Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

Polar bears under threat: Now sharks are after them too

"Already threatened by a thaw of ice around the North Pole, the polar bear's title as the top Arctic predator may under challenge from a shark.Scientists researching how far sharks hunt seals in the Arctic were...

Ancestor of T rex unearthed

The t-rex's ancestor which lived about 200 million years ago was unearthed in a diggin in southern Poland. It was about 5 meters long and it's biggest tooth was about 7 centimeters long." WARSAW: Paleontologists...

Legendary Special F/X Artist Stan Winston Dies at 62

Legendary special effects artists Stan Winston has died at the age of 62 after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma. RIP."Special effects and makeup guru Stan Winston passed away on Sunday, June 15th in Los Angeles,...

Movie Monster Master Dies

Special Effects god Stan Winston passed away last night."We’ve been hearing for a while that effects maven Stan Winston was in bad health, but this is still incredibly shocking. On June 15th, 2008, Stan Winston passed away at the age of 62.Over his long career, Winston was...

Under the ice lurks a 'strange' Arctic monster

It sounds like a kind of bizarro antithesis to the great white shark.  .  "Published: Tuesday, May 06, 2008  Canadian fish scientists are opening a window into the mysterious world of the Greenland shark -- the top predator in the Canadian Arctic about which...

Predator Pilots Burning Out

I find this very surprising: pilots of unmanned combat aircraft are burning out faster than pilots of conventional fighter jets."A US military report says pilots operating the well-known Predator drone aircraft suffer far higher levels of mental stress than flyboys who are...

PoV: Alien VS Predator - Requiem (AVPR)

When I first watch the first edition of Alien VS Predator (AVP –2004), I feel that it might be quite interesting as Alien VS Predatorrather than only Aliens in Alien movies or only Predators in Predatormovies. And the most interesting thing is the slogan; Whoever wins…...

Psycho predator is Sid Fishious

" A SAVAGE fish more terrifying than a piranha has been caught in Britain for the first time — sparking fears of a deadly invasion. The vicious giant snakehead EATS everything it comes across and has even been...

GM mice don't fear cats

"Researchers at Tokyo University managed to turn off the receptors in a mouse's brain that react to the scent of its main predator. They wanted to prove that fear is genetically programmed and not, as is commonly...

Judge calls rape victim 'stupid'

Certainly a Judge who is a tad unravelled, bringing another point on a flawed Canadian Justice system."Judge calls rape victim 'stupid' By PABLO FERNANDEZ, SUN MEDIA The Calgary Sun To have a judge refer to...

"Die Hard" director gets four months in prison

"McTiernan was one of seven defendants who pleaded guilty in connection with the conspiracy and racketeering case of disgraced celebrity detective Anthony Pellicano, who was charged with using illegal wiretaps and...

Alien, Predator, Terminator, Star Wars & Sci-Fi Statues from Scrap Steel

If you're a sci-fi fanatic then this site is going to blow you away. It's filled with hand made life-sized statues of all the best characters from Star Wars, Terminator, Alien, Predator and heaps more. I really want to get some of these for my apartment to scare my landlord...

Two Mouths To Feed And Only One Way To Breathe - Gills :: Oblate Spheroid

"Ever wonder how Hollywood comes up with the ideas they come up with to scare us and creep us out? Well, how about right here in the oceans on the Oblate Spheroid. It has been recently discovered that the Moray Eel...

NASA helps to fight Zaca Fire

"SANTA BARBARA & CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NASA drone aids Zaca firefighting efforts in Ventura & Santa Barbara The unmanned aircraft was used to map the front of the stubborn blaze, which has burned 235,000 acres...

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