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After the film Gravity picked up a handful of Oscars, including for best cinematography and best visual effects, Nasa releases images of the real thing.
The sun greets the International Space Station from the Russian section of the orbital outpost, photographed by one of the STS-129 crew members
Newspaper report in 1853 got author Solomon Northup’s surname wrong twice, misspelling it as Northrop and Northrup.
The New York Times has printed a correction for misspelling 161 years ago the name of a black man who was sold into slavery and whose memoirs were turned into the Oscar-winning movie 12 Years a Slave.
Even if you’re fed up with winter—the snow, the sleet, the shivering—the sheer natural beauty of these eye-popping glacier formations should warm your heart.
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Oscars Night
The Winners
PICTURE
12 Years A Slave
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
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Quote of the day by Steve Jobs
Jordan Belfort, who was jailed for 22 months for securities fraud, admits that the Oscar-nominated film based on his memoir had no need to exaggerate the sex and drugs.
The controversial figure whose memoir formed the basis of Leonardo DiCaprio’s unhinged stockbroker in Martin Scorsese’sOscar-nominated black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street has revealed his debauched life of sex and drugs was «even worse» than shown in the film.
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Tribute to Paco de Lucía
Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 26 February 2014) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the New Falmenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz.
In her book «Animal Wise,» Virginia Morell gets inside our fellow creatures’ heads.
Animals like this Belgian Malois «aren’t just robots—they truly are living, sentient beings,» says the author.
What do animals think and feel? This question, which has long intrigued science writer and author Virginia Morell, is explored in her new book Animal Wise.
Partly inspired by her 2008 National Geographic magazine article, «Animal Minds,» the book was just named a finalist for the 2013 L.A. Times Book Prize in Science and Technology.
From ants that teach, to earthworms that make decisions, to rats that love to be tickled, Morell aims to reshape our understanding of animals and their emotions. For the book, she shadowed several innovative scientists investigating the animal psyche, focusing on well-known species such as dolphins and the domestic dog.
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,” will be published in the United States on Aug. 12, Alfred A. Knopf has announced. The novel was an enormous hit in Japan in April, where it sold more than a million copies in its first week, according to Knopf.
“The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.”
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Kate Chopin, born Katherine O’Flaherty (February 8, 1850 — August 22, 1904), was an American author of short stories and novels. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century.
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Reading: Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.