Shadow Of Mordor is Basically What?

Posted on 25/01/2014 by forbes

Comparisons between Monolith and Warner Bros.’ upcoming open-world fantasy game Shadow of Mordor and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise have sprung up recently. “Seriously, can someone...

2014 Detroit Auto Show: The Dozen Biggest Production Debuts Of NAIAS

Posted on 18/01/2014 by forbes

Performance cars supplanted alternative-fuel vehicles as the main attraction at this year’s North American International Auto Show. But just because automakers are busy unveiling fast and powerful...

Gadget Watch: Case makes iPhone a BlackBerry clone

Posted on 09/01/2014 by ap

Gadget Watch: Typo keyboard case turns iPhone 5, 5S into close BlackBerry clone LAS VEGAS (AP) — If you love your iPhone but would prefer a physical keyboard, Typo could be for you...

Evolution Basics For People Who Hate It

Posted on 31/12/2013 by forbes

There are many online resources for the study of evolution, but not many written from the perspective of a scientist who ‘feels the pain’ of people who want to reject it. That was part of the...

7 Reasons That Russia Is Not The Soviet Union

Posted on 31/12/2013 by forbes

National Review published a rather overheated piece the other day that contained an entertaining line: “Russia has become the Soviet Union with a better suit”. The idea that Russia is fundamentally...

Review – ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ Offers Family-Friendly Charm

Posted on 31/12/2013 by forbes

With so many of the recent bigger studio award-season productions targeted squarely at adults — including films like American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street -- only a few recent films really...

To Foster Your Creativity, Don’t Learn To Code; Learn To Paint

Posted on 27/12/2013 by forbes

Earlier this month, Samuel Arbesman argued in Wired that the world needs more generalists, dabblers and polymaths. He notes (and he’s certainly not the first to note) that the body of scientific and...

The Next Ronald Reagan Is The Leader Who Rediscovers Something Very Basic

Posted on 23/12/2013 by forbes

So let’s see where we are with a large and crucial sector of the American economy. Costs in this sector have been soaring for most of the previous decade, depressing income growth and significantly...

‘The Invisible Woman’ Star-Director Ralph Fiennes Talks Celebrity Bruises, Slow-Burn Relationships And ‘Total Interior Inhabitation’

Posted on 23/12/2013 by forbes

For an actor best known for roles playing Nazis (Schindler’s List), doomed cartographers (The English Patient), British diplomats (The Constant Gardener), and wizards so evil their names must never...