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Crabs Are Exquisite Battlefield Surgeons

Personally, I had a mixed opinion on crabs until today. After seeing this short YouTube video – which is an excerpt from “Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot,” an episode from Jacques Cousteau's Odyssey series – I have a newfound respect for these creatures. The video shows a crab being ...

3 February 2012
14:01 GMT

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012 to Debut Soon

Microsoft has just announced the winners of its Imagine Cup Grants program, which were finalists at the Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals, and also unveiled plans to continue the competition this year with the Imagine Cup 2012. The competition is in its tenth year. This anniversary edition will be celebrated at th...

30 January 2012
10:08 GMT

American Idol Auditions: Girl Gets Dream Kiss from Steven Tyler

Most people who come to the American Idol auditions do so because they want to get a better shot at becoming recording artists and they believe AI is the perfect launching pad for them. For Jenni Schick, that was only part of the reason. Video of her audition is below. The 24-year-old blonde music teacher, who descri...

27 January 2012
05:55 GMT

Magic Cyclops of American Idol Is Bearded Lady, Doesn't Have Eyes or Soul

Admittedly, until the live shows of American Idol begin, the best part of the singing competition is when characters like last night's Magic Cyclops show up for auditions. Just check out the video below if you don't believe us, don't take out word for it.The three judges, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez ...

26 January 2012
09:33 GMT

Booted American Idol Contestant Jennifer Diley Claims She Was Set Up

The latest season of American Idol has just started but it's already getting plenty of negative buzz online amidst claims that it's rigged. Bikini girl Jennifer Diley is the latest to speak up in support of such allegations. Shortly after word got out that Jane Carrey, Jim Carrey's daughter, was actu...

25 January 2012
08:56 GMT

Jim Carrey's Daughter Got Special Treatment on American Idol

The San Diego auditions for American Idol also included a contestant like no other before: Jim Carrey's daughter, Jane, who got a Golden Ticket for Hollywood. Reports online claim she was given preferential treatment by producers. As we also informed you the other day, Jane managed to impress the three judges, R...

24 January 2012
07:37 GMT

Kid Scientists Rejoyce, the 2012 Google Science Fair Is Underway

Google is gearing up for the second ever Google Science Fair, an international online competition for young people designed to spur scientific creativity and research."Along with our partners CERN, The LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American, today we’re launching the second annual Google Scienc...

12 January 2012
18:21 GMT

Suzy Amis Cameron Is Selecting Candidates for Green Dress Contest

The wife of the worldwide known director James Cameron, Suzy Amis Cameron, is announcing the debut of one of the most eco-conscious design contests organized on an annual basis, the 2012 Red Carpet Green Dress Contest. She has revealed her eagerness to select some of the best gown designs, manufactured using only 1...

5 January 2012
10:31 GMT

Old Milk Crates Converted into Green Bike Seats

Bikes are always a greener alternative to big, polluting cars. However, their manufacturing process is not entirely eco-conscious, because it often involves the usage of virgin materials. Supplementary seats made of leather are so yesterday, since sustainable options are now widely available. He may not have inven...

5 January 2012
05:25 GMT

Nicole Scherzinger Out of X Factor USA to Focus on Music Career

The second season of X Factor USA might bring more changes than Steve Jones' replacement with another host. Chances are Nicole Scherzinger too will be out of the picture, in order to focus more on her solo music career.While producers are still mum on which of the faces featured on the first season will return f...

28 December 2011
05:23 GMT

Melanie Amaro Wins First Season of X Factor USA

The first season of X Factor USA has just wrapped up. After some drama, lots of tension and the expected amount of quality artists, this season has crowned a winner: Melanie Amaro. With mentors / judges Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger competing in the big finale with Amaro and Josh Krajcik as finalists, the compe...

23 December 2011
09:35 GMT

Steve Jones Will Not Return to X Factor USA as Host

The first season of X Factor USA debuted with a few hiccups, but it went to win over audiences. As is usually the case, there's plenty of speculation already on whether the second season will return in the same format. As it turns out, host Steve Jones might be replaced, show insiders tell the media, as cited by...

21 December 2011
05:32 GMT

Steam Winter Holiday Sale Has Big Discounts, New Contests, Huge Prizes

Once again, Valve has kicked off the traditional Steam Winter Holiday Sale, with the digital distribution service being host to a series of daily discounts on great titles, as well as to price cuts for many other games and even a special competition that has a huge prize.Steam has always marked special occasions with...

20 December 2011
06:25 GMT

Nicole Scherzinger Was Coached by Paula Abdul to Vote Rachel Crow Off X Factor

The latest drama on X Factor USA continues to generate plenty of controversy because, this time, it centered around 13-year-old aspiring singer Rachel Crow. As it turns out, Nicole Scherzinger didn't even take the time to think through the decision: she just did what she was told to do. As we also informed you...

13 December 2011
03:52 GMT

Kelly Rowland Denies She Was Drunk on X Factor Finale

Those who've watched the entire season of X Factor UK must have seen something was a bit off with judge and mentor Kelly Rowland last night, on the season finale. To those saying she was drunk, she has just one thing to say: no, she wasn't. Various reports in the British media claim that Kelly was acting ...

12 December 2011
10:02 GMT

Major Drama on X Factor as 13-Year-Old Rachel Is Sent Home

Rachel Crow is out of X Factor USA, after the decision for the elimination went to deadlock. While her time on the show will be a cherished memory for her supporters, her departure will also be remembered by many, especially since she had such a hard time coming to terms with it.Video of the elimination is below &nda...

9 December 2011
06:06 GMT

Miss Maryland's Prize Makes Residents Angry

Most of the eco-conscious people from Maryland are far from being pleased with what Miss Maryland is wearing. The prize she obtained after winning the pageant is an expensive, luxurious fur coat that makes PETA activists feel like fainting. Last week, when she arrived at the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown for a hi...

7 December 2011
09:50 GMT

X Factor Promises Winner over $5 Million (€3.73 Million) Deal

With X Factor USA now down to the final 5, a new report indicates that whoever wins it will be set for life – or, at the very least, for the next 5 years, for the duration of the contract. Producers are offering the winner $5 million (€3.73 million) in advance, it has emerged.Even before the show started i...

6 December 2011
06:02 GMT

DARPA Challenge Reveals Algorithm to Reconstruct Shredded Documents

A team called All Your Shreds Are Belong To U.S. managed to develop an algorithm to solve the DARPA challenge that required contestants to reconstruct shredded documents. By looking at similar edge shapes and distinctive marks on the more than 10,000 bits of paper, the team suggested the potential matches for any pi...

6 December 2011
05:13 GMT

J.R. Martinez Wins Dancing With the Stars

Another spectacular season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars has come to an end. War veteran J.R. Martinez and partner Karina Smirnoff took home the mirrorball trophy, while Rob Kardashian was runner-up. Surprisingly, Ricki Lake and partner Derek Hough were the first pair to leave the show on the grand night of th...

24 November 2011
07:20 GMT

DWTS Eliminations: Hope Solo Is Out

The people have spoken again: with just weeks before the grand final, another pair is sent packing. This time, it's sportswoman Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who made a very grateful exit from the show, as the video below will confirm.With Hope going against J.R. Martinez in the bottom two, it was a relief ...

16 November 2011
08:07 GMT

Adults Remain Competitive Until the Age of 50

According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that adults continue to engage in competitive risk-taking behaviors until they reach the age of 50, sometimes ever more. These results show that this trend extends for several more decades that originally thought. Adults are more than willing...

12 November 2011
04:43 GMT

DWTS Eliminations: Nancy Grace Is Out

Another week, another round of eliminations on ABC's Dancing With the Stars. This time, the public decided it was time to go for Nancy Grace, the television personality, who made a very graceful exit and recalled to thank everyone in her final speech. Grace, of whom many said she didn't deserve to make it t...

9 November 2011
06:01 GMT

Miss Venezuela Is Crowned Miss World 2011

She's gorgeous, she's talented and has a very generous heart: Miss Venezuela Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares is an orphan and was educated in a nunnery - and she's just been crowned Miss World 2011 in London.Colmenares beat contestants from over 110 countries to the much coveted titles, showing the jur...

7 November 2011
15:31 GMT

DWTS Eliminations: David Arquette Is Sent Home

Another week, more questions on whether Dancing With the Stars eliminations are fair. On last night's eliminations show, David Arquette and partner Kym Johnson were sent home. Television personality Nancy Grace, who was in the bottom of the chart after Monday's performance, escaped elimination and, as vario...

2 November 2011
05:33 GMT

'The Voice' Season 2 Will Bring Significant Changes

“The Voice” proved to be a huge hit with audiences, even if it came on a market already saturated as far as singing competitions go. For season 2, producers have some major surprises for fans. Producer Mark Burnett and the four judges / mentors on the show held a press junket on Friday to talk about what ...

31 October 2011
11:52 GMT

DWTS Eliminations: Chaz Bono Is Out, Calls Foul

After Monday's disastrous results during Broadway Night, Chaz Bono was voted off the competition in the Dancing With the Stars results show. He claims he was voted off because audiences and judges had been biased against him. His accusations (see the video below for his interview with Access Hollywood right afte...

26 October 2011
04:50 GMT

Fellow Dancers Throw Maksim Chmerkovskiy Under the Bus for Outburst

On last night's Broadway Night on Dancing With the Stars, pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy had an outburst when judge Len Goodman called his and partner Hope Solo's rumba the worst of the season. He was completely off base, his fellow dancers believe. As we also informed you earlier today, the outburst came ...

25 October 2011
08:24 GMT

Maksim Chmerkovskiy Gets into Nasty Argument with Len Goodman on DWTS

Maksim Chmerkovskiy doesn't have a reputation for being too hot-tempered for his own good, even so, he totally went nuts the other night on DWTS, as the judges critiqued his and partner Hope Solo's rumba on Broadway Night. Video of the entire thing is below, embedded at the end of the article. Culminating ...

25 October 2011
06:54 GMT

Excessive Attention Is Detrimental to Performance

A group of researchers at the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, says that paying too much attention to what you are doing can sometimes prevent you from performing at optimal levels in that particular task. What this implies is that, at times, too much attention can indeed be detrimental to performance...

24 October 2011
08:27 GMT

DWTS Eliminations: Carson Kressley Is Sent Home

Another night, another elimination on Dancing With the Stars. After a fun and fabulous run on the latest season, television personality Carson Kressely was sent home after he failed to get public support to make it through to week 6. On Monday’s ‘80s night, Carson and partner Anna Trebunksya put on a very...

19 October 2011
04:26 GMT

Battlefield 3 Versus Modern Warfare 3 Fight Is Good for Gaming

Analysts are yet unsure who will win the first person shooter crown this year but they believe that the fierce competition between Battlefield 3, from DICE and Electronic Arts, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward and Activision, is good for the health of the industry.John Taylor, who is an analyst ...

18 October 2011
17:21 GMT

Another Shocking Elimination on DWTS: Chynna Phillips Goes Home

Yet another shocking elimination took place on the latest show of Dancing With the Stars on ABC. Chynna Phillips and partner Tony Dovolani were taxed for their tango by audiences and set home. On movie theme night, the two chose the theme song to “Mission: Impossible” to dance the tango to, as the video b...

12 October 2011
05:00 GMT

Romania Wins MSI Overclocking Arena

Overclocking can be a fickle mistress at times, since many things can go wrong, but this doesn't take away from the prestige that people who pull it off gain, and this applies to the winners and all other contestants, of this year's MSI Overclocking Arena.Micro-Star International held an overclocking compe...

8 October 2011
07:34 GMT

DWTS Shocking Elimination: Kristin Cavallari Is Sent Home

Despite delivering a superb samba on Monday’s show, Kristin Cavallari is the latest celebrity to be voted off ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. She and Mark Ballas were the strongest performers of the season, but they lacked public support. Video of their samba, performed to Beyonce’s “Crazy in Lo...

5 October 2011
07:10 GMT

Golden Buck Gets Cabela's Big Game Hunter 50,000 Dollar Prize

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced a new content linked to Cabela's Big Game Hunter, which will offer a prize of 50,000 dollars (close to 37,000 Euro) to one lucky gamer in the United States who can find a hidden golden buck in the game world.Players need to play through the Story Mode of the...

4 October 2011
03:23 GMT

J.R. Martinez, Karina Smirnoff’s Emotionally Wrenching Performance on DWTS

It was a night to remember on Dancing With the Stars, as contestants chose routines inspired by the most memorable years of their life. Soldier turned actor J.R. Martinez and partner Karina Smirnoff dedicated their dance to all the soldiers in Iraq. Martinez was badly injured by a landmine when he served in Iraq, whe...

4 October 2011
02:26 GMT

DWTS Eliminations: Elisabetta Canalis Is Out

She said she was determined to prove she was a worthy adversary on Dancing With the Stars, but Elisabetta Canalis’ dreams of ever winning the mirrorball trophy were shattered last night, when viewers’ vote got her booted from the show. Though doing a decent quickstep on Monday, which earned her and partne...

28 September 2011
07:43 GMT

Outrage over X Factor Showing Audition of Possibly Mentally Ill Ceri Rees

X Factor is no stranger to controversy and, least of all, to talk of its exploitative nature. Ceri Rees, a contestant who auditioned for the show three times before came back for another one – and producer made sure they gave her audition more than 7 minutes of airtime. As the Daily Mail points out, this is...

20 September 2011
08:36 GMT

Chaz Bono Impresses DWTS Judges with Cha-Cha

Season 13 of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars kicked off last night, featuring one of the most talked about contestants ever in its history: transgender Chaz Bono, Cher and Sonny Bono’s child. Chaz did his best not to disappoint – and wowed audiences and the judges with his cha-cha. Chaz and partner...

20 September 2011
08:04 GMT

Nokia Gives You $10,000 for a Great New Ring Tone

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia really wants to get closer to its users, and has kicked off a new competition that enables it do so. The company is calling for all those who would like to win a $10,000 prize to come up with a small melody they composed, which can be used as a Nokia ring tone on the company'...

6 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Dancing With the Stars Cast for Season 13 Announced

The speculation about the stars who will be featured on the new season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars officially ends now. The lineup for the 13th season of the popular show has been announced.Earlier reports claimed that producers were looking to up their game for the new season, by bringing on board only A-l...

30 August 2011
03:41 GMT

‘You’re a Scumbag Trying to Replace Cheryl,’ X Factor Contestant Tells Tulisa Contostavlos

X Factor premiered over the weekend in the new format, with Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh on the panel of the judges. Walsh being the only judge still standing from the old panel, talk of bringing in poor “replacements” on the show was bound to emerge. And that it did, as...

22 August 2011
09:42 GMT

Homo Sapiens Defeated Neanderthals Through Sheer Numbers

For many years, historians and archaeologists have been trying to piece together the history of what happened with the Neanderthals that used to inhabit Europe and Asia some 35,000 to 45,000 years ago. A new study reveals that Homo sapiens replaced this species due to its large numbers. Neanderthals were the first...

30 July 2011
04:25 GMT

Rob Kardashian on Board New Season of Dancing With the Stars

Earlier this week, word got out that producers of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars would only book A-listers for the new season, but it could be that they’ve just had a change of heart. Rob Kardashian is one of the celebrity contenders, it has emerged. Some would argue that none of the Kardashians is A-list, ...

29 July 2011
04:35 GMT

Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez Will Work Together Despite Divorce

They described their separation “amicable” and it would seem it’s precisely that. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are not letting the death of their marriage stand in the way of their brand new show, “Q’Viva: The Chosen.”Announced before the end of the latest season of American Ido...

18 July 2011
08:24 GMT

Simon Cowell Premieres X Factor USA Preview

He’s back: Simon Cowell, the biggest meanie in television right now, is back on the panel of judges for X Factor, the brand-new US version this time. The first preview for the first season has just premiered – and you can check it out below, at the end of the article. In the first seconds of the trailer, ...

13 July 2011
10:35 GMT

Jennifer Lopez Is on Board New Season of American Idol

She teased, she said she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do next in her career but she eventually came around: Jennifer Lopez has agreed to do another season of American Idol. More details and confirmation are pending. JLo started off as one of the least favorite judges, in the sense that most AI fans believed s...

11 July 2011
09:39 GMT

Study Looks at Early Vertebrate Jaw Designs

Researchers at the University of Bristol, the University of Oxford and the Leiden University, all in the United Kingdom, recently took an interest in studying the first animals ever to sport jaw bones. Their latest foray into this field is detailed in the top scientific journal Nature. Jawed animals first appear...

7 July 2011
08:40 GMT

Cheap Celebrity Culture and Talent Shows Are Selling Lies to Teens

Shows like America’s / Britain’s Got Talent, X Factor and Big Brother are increasingly popular with audiences, which means more chances for those who appear on them to become celebrities. The problem is, welfare reform minister Lord Freud notes, is that they’re selling nothing but lies. These days, ...

7 July 2011
05:28 GMT


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