A year after the release of the Nintendo Switch, the videogame company is introducing a new line of interactive “build-and-play experiences” to pair with the console. The Nintendo Labo kits allows players to “make,”...
Archive - November 2017
DylanThomasConsumer Advocates Wary Of New Marketplace Rules For Brokers
Signing up for coverage on the health insurance marketplace should be easier for some people this fall because new federal rules will allow brokers and insurers to handle the entire enrollment process online, from soup...
Root microbiome valuable key to plants surviving drought
Just as the microorganisms in our gut are increasingly recognized as important players in human health and behavior, new research from the University of Toronto Mississauga demonstrates that microorganisms are equally...
Hasta la vista: why not even James Cameron can save 3D movies
James Cameron has been left looking off the pace with next week’s 3D rerelease of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. One thousand of LA’s finest have been at work for six months retroactively converting – a botch method...
REM’s Mike Mills and Michael Stipe on reissuing iconic album “Automatic for the People”
R.E.M.’s “Automatic for the People,” released 25 years ago last month, is considered by many critics to be one of the best albums of all time. This month R.E.M. re-released the record including a...
New study takes a different approach to showing human activity causing earthquakes in Texas
A team of researchers with Southern Methodist University in Texas and the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazard Program in Virginia has taken a new approach to studying the increase of earthquakes in Texas. In their...
Ocean floor mud reveals secrets of past European climate
Samples of sediment taken from the ocean floor of the North Atlantic Ocean have given researchers an unprecedented insight into the reasons why Europe’s climate has changed over the past 3000 years. From the...