How to Watch the Mars Close-Up This Weekend

How to Watch the Mars Close-Up This Weekend

February's spectacular planetary show continues. After Venus and Jupiter lined up in the night sky last week, the distance between Earth and Mars is now shrinking to its smallest amount in more than two years.

Ninja Warrior Salmon Ladder

Physics of the Ninja Warrior Salmon Ladder

How much energy must aspiring ninja warriors use to beat the acrobatic salmon ladder? Dot Physics blogger Rhett Allain crunches the numbers in a video analysis.

When Did Douche Become an Insult?

When Did Douche Become an Insult?

Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart died on Thursday. The firebrand rarely pulled punches, and some obituarists are following his lead. Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone, for example, titled his Breitbart post “Death of a Douche.” When did douche become an insult?

Where’s _why?

Where’s _why?:

In March 2009, Golan Levin, the director of Carnegie Mellon University’s interdisciplinary STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, invited an enigmatic and famed computer programmer known to the virtual world only as “Why the Lucky Stiff” or “_why”—no, not a typo—to speak at a CMU conference called Art && Code—also not a typo—an event where artsy nerds and nerdy artists gather to talk shop.

Alamo Drafthouse to Recreate the Summer of 1982 in Geek Programming Series (Video)

Alamo Drafthouse to Recreate the Summer of 1982 in Geek Programming Series (Video)

Todd Gilchrist
The storied theater chain plans to show eight genre classics from '82 on the same weekends they originally opened, plus trailers from the era.

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Washed-Up Air Bud Signs With Greek Pro Team

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Washed-Up Air Bud Signs With Greek Pro Team

RHODES, GREECE—Ignoring critics’ calls for the aging golden retriever's retirement, basketball standout and multisport athlete Air "Bud" Buddy has signed a one-year contract for an undisclosed amount with Kolossos Rodou B.C., a mid-l...

Users Expect Websites to Load in the Blink of an Eye

Users Expect Websites to Load in the Blink of an Eye

Forget the two-second rule of conventional wisdom. Who has that kind of time? These days, say experts, your site has just 400 milliseconds to load or your visitors will go elsewhere.

Bigger Than Facebook! Foreign Sites That Outshine the Web?s U.S. Stars

Bigger Than Facebook! Foreign Sites That Outshine the Web?s U.S. Stars

From Kooora to Kijiji to VKontakte, alternatives to the web's US stars are overshadowing the big guys.

Curb Your Cat's Technological Curiosities

Curb Your Cat's Technological Curiosities

This guide will offer a few strategies to keep the cats away from your stereo equipment, hard drives, routers, computers and other sensitive gear.

Universal Studios treasures: A tour

Universal Studios treasures: A tour

Adam B. Vary steps into archive and restoration areas for a glimpse of how Hollywood history is preserved

Venice To Probe Silicon Beach: Home To Google, Digital Domain & JibJab

Venice To Probe Silicon Beach: Home To Google, Digital Domain & JibJab

We know you're familiar with NorCal's Silicon Valley, but what about Silicon Beach? How about the Tech Coast? This area, home to an influx of tech companies and startups, is rooted in Santa Monica and stretches south along the coast, halting in Redondo Beach. [ more › ]

Westside Real Estate Rebound

Boing! TMZ Joins LA's 'Straight Out of 2006' Westside Real Estate Rebound

Daniel Miller
Vacancies plunge with tech and media firms moving to Santa Monica, Marina del Rey and Venice.

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How Dolphins Say Hello

How Dolphins Say Hello

Bottlenose dolphins have a knack for language, but humans are just beginning to understand dolphin language as more than just a cacophony of clicks, pulses and whistles. The dolphins might use unique calls, known as signature whistles, to introduce themselves to others when meeting at sea.

Tales From Development Hell: Twisted Path to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes

<em>Tales From Development Hell</em>: Twisted Path to Tim Burton's <em>Planet of the Apes</em>

Berenstain Bears Co-Creator Jan Berenstain Dead at 88

Berenstain Bears Co-Creator Jan Berenstain Dead at 88

The Associated Press
Along with late husband Stan Berenstain, the writer and illustrator created hundreds of books.

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Oscars 2012: Inside the Governors Ball

Oscars 2012: Inside the Governors Ball

Matthew Belloni
Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Octavia Spencer and other winners revel while their statuettes are engraved and producers lament the wins that weren't.

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Carnival Cruise Returns to Long Beach After 22 of Its Passengers Robbed at Gunpoint on a Tour in Puerto Vallarta

Carnival Cruise Returns to Long Beach After 22 of Its Passengers Robbed at Gunpoint on a Tour in Puerto Vallarta

The "Carnival Splendor" docked in Long Beach early this morning, but its cruise along the Mexican Riviera turned out to not be much of a getaway for passengers aboard the ship.

22 passengers who took a guided nature tour in Puerto Vallarta were robbed while they were on a bus returning to the ship ship. [ more › ]