Scientists have discovered that, approximately 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much as it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The 300 million-year-old forest has given researchers the rare chance to observe an ecosystem that’s basically been frozen in time by a natural [...]

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It’s that time of year. U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the top colleges in America. This year, Princeton University tied Harvard University as the top-ranked National University in the 2012 college rankings. Last year, Harvard stood alone as the sole, top-ranked National University, a category that encompasses large, research-oriented [...]

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Veteran journalist Mark Haines, who had been a staple on CNBC for the last 22 years, died suddenly Tuesday night at the age of 65. Haines, the founding anchor behind CNBC’s Squawk Box program, was co-anchor of the network’s Squawk on the Street, providing insight and commentary. CNBC President Mark Hoffman called Haines a “building [...]

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Think today’s millionaire athlete’s make a lot of money.  You ain’t seen nothing yet. According to Peter Struck, an associate professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, an illiterate charioteer, made “the staggering sum” of 35,863,120 sesterces (which were a form of ancient Roman coin) in prize money. That figure [...]

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Denzel Washington‘s son, Malcolm Washington, played his first game for Penn basketball on Friday night, and dad attended to cheer on his son. Wearing a black New York Yankees hat and a Patagonia fleece, Denzel went pretty much unnoticed in the Jordan Center crowd. The 5-foot-9 Malcolm Washington is a walk-on guard at Penn. He [...]

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Another day, another commencement address for Google’s top brass. Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania commencement on Monday and urged college grads to step away from the computer and make connections in real life.  Schmidt told around 6,000 graduates that they need to discover what’s most important to them by living [...]

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