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Julia Xanthos/New York Daily News Jane Pauley, the former “Today” show host, in her Manhattan home. She says of the failure of her later talk show: “It was the best year of my life.” Jane Pauley has been a groundbreaking talk-show host, an award-winning newswoman and an advocate for victims of bipolar disorder. Now, she’s the guru of reinvention — ...

A poll has suggested that married people are happier on average [GETTY/MODELS USED] Those who are married, rather than simply in a relationship, are happier with their personal levels of success than anyone else, a poll has found. For most of us, ­success is not about fame or fortune but rather about such things as ­having good friends and enjoying ...

The important thing about Caenorhabditis elegans, also called a roundworm or nematode, is how simple it is. A mouse may be small, but it’s still a mammal, and composed of many billions of cells. Even a fruit fly is a relatively complex organism, and as scientists manipulate its genes they see all kinds of emergent properties arising from the incredible ...

Water flows freely on the surface of Mars. Wait, what? In recent months, NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed that Mars, millions of years ago, used to be covered in free-flowing rivers. According to some new imagery from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and analysis by Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, however, it appears that water still flows on the ...

AdMedia/Splash News Naya Rivera (right) with fiance Big Sean. The two are planning their wedding and Rivera says they’re ‘on the same page’ about the details. Naya Rivera is thinking of her wedding day and knows she’ll be the star of the ceremony. The 26-year-old actress, who is engaged to rapper Big Sean, is planning their nuptials just the way ...

Bronx entrepreneur Eric Glisson, 38, inside his new business, ‘Fresh Take,’ at the store’s grand opening. He’s gone from the big house to being the Bronx’s latest business owner, and he’s done it in less than a year. Eric Glisson — who served nearly 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit — has opened a juice and ...

In a recent interview with Wired, id Software founder and CTO of Oculus, John Carmack, gave a rather startling opinion on the current state of the PS3 and Xbox 360. According to Carmack, he’s often struggled with leaving the low end of gaming behind, even when he decided that Doom would require a VGA adapter and a 386. “[T]here’s so ...

Chris Hadfield became an overnight sensation with his rendition of Space Oddity [YOUTUBE] The astronaut, who became an internet sensation when he beamed down his version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity from the International Space Station, kept more than one million Twitter followers amused with pictures and videos during his five months in space. He has now shared his observations ...