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Marina and the Diamonds
Electra Heart is the second studio album by Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds (pictured). Released in April 2012, it is a concept album inspired by electropop music, a distinct departure from the new wave musical styles seen throughout her debut studio album The Family Jewels (2010). Diamandis created the titular character "Electra Heart" to represent female archetypes of stereotypical American culture, and the album's lyrical content is united by the topics of love and identity. Critical opinion was divided and there was ambivalence towards Diamandis' shift in musical style and its overall production. The record debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, her first chart-topping record there, and performed moderately on international record charts, including a peak position at number 31 on the U.S. Billboard 200. "Primadonna" was released as the lead single, and peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. The record was additionally promoted by two further singles and by Diamandis' headlining The Lonely Hearts Club Tour, which visited Europe and North America from May 2012 through May 2013. (Full article...)
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An illustration showing protogalaxies colliding
... that protogalaxies (pictured) are thought to have been formed by matter falling onto denser regions of dark matter formed by quantum fluctuations in the early universe?
... that Changyuraptor, the largest four-winged dinosaur discovered to date, also had the longest feathers ever recorded in any non-avian dinosaur?
... that Brean Down has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to both its geology and its range of plants?
... that the music video accompanying "Ugly Heart" was seen by 2.5 million viewers in less than a week?
... that the Family Building Society, opened in July 2014, is the UK's first new building society since 1981?
... that Big Brother: Power Trip contestant Pauline Bennett has been featured on four UK top 75 hits?
... that "Word Crimes", "Weird Al" Yankovic's grammar-based song parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", has been likened to a modern-day Schoolhouse Rock!?
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Heavily damaged street in Kaohsiung
Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are found guilty of crimes against humanity by a UN-backed tribunal.
The ESA spacecraft Rosetta reaches the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Yunnan, China, kills at least 589 people and injures more than 2,400 others.
At least 15 soldiers die in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Gas explosions (aftermath pictured) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, kill at least 30 people and injure more than 300 others.
Heavy rains trigger a landslide in the Pune district of India, killing more than 130 people.
Ongoing: Libyan conflict – Gaza conflict – Ebola outbreak – Ukrainian unrest
Recent deaths: Dick Smith

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August 8: Father's Day in Taiwan

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
1576 – The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
1786 – Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat completed the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps, an act considered to be the birth of modern mountaineering.
1929 – German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (pictured) embarked on a flight to circumnavigate the world.
1967 – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
2009 – Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River near Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken, New Jersey, US.
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Forty-four women have been recipients of the Nobel Prize, while 803 men and 22 organizations have been recipients of the award. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel. Curie is also the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie (pictured), won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, making the two the only mother-daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes. Fifteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, thirteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, ten have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, four have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, two have won the Nobel Prize in Physics and one, Elinor Ostrom, has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The most Nobel Prizes awarded to women in a single year was in 2009, when five women became laureates. The most recent woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize was Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 for her work in short stories. (Full list...)
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Marina and the Diamonds
Electra Heart is the second studio album by Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds (pictured). Released in April 2012, it is a concept album inspired by electropop music, a distinct departure from the new wave musical styles seen throughout her debut studio album The Family Jewels (2010). Diamandis created the titular character "Electra Heart" to represent female archetypes of stereotypical American culture, and the album's lyrical content is united by the topics of love and identity. Critical opinion was divided and there was ambivalence towards Diamandis' shift in musical style and its overall production. The record debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, her first chart-topping record there, and performed moderately on international record charts, including a peak position at number 31 on the U.S. Billboard 200. "Primadonna" was released as the lead single, and peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. The record was additionally promoted by two further singles and by Diamandis' headlining The Lonely Hearts Club Tour, which visited Europe and North America from May 2012 through May 2013. (Full article...)
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An illustration showing protogalaxies colliding
... that protogalaxies (pictured) are thought to have been formed by matter falling onto denser regions of dark matter formed by quantum fluctuations in the early universe?
... that Changyuraptor, the largest four-winged dinosaur discovered to date, also had the longest feathers ever recorded in any non-avian dinosaur?
... that Brean Down has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to both its geology and its range of plants?
... that the music video accompanying "Ugly Heart" was seen by 2.5 million viewers in less than a week?
... that the Family Building Society, opened in July 2014, is the UK's first new building society since 1981?
... that Big Brother: Power Trip contestant Pauline Bennett has been featured on four UK top 75 hits?
... that "Word Crimes", "Weird Al" Yankovic's grammar-based song parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", has been likened to a modern-day Schoolhouse Rock!?
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Heavily damaged street in Kaohsiung
Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are found guilty of crimes against humanity by a UN-backed tribunal.
The ESA spacecraft Rosetta reaches the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Yunnan, China, kills at least 589 people and injures more than 2,400 others.
At least 15 soldiers die in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Gas explosions (aftermath pictured) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, kill at least 30 people and injure more than 300 others.
Heavy rains trigger a landslide in the Pune district of India, killing more than 130 people.
Ongoing: Libyan conflict – Gaza conflict – Ebola outbreak – Ukrainian unrest
Recent deaths: Dick Smith

On this day...


August 8: Father's Day in Taiwan

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
1576 – The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
1786 – Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat completed the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps, an act considered to be the birth of modern mountaineering.
1929 – German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (pictured) embarked on a flight to circumnavigate the world.
1967 – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
2009 – Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River near Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken, New Jersey, US.
More anniversaries: August 7 – August 8 – August 9
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It is now August 8, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


A black-and-white photograph of a woman with short hair facing the viewer and looking to the left and slightly down while wearing a dark shirt
Forty-four women have been recipients of the Nobel Prize, while 803 men and 22 organizations have been recipients of the award. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel. Curie is also the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie (pictured), won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, making the two the only mother-daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes. Fifteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, thirteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, ten have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, four have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, two have won the Nobel Prize in Physics and one, Elinor Ostrom, has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The most Nobel Prizes awarded to women in a single year was in 2009, when five women became laureates. The most recent woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize was Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 for her work in short stories. (Full list...)
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Stanford University

A panoramic view of the main quadrangle of Stanford University, with Memorial Church in the center background, as seen from across the grass-covered Oval. Opened in 1891, this private research university was established by former California governor Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child. The 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus is located in what is now Silicon Valley, and the university's graduates include founders of Google, Yahoo!, and Hewlett-Packard.
Photograph: King of Hearts
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