Sports betting is so blasé, this year it all about political betting. A number of websites and established Vegas odds makers are offering political bets which are becoming increasingly popular. Bet on your favorite candidate! Or bet on your least favorite one and if they get elected at least you made a few bucks, right?

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Prepare for an epic “ring of fire” solar eclipse on Sunday, May 20…if you live in East Asia or the western half of the United States. Not only will this solar eclipse be as awesome as they typically are, but you will get to see a cool ring of fire as the moon blocks out the entire sun, aside from the edges. At its peak, the moon blocks out 94% of the sun’s light.

However, sad news for those on the West Coast: they will only see a partial eclipse and will not see the epic ring of fire effect. That’s better than nothing because here on the East Coast that’s exactly what we’re getting, nothing. The sun will have already set. The eclipse will occur in the late afternoon and early evening on Sunday. For those that didn’t pay attention in science class, a solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on our planet. When the moon lines up perfectly with the sun, the result is a total eclipse…but not of the heart.

Like any eclipse, sky watchers must use caution. Never look directly at the sun. You must use solar filters over telescopes and binoculars. Be safe and happy watching!

Get back to your calculators and don’t quit your day job in December. The popular idea that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012 stems from the idea that the Mayan calendar, which has been incredibly accurate until this point, is going to end abruptly on that day.

There have been television shows and large scale specials based on the doomsday theory, and all of them base their findings on the fact that no Mayan calendar extends past that day. Well, I’m sorry to be the one to tell the Doomsday Preppers this news, but there has been a breakthrough. The world is not ending on December 21, 2012. Well, not because of the Mayan calendar anyway.

Recent findings at the archaeological site of Xultún, the last known Mayan megacity in existence, show that there are in fact incredibly accurate Mayan calendars that actually show dates well into the future. Almost 7,000 years in the future to be more precise. Excavations here have uncovered several houses, including one of a scribe and calculator where glyphs have been painted on the walls. These glyphs have been covered in mud for the last 1,200 years but shed light on our future. Mainly that we’re not going to end up like burnt toast in December.

If you want to read more on this great find you can find more photos and information at the National Geographic website here.

So yesterday an image of the latest Time Magazine cover was released on the internet on Thursday.  (more…)

The folks at NBC are just not very interested in television. Since their 90′s Must See TV hay-day they have tried to get back into the groove of actually having people watch their shows and have, mostly, been overwhelmingly huge failures. (more…)

Disney recently unveiled this week it’s latest design in touch technology; Touche. Touche would let tech developers  turn just about anything into a touchscreen, or in some cases, nothing at all.  Imagine you could just tap your palm and control your iPod, skipping to the next song. Or you could close a door and set an automatic away sign, just by grasping the door knob in a certain way. That is what Disney is trying to open our world to with Touche. Check out the demo video:

From household use to learning aids, Touche could actually become the next step for technology and society as a whole. To be able to do things out of pure intuition can make tasks not only easier, but more efficient. Beyond that, it can be used as a great learning tool in schools. Take the idea illustrated in the video of Touche being able to teach someone how to use the correct utensil for eating cereal. Apply that to, well, everything. We can teach kids how to properly set the table, toddlers how to dress themselves, students in school which chemicals they should be choosing for their lab experiment. With this sort of easy feedback, interactive learning can grow.

Sure, some may argue that in some cases it’ll make us lazier. Instead, I like to think it’ll make us smarter and free up time to do other, more important things. Also, think about how awesome it would be to have a “smart home”? It’s something  we’ve  seen in sci-fi movies for years, but this technology can make it actually happen.

Though let’s be honest, it puts us one step closer to houses with A.I. and you know what that means… robot-pocalypse. It’s the new zombie.

Barack Obama brought America that much closer to marriage equality today by publicly endorsing full marriage rights for all Americans. The other side of the rainbow is in sight! Despite predictions from GOP and religious leaders civilization did not collapse, go figure?

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Oh John Travolta. You’re an A list celebrity who could easily get jiggy with a lot of people and you chose to assault your masseuse? Maybe you should have asked if there was going to be a happy ending before you made the advance. Believe it or not, not every masseuse is into that.

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How annoying are hiccups? They sound funny and they really don’t feel great. The funny thing about hiccups is that everyone has their own cure. Would you try over 100 folk remedies to find a cure for the hiccups? One girl did, and she’s only 13!

This story is a feel good, compelling story that is a good break from the news of last night’s sports upset or the scandals going on in the government and Hollywood.

After trying over 100 remedies for hiccup cures, Mallory Kievman invented the Hiccupop in 2010. She took it to a competition where she won some fantastic awards for inventors and the ball kept rolling. Now, the 13-year old, billed as the CEO and head of research and development, has a team behind her including her dad (listed as “Parental Help”), a team of MBA students from Connecticut University, and several financiers willing to back her company.

Mallory says the lollipops work because, “It triggers a set of nerves in your throat and mouth that are responsible for the hiccup reflex. It basically over-stimulates those nerves and cancels out the message to hiccup.” This is pretty smart coming from a 13-year old. Mallory spends a lot of time in her kitchen tweaking the recipe which includes apple cider vinegar and sugar to make it tastier for those poor afflicted hiccupers.

The reason that Mallory is getting so much attention is that this is a real, marketable, and practical idea that can be implemented for actual medicinal use. Hiccups are a known side effect of chemotherapy and this young entrepreneur’s invention may relieve some of the symptoms of these patients.

You can look for Hiccupops coming this summer! Keep updated by following Mallory’s website!

Some time on Thursday night the latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man came out and I AM PUMPED!  (more…)