MacArthur Foundation Hands Out Genius Grants

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has handed out its yearly Genius Awards to 24 American geniuses. The 24 individuals are being rewarded for creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future. Only U.S. citizens and residents...

Hitler's art of self-delusion

" As a German auction house prepares to sell off three of Adolf Hitler's watercolours, new evidence has emerged suggesting that the Nazi leader remained convinced he was an artistic genius and was often...

Antichrist: A Work of Genius or the Sickest Film in History

Truth is stranger than fiction they say. But I say movies are stranger than truth. Some of the movies just take it over the top and some really hit the ground hard. I could not make out which category does...

Gordon Brown you are a genius? You've saved the world!

Being so far from my homeland in fact thousands of miles away, on a small tropical Island called Negros, I have lost track of British politics and have become inundated with the politics of USA. I have also...

Little Bill Gates of India:Aman Rehman

"An eight-year-old boy in India who specialises in animation for films has begun teaching his skills to adults. Aman Rehman, from Dehradun in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, is also seeking to win a Guinness Book of World Records "Young Achiever" award. Aman learned...

The 'thinking cap' that could unlock your inner genius and boost creativity

How often do you just hit a wall and have a brain cramp while trying to produce some creative thoughts. Well, this new "thinking cap" may just be that catalyst to spark the creative genius in you. It is a cap...

Da Vinci's mom was a slave?

Proof that talent has little to do with patrician blood:"April 9, 2008 -- Leonardo Da Vinci, regarded by many as the greatest genius of the Renaissance, was the son of a humble slave girl and had at least 21...

Transformed from the landfill: Edgar Harley David is on the porch!

This unusual piece of art is on the porch sunning himself, however, at one time he lived in the depths of a junk heap.Used as an object lesson in a religious service Edgar's history began as a Harley Davidson...

Italian musician uncovers hidden music in 'Last Supper'

Simply amazing, Da Vinci was certainly a man ahead of his time. "ROME - It's a new Da Vinci code but this time it could be for real. An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered...

Can a Video clip force millions to rethink their position on censorship?

My grandmother used to say that the truth is stranger than fiction. Take a look at this clip at cuts.com and the read the transcript below."Yesterday, Gawker went ahead and posted what is possibly the most...

What Kind of Genius Are You?

"A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet. In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut” course in 17th-century Dutch art. On the...

Scientists discover genius gene

COKE STROKE: Using drugs such as cocaine can increase the risk of torn arteries and strokes, researchers say. Two women suffered severe strokes and a major tear in the neck artery after taking the drug methamphetamine, which is toxic to large arteries. 'Since cocaine has...

The looming tower: Egyptian ideological origins of al-Qaida - Austin Bay

"Al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahiri's pre-Christmas rants backfired in both Palestine and in Washington, D.C. Dr. Zawahiri -- Al-Qaida's terror emir No. 2 -- ordered the Palestinians to wage his globalist brand of...

Experts Reconstruct Leonardo da Vinci's Fingerprint

"Anthropologists said they have pieced together Leonardo da Vinci's left index fingerprint -- a discovery that could help provide information on such matters as the food the artist ate and whether his mother was of Arabic origin. The reconstruction of the fingerprint was the...

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