The Sly Oyster
Isolated human genes may not be patented, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. The case concerned patents held by Myriad Genetics, a Utah company, on genes that correlate with increased risk of hereditary breast…
Neko Case has released the first single, “Man,” from her upcoming album, whose title steals a page out of the Fiona Apple playbook: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. As Tyler says, “this is Neko Case at…
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Gizmodo put together a fairly quick run through of the new iOS 7. I’m surprised this is so divisive. There are plenty in the Apple camp that love the new design, but there are just as many that seem to hate it. Unlike Herman,…
“Women want sex far more than we’ve been allowed to believe. So suggests a new book that shatters many of our most cherished myths about desire, including the widespread assumption that women’s lust is inextricably bound up with emotional connection. Are…
Apparently, according to science anyway, the debate has been settled and free will shit the bed big time.
Warner Bros has released the first trailer for the next Hobbit film and it’s filled with action, Legolas, and a quick peek at Benedict Cumberbatch’s dragon (that’s not a euphemism!).
Despite being entirely whelmed by Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit flick —…
On a recent episode of Late Night, Jimmy Fallon debuted a video of Brian Williams dropping Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s classic G-funk hit, “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”. Fallon seems like he can do no wrong at this point.
The first single off Portland band Typhoon‘s upcoming record, ‘White Lighter’, gets a new video. I thought it would be difficult for them to top “Common Sentiment” or “The Honest Truth” but this comes close.
You can buy the single on iTunes and the new…
IBM has made a stop-motion film—A Boy and His Atom—using individual atoms as pixels, in what Guinness has acknowledged is the world’s smallest movie. You can read more about it at Ars Technica and The Verge, but suffice it to say your mind should be…
Last year, PBS Digital Studios and melodysheep created the viral sensation when it auto-tuned everybody’s favorite neighbor featuring a panoply of auto-tuned wisdom. The “Garden of Your Mind” video was the first time it became evident that PBS was one of…
The video, which is not nearly as exciting or interesting as it should be (side note: if the camera was attached to a tiger then we’d be talking) is raw footage from Discovery and BBC documentary called the Great Bear Stakeout. The show keeps track of…
In response to a fan’s question during a Q&A sessionthis past weekend at Comicapalooza in Houston, actor Patrick Stewart delivers a deeply personal off-the-cuff answer about how the repercussions of domestic violence and PTSD in his own life has inspired…
June 21, 2013 – MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (The prequel to MONSTERS INC. I wasn’t excited for this but I am hearing some really great and surprising things from the screenings that have already taken place.)
November 27, 2013 – FROZEN (This…
“I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly…
Superhero shows have rarely, if ever, worked on the small screen. Yes, there are exceptions — like Smallville and Arrow to name two — and great shows like Buffy and Angel that are pretty much superhero in nature even if they aren’t technically defined as…
