Stephen Hawking

                   

The back stories are the best stories

miamiherald.com     12-Aug-2008          

Former journalist Peggy Marsh had been quietly working on her novel for more than a decade when she was discovered by a publisher who was scouring the South for new authors. Starring a heroine named Pansy O'Hara, Marsh's...                    

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Large Hadron Rap

raincoaster.com     10-Aug-2008          

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this blog is rapidly becoming the world’s most concentrated source of really, really white rap videos. Forget Vanilla Ice. Forget Snow. I’m talking the Stephen Hawking Christmas Album. I’m talking Tea...                    

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Mad scientists

startribune.com     08-Aug-2008   1 related          

Nature may abhor a vacuum, but physicists love nothing more than a good argument. By DEBORAH BLUM, Special to the Star Tribune By: Leonard Susskind Publisher: Little, Brown, 470 pages, $28 Review: A marvelous book for the...                    

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Week in Review: The technology behind the 2008 Olympics & more

dvice.com     09-Aug-2008          

Today being the opening day of the Olympic Games in Beijing, we thought it was prime time for a look at the high-tech athletics gear that's being used at the games today that wasn't around four years ago in Athens. The...                    

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Werd (LHC rap)

bayblab.blogspot.com     08-Aug-2008          

The bayblab is a collection of gradstudent ramblings from a cancer lab in Ottawa, Canada. Reviews of the podcast: "The bayblab is so much better [than Science Friday]. It even has Stephen Hawking. All Ira Flatow can claim is...                    

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A black hole in our backyard

news24.com     08-Aug-2008          

Alistair Fairweather As I write this, a group of scientists are trying to create a black hole on earth. In a closely guarded underground facility that sprawls between France and Switzerland, the scientists are already testing...                    

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Wooden science fiction

jrvogt.com     08-Aug-2008          

Take a look at these incredible wooden sculptures by artist and builder Michael Rea. They're not just your average sculptures, either, as he draws on a love for the geek culture and science fiction to inspire his work.He's got...                    

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Walter F. Parkes Talks WarGames

movieweb.com     08-Aug-2008          

The super-producer talks about the film he co-wrote 25 years ago and dishes on upcoming projects If you look at Walter Parkes' filmography, he's ammassed hit after hit as a producer, with his partner Laurie McDonald. Back in...                    

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And the lesson today is how to shoot

guardian.co.uk     07-Aug-2008   1 related          

Bosnia's schools have a big violence problem - with pupils using knives, guns, even bombs. Kate Connolly on a shocking play, set in a Sarajevo classroom, that captures their world When Class Enemy premiered in Sarajevo last...                    

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What Do Stephen Hawking and Aston Martin Have in Common?

nytimes.com     06-Aug-2008          

For the Olympics, Aston Martin has sponsored an artwork by Qin Yufen, a Chinese artist, at the Today Art Museum in Beijing, where it will be on view for several days. The room-sized piece is made up of a huge tape measure (big...                    

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