Creating a creature with 5.5M pieces of animated hair in Pixar’s Monsters University (interview)

Monster's University is a technological marvel that took a room full of computers years to fully animate. A single frame took 29 hours to render.

Quantum Wave Fund raising $100M for startups pushing boundaries of physics

Quantum Wave Fund will dedicate $100 million to startups making breakthroughs in quantum technology.

Why is the night sky dark when there are so many stars & galaxies? (video)

Why is the night sky dark? "Because the sun isn't up!" But wait -- if the universe is chock full of stars just like our sun, why isn't it bright day and night?

Still don’t understand Higgs boson? These incredible videos might help

Earlier this month, scientists at CERN observed what was most likely the elusive Higgs boson particle. But unless you’re a physics geek, it can be hard to understand just what made the discovery so significant.

Thankfully, the good folks of …

Angry Birds Space gets geeky with awesome real-life demo from NASA (video)

What happens when an astronaut plays a game of Angry Birds in real life on a space station? An awesome new video posted by Rovio showing just that.

The video was released to hype up the much-anticipated launch of Angry …

Why you nerds should stop hating sports games

Basketball game NBA 2k11 doesn’t start off with a title menu. It throws you straight into the classic 1991 championship game between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time and …