TED v. YouTube: Who Has Better Commenters?

Okay, brace yourselves: YouTube commenters are objectively worse than commenters on other platforms. Maybe not Tumblr, though. Hyperbole aside, researchers publishing in PLOS One found that TED commenters are more likely to talk about content and ideas than YouTube commenters, who mainly talk about the person presenting in a video. … Read More

Video: Monkeys Reject Unequal Pay

Is equality an artificial concept, or do moral traits have a genetic component? Primatologist Frans de Waal belongs in the second camp; his TED talk, Moral Behaviour in Animals, lays out the case that the concept of fairness exists across species. Watch what happens when these two monkeys receive unequal … Read More

Hollywood in 60 Seconds

500 Days of Summer [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqIri77wZYo [/youtube] Wreck-It Ralph [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OplNaeNGrZo[/youtube] Ted [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMxoTIvAd_A[/youtube] Evil Dead [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9On1HsPqzo[/youtube] Superman! [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVO-Brquujo[/youtube] Life of Pi [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhgVdEep3nI[/youtube] Kill Bill Vol. 1 [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaax8AC8y38[/youtube] Kill Bill Vol. 2 [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-_TN1pmmYc[/youtube]   Like what you saw? Head over to Virgin Radio and vote for a winner.

Bourne and a Bear Blu-ray Giveaway

Know how we accumulate friends, besides our never-ending stream of witty and insightful remarks? Bribery, that’s how. Ted and The Bourne Legacy will be released on Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack on December 11, and we’ve got a stack of ‘em to give away. Five each, to be exact. Want a chance to … Read More

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