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In a Google Hangout Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discuss the relationship between exercise and telomere length, which is related to diseases of aging

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars‘ “Uptown Funk” has landed at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the 14th week in a row! Only a handful of other songs have been at the top spot of the Hot 100 for 14 weeks. If the song makes it to the 16th week, it will be [...]

Police would not confirm if Vanesa Santillan's profession had any relation to her death.

Well, here's something both unexpected and a little bit surprising. While James Gray is well-versed in crime drama ("Little Odessa," "The Yards," "We Own The Night"), he's not the first name you think of when you hear the word "animation." Given his unsatisfactory experience making "The Red Road," you might think television and the small screen wouldn't be an enticing proposition. But here's the thing, this time he's going to have a lot more control, and the material sounds pretty great. READ MORE... Читать дальше...

US stocks struggle for direction as investors digest Fed minutes

Kristen Stewart and Alicia Cargile walk hand in hand while dropping by a bookstore last week in downtown Los Angeles. The 25-year-old actress has been busy promoting her film Clouds of Sils Maria, where she plays an assistant to Juliette Binoche. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Kristen Stewart Kristen recently made an appearance [...]

U.S. H-1B visas for temporary skilled workers are in high demand, but expanding the program won't solve the problem, experts said.

Braking with your left foot has been a contentious subject ever since the birth of automatic transmissions. If you have just two pedals in your car, and presumably two feet to operate them, then why would you not use one for each?

Heidi Klum shows off some skin in a little black dress at America’s Got Talent Season 10 Red Carpet Event held at Dolby Theatre on Wednesday afternoon (April 8) in Hollywood. The 41-year-old former supermodel was joined at the big event by Nick Cannon, Mel B, Howard Stern, and Howie Mandel. PHOTOS: Check out the [...]

Loan losses are historically low. That’s good news, sort of

As Jim Murphy, Labour’s leader in Scotland, remarked during the last television debate, much of the coverage of the election is about the horse trading that will begin on 8 May rather than about the issues that will be at stake 24 hours earlier on polling day. Nowhere is this clearer than on defence. Defence is vital, yet the arguments have been too readily reduced to what the Scottish National Party (SNP) might or might not do in the House of Commons with MPs who are, as yet, not even elected.

This commoditised industry does not attract high valuations, but the group’s stock has rallied 60%

The seventh Summit of the Americas, which begins on Friday in Panama City, will be a historic affair, with the leaders of Cuba and the United States in attendance together for the first time.

While Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara teaming up to make a wacky road trip comedy doesn't seem like the most obvious idea, the gamble paid off. The pair had a blast working together on "Hot Pursuit," and when they sat down to talk with EW they were already tossing ideas back and forth about working together again. READ MORE: Reese Witherspoon Used A Hypnotherapist To Calm Her Nerves Shooting Sex Scenes VERGARA: It’d be super-fun if we got to make a sequel. WITHERSPOON: Where would we go? We should do it in the snow. Читать дальше...

The country’s big banks may yet have appeal for investors

The real Silicon Valley took over San Francisco last night, all showing up in support of HBO's hit show Silicon Valley.

General Electric is nearing a deal to sell substantially all of its $30 billion real estate assets.

The Internal Revenue Service reports that two-thirds of taxpayers have filed their 2014 returns.

The crash in oil prices has led to huge cuts in investment in spending on new exploration and production.

The U.S. Federal Reserve will likely hike interest rates in September, Allianz's Mohamed El-Erian said.

Parliament shows determination to break longstanding power of oligarchs

"Star Wars" fans are ever hopeful of two things that will probably never even happen: that George Lucas will restore the theatrical cuts of the original trilogy without the extra VFX sauce on them, and that Han Solo will shoot first again. And so, perhaps it's not surprising that with the digital release of the six films to date coming tomorrow, diehards crossed their fingers and wished again. Badass Digest put forth the chatter that Han will shoot first in this version of "Star Wars: Episode IV ... Читать дальше...

Google is working to make its Android Wear smartwatch platform compatible with the Apple's iPhone, The Verge reports.

Forecasters from Colorado State University predicted a "well below-average" Atlantic hurricane season.

On “Today,” they showed the first interview done by Adam Levine about the fan who rushed the stage and accosted him at a Maroon 5 show in Anaheim, California. Levine told Carson Daly, “She was on me, the next thing I knew, I kind of had to, like, I guess, deal with it ‘cause there was no one around.