Steve Mariotti: If I Could Pass on One Sentence to Future Generations

I love reading about quantum physics. I have always thought that if you can learn how subatomic particles behave, you can learn anything. In the past three years, for an hour every day, I have read on this subject, including the many fascinating personalities involved in its study. One of the most intriguing is...

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Lonely Island 'Wack' It Out Of The Park

-- The Lonely Island, "The Wack Album" (Republic Records) The Lonely Island pull another magic trick out of the fun box – and it's their third studio record, "The Wack Album." The Weird Al Yankoviches of the 21st century tackle sexual etiquette, double standards, general stupidity and wardrobe malfunctions with the...

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A visit to The Audience – serious non-lolz klaxon!

Well of course Mr Cobber is a genius & there is nothing Maria does not know about the arts but I do not think we will let them organise date night again? Because she most definitely said The Audience has Irish dancing? And amaze impersonations & Benedict Cumberbatch as Churchill *swoons*? She was like,...

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Paint it black: Frank Holl, master of Victorian darkness

When the last major exhibition of the work of Frank Holl was held, his paintings were shown beside those of JMW Turner and both were described as "deceased masters of the British School". As it turned out, that exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1889, the year after the artist worked himself to death at the age of...

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Amazon Birthday Gifts is a new "social" way to give somebody a present on Facebook.

Amazon Birthday Gifts is a new "social" way to give somebody a present on Facebook. Basically, you kick in some money for an Amazon gift card and then encourage all your friends to contribute. On your friend's date of birth, the card arrives along with all your personalized messages. Sooo either this is a genius...

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Dan Harmon Rips 'Community' Season 4

Dan Harmon, the fired and re-hired creator of "Community," has now watched the fourth season of his cult comedy. And he didn't like what he saw when the show was under the direction of replacement showrunners David Guarascio and Moses Port. "I watched ['Community'] Season 4. I guess I already knew this, but...

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Tuesday’s TV: Child Genius

Child Genius Channel 4, 9pm Continuing this four-part series, a small group of seven to 11-year-old children whose IQ puts...

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A Midnight Rendezvous with Eric Epstein, Author of The 24-Hour Genius

Is staying up all night the secret to success and creativity? Eric Epstein, the author of The 24-Hour Genius: Unlocking Your Brain’s Potential with Strategic All-Nighters, sure thinks so. Is the author some wild partier, or a stoner? Hardly. Epstein, 35, is a quiet-spoken corporate lawyer, who practices with a firm...

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They've Invented a Twist-Off Wine Cork and Life Will Never Be the Same

Just when you thought that mankind's genius could go no further, four years of research has given birth to a new apex in cork innovation. Please say hello to your newest wine-stopper, the Helix cork. The product of a collaboration beween the industrious lushes at cork manufacturer Amorim and those at bottle-making...

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Tabatha’s Takeover: Katie Holmes’s Dress Is a Bit Too ‘Craft Project’ For Me

Neil Rasmus/BFAnyc/Sipa We all know Tabatha Coffey, Bravo’s sharp-tongued Aussie style pro, from her stint on Shear Genius and her latest hit, Tabatha Takes Over. And now, she’s bringing her talents online, joining us at PEOPLE StyleWatch once weekly to dish on some of the best – and worst – celebrity looks of the...

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Mickelson and Rose share lead

Phil Mickelson produced a moment of genius to get his challenge for the US Open back on track - but Justin Rose was right alongside him on a dramatic final day at Merion.

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Experiment begins to bring urban life to the Chinese peasant

It is difficult to know whether Li Liancheng, the Party Secretary of Xixinzhuang village in Henan province, is a genius...

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Stroke of genius or just an incredibly bad idea?

Rubber tyres make for an unappetising meal. So when India’s Apollo Tyres announced plans last week to gobble up America’s...

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WATCH: Shakira Shares Hilarious Near-Death Tale With Sea Lion

It’s no secret that doing day-to-day activities as a celebrity can be hard -- but it seems Shakira has found the solution. On Thursday, the Colombian star stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to chit chat about her time on NBC’s ‘The Voice,’ her recently reported ‘genius’ IQ, and the moment she realized --at the age of four...

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Michael Deacon on the week's television: Child Genius, The Returned and Horizon: The Secret Life...

Michael Deacon gives his verdict on the week's TV, including Channel 4's entertaining series Child Genius.    

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Michael Deacon: how to raise a genius

Michael Deacon reviews the week's TV, including Child Genius.    

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From the Observer archive, 16 June 1963: a remarkable man called Honda

Just 10 years ago, a Japanese businessman on a machine-tool shopping expedition to this country decided to attend the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. He was shocked by what he saw. His own company – Honda – was at that time turning out a 250cc machine called the "Dream", which developed 13 horsepower; the...

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Shipping magnate Paul Soros dies in NYC at 87

Paul Soros, a successful innovator in shipping, philanthropist and the older brother of billionaire financier George Soros, died in New York City on Saturday after a long bout with a host of illnesses, said his son Peter Soros. He was 87. Soros, an engineer and businessman, founded Soros Associates, a world leader...

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Steve Rosenbaum: ATT And Apple Data Leakage Battle Continues

There's only one way to describe it - Data Insecurity. From the day I owned my first iPhone I've been a customer of AT&T. And certainly there's been some drama between the two camps. But no doubt, its been a marriage of convenience. And it mostly worked out, until now. But over the past seven months I've found...

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Roger Federer sends Wimbledon warning by reaching Halle final in style

On the eve of Wimbledon, the defending champion Roger Federer has reminded us in the space of two days that, rising 32 and idling below his best for much of the summer, he has a good deal of genius left in his racket. On Saturday he followed his double-bagel thrashing of Mischa Zverev in the quarter-finals of the...

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Is this parade of 'genius children' a really stupid idea? | Catherine Bennett

It must be an inspiration to ambitious parents that the fame of Honey Boo Boo Child, the seven-year-old reality TV star from rural Georgia, has spread to these islands, with her off-screen appearances, as well as her TV show, now regularly documented in places that have not, historically, chronicled the...

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From hope to fear: the broken promise of Barack Obama

It is all too easy to look back on some moments in the past and claim their significance was obvious at the time. That it was clear – even as the event unfolded and you frantically scribbled details down in a notebook – that you were witnessing a historic moment. Certainly that was the case when Barack Obama gave...

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Just how good IS Kanye's 'Yeezus'?

Dedicated Kanye West watchers will recognize all his recent gibes at radio and the pop masses as a genius-level setup for Tuesday’s release of the sixth West album, “Yeezus.”    

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Robert Julian: Grindr Saved My Neighborhood

When I wrote my memoir, Postcards from Palm Springs, I included a reference to the exhibitionist who would stalk me as I walked my dogs. At first it was funny; then it became creepy. There is something unsettling about being followed by a naked guy with an erection, slowly driving his convertible beside you as you...

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Roberta B. Ness, M.D., M.P.H.: Tips on Innovation Learned from Creative Geniuses

How would you like to have Albert Einstein rise from the dead and spend an afternoon telling you how he thinks? How about getting a few tips for your creative muse from Edison? Skeptical huh? None of us have ever heard a genius explain how he or she reasons and even if they could, the rest of us are simply not that...

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FIVE-STAR REVIEW: Kanye West's new album 'Yeezus' is as much industrial rock as it is rap

Dedicated Kanye West watchers will recognize all his recent jibes at radio and the pop masses as a genius-level setup for Tuesday’s release of the sixth West album, “Yeezus.”    

nydailynews.com (4 days ago)

FIVE-STAR REVIEW: Kanye West's 'Yeezus'

Dedicated Kanye West watchers will recognize all his recent jibes at radio and the pop masses as a genius-level setup for Tuesday’s release of the sixth West album, “Yeezus.”

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Filmmaker Responsible For Edward Snowden Video Takes Center Stage

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Laura Poitras' skill and boldness as a documentary filmmaker have gained her Oscar and Emmy nominations, Sundance Film Festival honors and a public TV showcase, even if her work fell short of making a "Super Size Me" splash. But her role as the first point of contact for disclosures about U.S....

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Julio Fernandez: Content Marketing - Can You Hear/Read/See/Share Me Now?

Smartphone penetration in the U.S. is now 61 percent of mobile subscribers. In addition to the ways consumers and brands can interact with each other via their mobile devices, new wearable technology (Google Glass, Jawbone Up, Fitbit Flex) will reward business owners that can keep up with this rapid evolution....

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Reel Genius on 'Man of Steel': A Superman movie that finds itself caught between two identities,...

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