Netflix Demographics Make For Awesome Interactive Maps

There’s no disputing that Netflix has changed the way we watch movies. It’s been at least three years since I set foot in a Blockbuster, for example, and the only independent shop I used to frequent has closed all but one of its locations… if that’s even still around. What’s particularly intriguing to note is […]

Weird and Wonderful iPhone Apps Keep on Coming

With the iPhone App Store having now delivered three billion downloads, you might think every possible idea had already been thought up. You’d be wrong. Here’s our guide to some recent releases which, while not necessarily useful or desirable, are notable in some manner. PocketHeat: As the billing has it, this turns your phone into […]

Sea Slug Blurs the Plant and Animal Kingdoms

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] In the world of microbes, genetic material is free to move from organism to organism.  In more complex life, especially species that diverged on the tree of life long ago, this process becomes more and more rare.  Scientists can now take genes and manually transplant them from one species […]