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1987: Thousands of physicists crowd a ballroom at the New York Hilton for a hastily arranged marathon session on high-temperature superconductivity. The event generates so much excitement that it is later referred to as the “Woodstock of Physics.” Discovered in 1911, superconductivity is a phenomenon in which certain materials, at very ...

Living costs in big citiesPARIS is the most expensive city to live in according to the latest survey from Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company to The Economist. The survey assesses the cost of living by comparing housing, food, clothing, transport and utility bills and the like in 132 cities ...

1955: Computer pioneer Doug Ross demonstrates the Director tape for MIT’s Whirlwind machine. It’s a new idea: a permanent set of instructions on how the computer should operate. Six years in the making, MIT’s Whirlwind computer was the first digital computer that could display real-time text and graphics on a video ...

The Ascott, CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, will open its second Citadines property in the country on March 8. The new Citadines Kyoto Karasuma-Gojo follows the opening of Ascott’s first Citadines serviced residence in Japan, Citadines Tokyo Shinjuku, last March. Read more...

Photo by Gail Butensky UPDATE: Spiral Stairs has posted an entry on his blog about the Auckland show, featuring photos and the setlist. As you may have heard, the indie rock band Pavement are traveling around the world on a reunion tour this year. And just ...

Photo via Spiral Stairs' blog Superfans rejoice! The Pavement reunion tour is now just a few days away from kicking into gear; the first show goes down March 1 in Auckland, New Zealand. And a couple of members of the band giving ...

Medeski Martin & Wood Announce More Tour Dates Medeski Martin & Wood, who is on tour now, have announced West Coast, Japan and festival tour dates though June. The tour will take them through all the major cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. Each member ...

LAST FRIDAY, Singapore market players woke to a 25- basis point hike to 0.75% in the US Federal Reserve’s primary discount rate. The Fed described the move as a “further normalisation of [its] lending facilities”, adding that its actions “should not lead to tighter financial conditions ...

By: Matt Beck The New Deal As a mentor of mine is famous for saying, "If you're not gaining, you're losing," and it is this exact mentality that drives the New Deal. This Toronto-based live-tronica trio has been at the forefront of all things jam ...

The massive ranks of those who live to entertain, are sometimes thinned by the Darwinian forces of dramatic irony. Wether on stage, on screen, or on a high-wire, the cold, bony finger of Death himself has pointed at many a star. Heart attacks seem to be a prime culprit, obviously ...

For American fans of soft-spoken Norwegian folkateers Kings of Convenience, this was going to be a big month. The duo was set to tour North America for the first time in five years, kicking things off with ...

On April 18, the impeccably dressed French gentlemen in Phoenix will play Coachella in Indio, California. And on June 13, they'll play Bonaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. That's two of America's biggest summer festivals already covered. But how will they fill the two months in ...

Japan plans to propose scaling down its annual 'scientific' Antarctic whale hunt if it is allowed to step up commercial whaling in its own coastal waters instead, a fisheries official said Wednesday. Tokyo will present its proposal to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) at its annual

-In news that will surprise absolutely no one: Jamie Lynn Spears has traded in Baby Daddy Casey Aldridge for an older model…. -A New York boy was nearly tossed out of school for playing with a Lego gun…. - Photographs of Marilyn Monroe lounging around a New York apartment nine months before ...

The adrenaline-pumping The Fast & The Furious franchise is revving its engine for a fifth installment, Variety said Thursday. Universal has greenlit the project — tentatively-titled Fast Five — will find the Dom Toretto and Brian O’Conner on the run from the law. The feature is expected to reunite director Justin ...

Just seven months after their blooze-rocking debut album, Horehound, Jack White's band the Dead Weather are already planning to release their second LP this April, according to a recent interview with the singer-drummer-guitarist-workaholic on Australia's triple j radio. (Via TwentyFourBit.) The news ...

DEVENDRA BANHART ANNOUNCES MARCH DATES IN SUPPORT OF WHAT WILL WE BE Devendra Banhart Devendra Banhart and band will be playing U.S. tour dates this March in celebration of the release of What Will We Be, his sixth full length release and debut for ...

THE DEAD WEATHER ANNOUNCE SPRING U.S. TOUR DATES The Dead Weather The Dead Weather has announced a 13-city Spring jaunt that includes appearances at Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Tickets are available now for subscribers to The Vault, Third Man ...

Singapore Airlines says SQ11 successfully completed an experiment on eco-friendly flight, achieving fuel savings of more than 10 tonnes and a reduction in carbon emissions of more than 33 tonnes. The Boeing 747-400, which departed Los Angeles on Jan 31, arrived in Singapore early this morning via Tokyo. Read ...

Words and Images by: Alex Anastas Big Day Out :: 01.22.10 - 01.23.10 :: Olympic Park Showgrounds :: Sydney, Australia Muse :: 01.22 :: Big Day Out :: Australia The Big Day Out traveling music and arts festival rolled into Sydney for its ...