma, on New Year’s Day of 2014. After undergoing partial craniotomy and a partial…
Depression: Are You Suffering From it?
Depression is a common mental disorder that affects millions of people but can be treated. The treatment varies depending on each patient’s needs, but this cannot be done if the depression goes undiagnosed. The symptoms and types of depression can…
Robert Pattinson’s New Film “Life” Gains Oscar Buzz
Robert Pattinson, the 27-year-old Twilight star and ex to Kristen Stewart, just might have landed the role of his career. In Pattinson’s new film Life, he plays Dennis Stock, a photographer hired on to a traveling photo shoot with legendary…
Depression: Valentine Envy Vs. Lack Of Self-Love
Are you feeling blue on the day of red candy hearts? It’s alright. We’re all a bit blue – mostly because it’s freezing and our toes lost circulation around the same time we lost our sight of our cars underneath…
Zapruder Film: Revisited After 50 Years
According to a recent poll by Gallup, 61% of Americans still believe that more people were involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy than simply Lee Harvey Oswald. Despite the fact that this number is the lowest it has…
Arthur Levinson Talks About Calico, Google’s New Death-Fighting Company
As you may have heard by now, Google has started a new company called Calico aimed at figuring out how to extend human life. In other words, fighting death. The news broke in a Time Magazine cover story, which was…
Google Starts Calico To Keep You From Dying
Google announced the creation of a new company called Calico today. According to Google, it will focus on health and well-being with an eye specifically on aging and diseases associated with it. Simply put, they want to figure out how…
The Egg Came First, But It All Depends on Semantics [VIDEO]
Forget Edward and Jacob – are you on team Egg or team Chicken? The quick answer to the question “which came first, the chicken or the egg” is the egg. There were egg-laying creatures well before there were chickens, so…
NASA Looks For the Origin of Life at the Bottom of the Ocean
NASA this week revealed that it is simulating the conditions believed to have created the organic molecules that may have been the precursors to life on Earth. An experiment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is mimicking the conditions observed…
Life on Earth Visualized As One Single Day (and Animated)
A better understanding of our world through short, easy-to-understand animations? Count me in. If you were looking to ruminate on the origins of life, here’s a nice little video that takes you from the first single-celled organism to the present…
Alicia Silverstone: Mouth-Feeding Her Son is Natural
Would Cher, the main character from the Amy Heckerling’s 1995 comedy “Clueless”, support her real world counterpart’s peculiar method of feeding her son? As if! Last month, actress Alicia Silverstone posted a very odd video featuring her incredibly unusual approach…
Zoe Saldana Very Interested in Starting a Family
Zoe Saldana, star of such notable cinematic endeavors as “Avatar”, “The Losers”, “Colombiana”, and the “Star Trek” remake is ready and willing to tackle a brand new adventure: motherhood. Isn’t starting a family is the next logical step after starring…
Dartmouth Hazing: Fraternity Slapped with 3 Years Probation
The Dartmouth hazing perpetrated by some individuals of questionable moral standing at Sigma Alpha Epsilon finally has a bit of closure. In a letter to the fraternity sent on Friday, Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life April Thompson…
Britney Spears’ Home Sells for a Cool $4.2 Million
Britney Spears’ home has sold to the highest bidder, according to TMZ. When most people put their beloved house up for sale, they only hope to get what they’re asking for it. If they’re lucky, of course. Given the current…
Jenny McCarthy Excited About Relationship with Brian Urlacher
Jenny McCarthy’s dating habits are always good for quick gossip. Over the weekend, I’m sure the most asked question amongst the young, hip, and connected was “Is Jenny McCarthy really dating Chicago Bears player Brian Urlacher?” Although rumors were circulating a…
Second Life Attempts To Make Rebound
You probably have forgotten about Second Life (the virtual world from Linden Labs), right?
Remember, that’s that virtual world that got a TON of hype back in 2005/6. It was on the cover of magazines. On CNN and other TV shows. It looked like it was going to be THE new thing of the decade.
What happened?
Well, a few things.