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Alexander Graham Bell

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    March 29, 2011

    Hold It Against Me, Britney Spears: A Brief History of Terrible Pickup Lines in Song

    Today marks the release of Britney Spears' surprisingly great new album Femme Fatale, whose lyrics -- you may have noticed in single "Hold It Against Me" -- feature a wealth of corny come-ons and played-out playerisms. Do these work for Britney Spears? Do they work on Britney Spears? And more impor ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Orphans of Beauty

    Unmarketable inventions, often called orphan technology, are generally considered useless. Paul DeMarinis considers them precursors to art.

  • News

    July 15, 1998

    From Bang to Net

    How Arno Penzias, who won the Nobel Prize for confirming the universe started with a Big Bang, turned his back on pure science and became an investment banker for Silicon Valley

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