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Science

Water runs uphill, make headlines

Banal, yet eye-grabbing science story of the day: U.S. physicists have demonstrated that water droplets can run uphill, propelled by their o...

May 1, 2006
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Entertainment

Hot Study Hall: The History Boys on Broadway

Alan Bennett’s fabulous new play The History Boys opened on Broadway last week at the Broadhurst to uniformly wonderful reviews after ...

May 1, 2006
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Entertainment

Does Smüg have an Umlaut? Martin Short in Fame Becomes Me

I had the pleasure of catching the very first public performance of Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, now playing in San Francisco (April 25-Ma...

Apr 30, 2006
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Entertainment

New York prepares for Thomas Dolby (and his "bizarre-looking doohickeys")

From today’s New York Times: Thomas Dolby entered pop eternity in the guise of a bespectacled, wild-haired mad scientist, with the 198...

Apr 28, 2006
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Entertainment

South Park Parodies Al Gore

Tonight’s episode of South Park was an entertaining parody of Al Gore and the anti-Global Warming message he has been promoting. ...

Apr 28, 2006
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Entertainment

Ze Frank's Reading the News So You Don't Have To

All you need to know about everything current told to you through the mind of TED’s favorite funny man. Ze Frank has a daily show. Che...

Apr 27, 2006
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Environment

Al Gore: On newsstands now

First Vanity Fair, now Wired. VP-turned-global-warming-warrior Al Gore is clearly the cover model of the moment.

Apr 27, 2006
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Business

Yochai Benkler makes the (capitalist) case for cooperation

At TEDGlobal, Yale Professor Yochai Benkler gave an illuminating talk on the emergence of sharing as a key economic driver. Everyone emerged...

Apr 26, 2006
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Uncategorized

Ads We Love: "Bouncy Balls"

The NY-based TED team spent much of last week in San Francisco, remembering just how much we love that gorgeous city. It seems a fine moment...

Apr 25, 2006
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