William Brisby

Xbox Live Has Been A Success For Over Ten Years And Is Still The Best Says Industry Veteran

Xbox Live still remains one of Microsoft’s best advantages in the console video game market. Microsoft made a few marketing miscalculations leading up to the Novemeber 2013 launch of the Xbox One. The console has a passionate following and it should have had a lot of hype leading into release. Many people turned on Xbox […]

10y ago

david letterman|jon stewart|New York

The New York State Senate Embroiled In “Yogurt Debate,” Late Night Comedians Have A Field Day

The New York State “yogurt debate” has proven to be an easy target for late night comedians. It’s no stretch to see why. The State Senate recently spent forty minutes debating whether or not to make yogurt the official state snack. Last night David Letterman made the senate “yogurt debate” the subject of a segment […]

10y ago

science

Butterfly And Bee Caught Drinking Crocodile Tears

A butterfly and a bee were recently discovered drinking crocodile tears. One can encounter many strange sights on a boat tour down Costa Rica’s Puerto Viejo River. This is definitely one of them. Last December boat passengers spotted and documented a butterfly and a bee drinking tears straight from a crocodile’s eyes. Apparently the encounter […]

10y ago

astronomy

Telescope Large Enough to Spot Alien Life

A very large telescope is going to be built in Chile that may be strong enough to detect alien life on distant worlds. Construction of the largest telescope ever made is set to begin on Cerro Armazones, a remote mountain in Chile. The new telescope is going to be ten times larger than any other […]

10y ago

bob dylan|New York

Bob Dylan Is Displaying His Art For The First Time In The US

Bob Dylan doesn’t just sing and write music, he’s an artist too! For the first time ever a collection of the American singer-songwriter’s artwork is now being shown in the Ross Art Group gallery, New York. “Bob Dylan’s mind is a creative mind and that doesn’t stop just at music,” gallery owner Mickey Ross told […]

10y ago

space

The Galaxy M87 Has Launched A Globular Cluster Of Stars Into Deep Space

The galaxy known as M87 has thrown a globular cluster made of thousands of stars hurling through space at two million miles per hour (3.2 million km/h). Scientists have named the globular cluster HVGC-1, which stands for hypervelocity globular cluster. The recently discovered star cluster is now on a super speed journey to the middle […]

10y ago

international space station|nasa|space

NASA Is Designing A New Spacecraft That Will Serve As Lifeboat To The International Space Station

NASA is designing the next generation of spacecraft for astronauts travelling to and from the International Space Station. The new spacecraft will serve as a lifeboat for the International Space Station. No American spacecraft has provided this service since an Apollo command module remained docked to Skylab for about three months from 1973 to 1974. […]

10y ago

Pat Tillman Died Serving The United States In Afghanistan Ten Years Ago Today

Pat Tillman died serving the United States in Afghanistan ten years ago today. Pat Tillman is the former NFL player from San Jose who left football to join the army. Tillman famously left behind a $3.6 million NFL contract to fight for his country after the events of September 11, 2001. Marie Tillman, Pat’s widow, […]

10y ago

poland

Dyngus Day Celebrations Are Catching On The Rise In Parts Of The United States

Dyngus Day celebrations have sprung up in a few cities across the United States. Dyngus Day is traditionally celebrated the Monday after Easter and it seems to be catching on in some parts of the United States. Today marks the 4th year that Dyngus Day will be celebrated in Cleveland. The historically polish tradition celebrates […]

10y ago

Earth|nasa

NASA Is Using The Kepler Space Telescope To Search For Habitable Planets

NASA has been using the Kepler Space Telescope to search for habitable planets since 2009. Recently NASA has found the first habitable Earth-sized planet known as Kepler-186f. The planet is named after the Kepler Space Telescope which had been scanning the universe for exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life as we […]

10y ago

nasa

NASA Is Asking Public To Choose Design For New Futuristic Spacesuit

NASA is set to unveil their design for the new Z-2 spacesuit for deep-space exploration. Astronauts will soon encounter unprecedented environments in space and NASA wants to insure their safety and effectiveness. The final stage of the design project for the new Z-2 spacesuit is selecting design from three prototypes. NASA is asking the public […]

10y ago

amazon|Facebook|google

Titan Aerospace Purchased By Google: Corporate Aerial Drones On The Way

Titan Aerospace is just one of the many companies Google has been purchasing over the last few months. Other recent purchases by Google include military robot maker Boston Dynamics and smart-home device manufacturer Nest. So far the price Google paid for Titan Aerospace has been undisclosed. Titan Aerospace is noteworthy because they manufacture high-altitude solar-powered […]

10y ago

Adolf Hitler|holocaust|Rome|vatican|world war II

Pope Pius XII Chose Not To Speak Out Against Hitler In Controversial Play

Pope Pius XII chose not to speak out against Adolf Hitler during World War II. The Deputy is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which portrayed Pope Pius XII as having failed to take action or speak out against the Holocaust. As one reads The Deputy it is very difficult to empathize with the […]

10y ago

christianity

Americans Are Losing Faith In The Bible According To Recent Poll

Americans are losing faith in the Bible, continuing humanity’s slow awakening from a long superstitious slumber. According to the American Bible Society’s latest “State of the Bible 2014” poll, young Americans in particular are less likely to view the Bible as sacred literature. Young Americans are also less likely to believe the Bible contains everything […]

10y ago

Sid Meyers’ Civilization: Beyond Earth Will Launch In 2014

Sid Meyers’ newest iteration of his immensely popular “Civilization” series is set to launch in Fall of 2014. The game is called “Civilization: Beyond Earth.” At first glance the game seems to be a reboot of an earlier Sid Meyers game launched in 1999 called “Sid Meyer’s Alpha Centauri,” which didn’t carry the “Civilization” name […]

10y ago

genocide|history

Native American And European American Worldviews Collide

The Native American worldview was drastically different from the European American worldview when the two cultures first met. In 1492 Columbus landed in North America and created the first contact between Native Americans and Europeans. Thus began diplomatic negotiations over territory which will become the United States of America. From the very beginning of these […]

10y ago

kurt cobain|nirvana

Kurt Cobain’s Legacy Is Often Overlooked

Kurt Cobain committed suicide 20 years ago but his legacy lives on. Kurt Cobain left behind a collection of power chords that many beginning guitar players are still learning for the first time. Many current musicians, including Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Australian songwriter Courtney Barnett, recognize Kurt Cobain’s impact on music. According to […]

10y ago

elizabeth warren|Paul Ryan|Politics|unemployment

Elizabeth Warren Challenges Paul Ryan’s Assumption That Unemployed People Are Lazy

Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senator from Massechusetts, may be the most popular politician in the US right now. Warren’s recent criticism of Paul Ryan’s “vision of America” has thrust her into the spotlight again. In a recent poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University, Americans were asked to give prominent politicians a score, from zero to one hundred, […]

10y ago

Science Teacher And Student Fight In High School Class Over Drugs

A science teacher and student fight broke out in a classroom at Santa Monica High School between the teacher and a student who was allegedly dealing drugs on campus. Mark Black is on administrative leave after wrestling a student to the ground who was openly distributing marijuana in class. Black is the head wrestling coach […]

10y ago

astronomy|moon

A Total Lunar Eclipse Is One Of Many Celestial Events Coming In April 2014

A total lunar eclipse is one of many exciting, visible celestial events coming in the month of April, 2014. Mars will be look like a bright red star, the moon will experience a full lunar eclipse, and a meteor shower will rain shooting stars through the sky Mars will be at Opposition on April 8, […]

10y ago