Natalie Portman's Science Credentials

From Lab to Red Carpet
By NATALIE ANGIER
Published: February 28, 2011

The Intel Science Talent Search is considered the nation’s most elite and demanding high school research competition, attracting the crème de la milk-fats-encased-in-a-phospholipid-and-protein-membrane of aspiring young scientists. Victors and near-victors in the 69-year-old contest have gone on to win seven Nobel Prizes in physics or chemistry, two Fields Medals in mathematics, a half-dozen National Medals in science and technology, a long string of MacArthur Foundation “genius” grants — and now, an Academy Award for best actress in a leading role. More

Remapping Computer Circuitry to Avert Impending Bottlenecks

By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: February 28, 2011

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard researchers have proposed a fundamental rethinking of the modern computer for the coming era of nanoelectronics — a marriage of memory and computing power that could drastically limit the energy used by computers. More

Jane Russell, Sultry Star of 1940s and ’50s, Dies at 89

By ANITA GATES
Published: February 28, 2011

Jane Russell, the voluptuous actress at the center of one of the most highly publicized censorship episodes in movie history, the long-delayed release of the 1940s western “The Outlaw,” died on Monday at her home in Santa Maria, Calif. She was 89. More

Castle Two-Parter (Be warned: Below the cut)

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