Feb 10, 2012 | Forbes
San Diego Comic-Con With 130,000 attendees in 2011, San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCC) is currently one of the United States’ largest conventions, one that boosted San Diego’s economy by $193 million. So how did this tiny gathering grow into what some consider...
Feb 9, 2012 | Forbes
Colossus image via Wikipedia During World War II, the Nazis used complex codes to obfuscate commands, and cracking those codes was one of the keys to the Allies’ success. This codebreaking was accomplished in part by Colossus, the world’s first digital, programmable...
Feb 9, 2012 | SyFy
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace supporting character Jar Jar Binks has appeared in toys, comic books, books, episodes of The Clone Wars and posters. But what if he appeared in posters where he didn’t actually belong? That’s a question that’s finally...
Feb 9, 2012 | Forbes
Crickets chirp to attract mates and warn off the competition, and crickets 165 million years ago chirped (technically, “stridulated”) for the same reasons. But Jurassic-age crickets, Archaboilus musicus, were Jurassic shaped, with different forewings—which crickets...
Feb 8, 2012 | SyFy
As every fan and critic knows, with its eons-long podrace and questionable racial caricatures, The Phantom Menace was the weakest of all of George Lucas’ Star Wars movies. But die-hard fans find what joy they can. And one of those fans happens to be an...
