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Shovelware is a term for individual video games or software bundles known more for the quantity of what is included than for the quality or usefulness. [1]The metaphor implies that the creators showed little care for the quality of the original software, as if the new compilation or version had been created by indiscriminately adding titles "by the shovel" in the same way someone would shovel ...
The junkyard tornado argument uses a calculation of the probability of abiogenesis based on false assumptions, as comparable to "a tornado sweeping through a junk-yard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein" and to compare the chance of obtaining even a single functioning protein by chance combination of amino acids to a solar ...
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A quasi-conscious self-modifying organism capable of infecting any form of life. Descolada is also the Portuguese word for "unglued". In the context of the book, this refers to the descolada virus's effects: it breaks the link of the DNA double helix (ungluing it) and induces mutations. Despotellis Green Lantern Corps
A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff. The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million ...
A former Tennessee teacher who got pregnant after raping a 12-year-old boy pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with no parole. On Dec. 20, Alissa McCommon, 39, of Covington ...
The New York City Ballet has been performing "The Nutcracker" for decades. Each year, young dancers make their mark on the ballet.