ABC The Golden State Warriors won Game 2 of the NBA Finals, 122-103, to take a 2-0 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James had his second-straight big game in a losing effort, scoring 29 points, and just missing a triple-double with 9 rebounds and 13 assists. One play in particular perfectly sums up the […]
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The Legacy of Isao Takahata, the Underappreciated Half of Studio Ghibli
“Why must fireflies die so young?” On April 5, the world lost an animation titan. Isao Takahata, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a frequent collaborator with Hayao Miyazaki, and the director of stunning anime films like Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, died at 82. But not many people outside of hardcore Studio Ghibli fans […]
GOLDMAN SACHS: These 14 underappreciated stocks are set to take off
Wikimedia Commons How do you find good bargains in a stock market that’s already the most expensive since the dotcom bubble? Goldman Sachs has some ideas. The bank says the key is to find companies that not only offer compelling cases for future gains, but are also under-owned by fund managers and generally underappreciated by the […]
The Under-Appreciated Radiant Historia Gets A Full Remake
In February of 2011, Atlus released a DS role-playing game called Radiant Historia that I described as the love child of Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy Tactics. It was under-appreciated. And now it’s coming back. This week in Famitsu, Atlus announced Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, a 3DS remake that will come with “a new scenario” […]
11 under-appreciated scientific concepts
The intellectual forum Edge.com recently asked a bunch of big thinkers what scientific concept ought to be more widely known. Among 206 responses, here are some highlights: The Genetic Book of the Dead — “Natural selection equips every living creature with the genes that enabled its ancestors — a literally unbroken line of them—to survive in their environments […]