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Professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, Brian Greene specializes in superstring theory and explains how he has come to see our universe as one among many.
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While 100 million users is an impressive milestone for LinkedIn, though its active users are below this number. As it prepares for a public offering, growth in users will be important.
The Newspaper Guild has called on bloggers to form an 'electronic picket line' around the Huffington Post and boycott further posts until the HP changes its business model.
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