Camille Weeks At 15, Corinne Weeks skipped the last half of high school to start college. Three years later, the Ohio native is about to graduate with a major in applied mathematics. Nine schools accepted Corinne with free tuition and housing stipends, worth more than $ 2.3 million in total, according to an estimate by […]
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Stephen Hawking was my real-life Time Lord: Remembering the genius who inspired countless humans on this rock drifting through space
Getty Images Stephen Hawking died in his home in Cambridge at age 76 on March 14, 2018. The physicist pioneered new ways of understanding black holes and the universe. His popular-science books — especially “A Brief History of Time” — may persist as some of his greatest achievements. Stephen Hawking, who’s known for his explorations […]
Genius swifty that left them all in Wenden’s wake
BETWEEN 1966 and 1974 Australian swimming great Michael Wenden won nine Commonwealth Games gold medals. But four stand out from the rest. Wenden didn’t think he would even try out for the 1970 Edinburgh Games, let alone take out the 100m-200m freestyle double. “I wasn’t sure if I’d be fit enough to make the team,” […]
How to Emulate Life’s Genius: Introducing Biomimicry
Have you ever noticed the most effective and efficient human creations are modeled from nature? From buildings designed like termite mounds to self-healing buildings developed using bacteria in the concrete; biomimicry is phenomenal approach to solve problems in a sustainable way. Biomimicry (also known as Biomimetics) was coined by Otto Schmidt in the 1950s and […]
This “Crypto Genius” Tried to Debate Bitcoin. It Wasn’t Pretty.
A “debate” over the value of cryptocurrency turns out to be mostly a debate about nothing. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a6bf12cd7e44746ac65a76f/master/pass/JamesAltucher-FeatureArt-624276410.jpg
Covfefe, Little Rocket Man and ‘stable genius’: A year of Trumpisms
The ‘fire and fury’ of US President Donald Trump has translated into many memorable phrases that have baffled, amused or infuriated observers. RT looks at the top quotes from the first year of his presidency. January 2017: ‘You are fake news’ Trump had famously sparred with the media throughout his campaign. He reserved his ire […]
Trump Says He Is a ‘Very Stable Genius,’ Disputes Book’s Claims
Donald Trump called himself a ‘very stable genius’ and ‘really smart’ after a new book cited White House advisers’ concerns that the U.S. president wasn’t fit. WSJ.com: What’s News US
100 Genius Tweets From 2017 That Broke The 100k Retweet Barrier
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Morecambe & Wise: Genius writer who brought all of us sunshine
REX/BBC Eric, Ernie & Me on BBC Four focuses on Morecambe & Wise’s remarkable writer Eddie Braben One statistic tells the story: their Christmas special for the BBC in 1977 attracted 28 million viewers. Only royal weddings can top that now. By 1977, they were Christmas, with the most common question as each festive season […]
Samsung tests Genius Bar-like ‘care centers’ in co-working spaces
If you’ve ever spent too much time waiting at an Apple Genius Bar to get your gadget fixed, you know that it can be a pretty boring, sterile moment. There just isn’t much to do there, besides checking out Apple Watch bands on your wrist, or trying to find out which set of Beats sound […]