Following today's media event that saw the introduction of iBooks 2 with new iPad digital textbooks alongside expanded iTunes U functionality, Apple has now posted video of the event to its site. The video is also available as a podcast video download in HD and standard formats. Among today's announcements: - Apple Launches iBooks 2 with Interactive Textbooks - 'iBooks Author' eBook Authoring App for Mac Now Available - iTunes U for iPad Retools the Learning Experience Our additional coverage includes: - Hands-On Video With Apple's Digital Textbooks - Some iPad Textbooks Weigh In Above Apple's 2GB Book Size Limit - iBooks Textbook Sales: Authors Set Pricing Up to $14.99, Apple Takes 30%, iBooks-Exclusive - New iBooks 'Not Technically' in ePub Format Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • New iBooks 'Not Technically' in ePub Format • iBooks Textbook Sales: Authors Set Pricing Up to $14.99, Apple Takes 30%, iBooks-Exclusive • Some iPad Textbooks Weigh In Above Apple's 2GB Book Size Limit • A Comparison of US iPhone Data Plans • Apple's Smartphone Market Share Surge Continues through December on iPhone 4S Strength

Engadget has posted a hands-on video of the iPad's interactive digital textbooks in the press demo section of Apple's education-focused media event today, and they were impressed : Interacting with the books is a generally intuitive combination of tapping, swiping and pinching. You can pinch from any page to get out to the heading of that chapter, then drag along a bar on the bottom to quickly go from one chapter to the next

You'd have to be a pretty small ninja to wield one of these stars, since they're made of molecules . Or rather, each star is just one single molecule all tied in knots, and they're the most complex molecules (outside of DNA) that we've ever synthesized.

It may surprise you to learn pigeons can count much less understand abstract rules about numbers, but in fact, researchers have proved just that. This skill is something previously only showed in rhesus monkey testing from the 1990's. Pigeons, super smart

It may surprise you to learn pigeons can count much less understand abstract rules about numbers, but in fact, researchers have proved just that.