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Neil deGrasse Tyson Offers a Lighthearted Critique of ‘Gravity’ on Twitter

Alfonso Cuarón’s new science fiction thriller Gravity rocketed into the record books with a $55.6 million haul over the weekend– a record for October. The movie starring George Clooney and Sandra...

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The Future is Near: Top 10 Forecasts Beyond 2014

How close are we to driverless cars? Reviving extinct species? Products that anticipate our needs? Or, even the singularity? Closer than you might think. In fact, the future might just be right around...

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FORA.tv Playlist: Six Questions for Twitter CEO Dick Costolo

Last week was a good week for Dick Costolo. Twitter, the company he took over three years ago when it was at a critical crossroad, had a successful IPO last week, creating 1,600 new millionaires in the...

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Did MTV’s ’16 and Pregnant’ Cause a Drop in Teen Pregnancy Rates?

MTV has never been accused of shying away from controversial programming. Its reality show 16 and Pregnant is no exception. Since it first aired in 2009, 16 and Pregnant has followed dozens of teens in...

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Americans Are Learning to Love Mass Transit All Over Again

The American love affair with cars, trucks, and motorcycles is far from over, but recent numbers show that mass transit is resurgent in the United States. Just check out these numbers gathered by the...

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Commonwealth Club Exclusive: Billionaire Tom Perkins on the 1%,...

Tom Perkins explains his now-infamous WSJ op-ed If there is an epicenter to the national debate on income inequality, rich versus poor, or the shrinking middle class, it’s probably in San Francisco....

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This Week on FORA.tv: The Next Greatest Generation, Debunking iPhone Myths,...

This week on FORA.tv: Obama lights up marijuana politics, millenials put up or shut up, and the iPhone gets debunked. Mark your calendars and read the roundup below. Week to Week is the political...

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Want to Upload Your Brain? How Johnny Depp’s ‘Transcendence’ Comes to Life

In his new movie Transcendence, Johnny Depp plays Dr. Will Caster– an artificial intelligence researcher whose consciousness is uploaded onto the Internet. Will, who becomes the target of luddite...

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California Drought Illustrated in Two Grim Photos

While the majority of America cursed the polar-like conditions that seemed to linger on throughout this winter, Californians couldn’t help but smile about their state’s warmer-than-average...

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Must See on FORA.tv: Mark Zuckerberg’s Knowledge Economy, Lean In vs. Lean...

Mark Zuckerberg Explains the Knowledge Economy in 30 Seconds Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg chooses sides between Democrats and Republicans and explains why the new “knowledge...

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