‘Sesame Street’ Co-Creator Lloyd Morrisett Has Died at 93 Years Old Few shows have had a bigger impact on the lives of children than Sesame Street, which has existed for almost 50 years and is still going strong today. The show was co-created in 1969 by Lloyd Morrisett and […]
For the first time in school history, Columbia University is electing a female president. Economist Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will become the school’s 20th president taking over from Lee C. Bollinger, the university announced Wednesday morning. Bollinger became the school’s 19th president in 2002 and is the longest-serving Ivy League president. […]
Matthew McConaughey is reprising a previous role in the spring: professor. The actor is returning to University of Texas—Austin to teach a course on commercials, where students will study his latest commercial work, according to the description of the class, which is called Script to Screen: Commercials. McConaughey will co-teach […]
Meet Leanne Fan, America’s Top Young Scientist Leanne Fan has always been an inventor, starting in the first grade when she made contraptions out of toothpicks and marshmallows. Now 14, the San Diego resident has stepped up her game with the Finsen Headphones. These antibiotic-free headphones aim to use blue […]
UK schoolboy gets highest possible IQ score – beating Einstein and Hawking A Leeds schoolboy said he feels “special” after beating geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in an IQ test. Yusuf Shah, 11, said he hopes to study maths at Oxford or Cambridge after getting 162 in the Mensa […]