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For fans of the classic RPG,  Final Fantasy IV , you'll be happy to know that the direct sequel,  Final Fantasy IV: The After Years , is now available on Steam. Get ready for some classic questing on your PC. There will be chocobos.  A lot of folks aren't even aware of the fact that Square Enix made a follow-up to one of the first games in the  Final Fantasy  series, primarily because its a decently recent game. While  FFIV  first hit the market way back in 1991,  The After Years  didn't come around until 2008, originally releasing as a  mobile game  in Japan and eventually making its way West.  It's been a long time coming, but  The After Years  has finally made its way (legally) to PC, available starting today on Steam for $15.99. You can also grab a bundle featuring both the original game and this more recent follow-up for $22.99.  In today's announcement, Square Enix points out that this PC version of  The After Years  has undergone a 3D makeover, incl

Multiple Ways of Assessing Threats to Water: Supply-Side and Demand-Side Problems There are both supply-side threats and demand-side threats to water necessary to meet human needs; as T. Boone Pickens has been quoted as saying, "Water is the new oil" One supply-side threat arises from instances in which we are withdrawing freshwater from surface water sources and groundwater aquifers at rates faster than replenishment or recharge Another supply-side problem is that even if there is enough water, it is not water that is good enough to meet human needs; much of the world's fresh water is being degraded Still another supply-side problem is the fact that distinct from physical water scarcity, there is economic scarcity for the global poor  One demand-side concern arises from the fact of an increasing number of people on the planet Another demand-side problem is that high-demand users sometimes are geographically concentrated in regions that cannot sustain demand

Ever since Dan Brown wrote  The Da Vinci Code , the Internet has been awash with people trying to solve the “mysteries” of great art. From aliens in Renaissance paintings to countless conspiracies involving the  Mona Lisa , there’s been no dumb stone left unturned. But not all theories about a work’s meaning are so openly nuts. Some manage to be both completely convincing and utterly mind-blowing. 10 A Satyr Mourning Over A Nymph  Actually Shows A Brutal Murder Photo via Wikipedia Painted by Piero di Cosimo in 1495,  A Satyr Mourning Over A Nymph supposedly depicts a scene from Ovid’s  Metamorphoses . In that story, Procris is accidentally killed in the woods when her hunter husband Cephalus mistakes her for a wild beast and hurls a spear through her. It’s a typical choice of scene for a Renaissance artist, with only one problem. A close examination proves there’s no way Cosimo’s Procris could have been killed by accident. According to British professor Michael Baum, all

One of the most bizarre unsolved disappearances of all time involves renowned French inventor Louis Le Prince. In 1890, while on a train heading to Paris, Le Prince somehow vanished without a trace and was never seen again. The story was particularly puzzling since nobody could figure out how a man could simply disappear from a moving train. However, rail transport and rapid transit has long been the source of some truly baffling unsolved mysteries, whether they be unexplained disappearances, murders, derailments, or even bizarre supernatural occurrences 10 The  Sunset Limited  Derailment On October 9, 1995, an Amtrak passenger train known as the  Sunset Limited was making a routine trip from Los Angeles to Miami. At approximately 1:40 AM, it was crossing over a trestle in a remote desert area of Arizona when it suddenly jumped the tracks  and derailed , sending four of its cars crashing 9 meters (30 ft) into a ravine. An attendant named Mitchell Bates was killed in the

With the upcoming movie  Ant Man  receiving so much hype, many people are asking, “What’s so special about ants?” They’re small pests at best and full-blown infestations at worst. They scurry all around us, and we rarely even notice. It’s not until you get down to their level that you begin to see how interesting, utterly fascinating, and terrifying the world of ants truly is. If you could shrink down to the ants’ size and live in their world, you would witness a savage struggle as old as the dinosaurs. Theirs is a violent world full of ruthless royalty, cutthroat raiders, cunning thieves, globe-spanning armies, and sometimes even comic book superpowers. We’ve talked before about some of the strange things ants do. Here are 10 of the most unbelievable ants on Earth. 10 Cardiocondyla Obscurior Mafia Ants Photo credit: April Nobile There is only one  C. obscurior  male per colony. He’s the ergatoid, the dominant male ant, and he must defend his territory. If a new male wonder