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Two ex-IIT Graduates win MacArthur Genius Grant of $6,25,000 for exceptional work
The Indian-Americans -- Mr Manu Prakash and Mr Subhash Khot are alumunus of Indian Institiute of Te…
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Meet this year's 26 MacArthur 'geniuses,' who each got $625,000 for changing the world
According to the foundation's president, John Palfrey, this year's group of fellows "demonstrate th…
Ivan De Luce
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The most fascinating MacArthur 'Genius Grant' fellows who just won $625,000 to save the world
It's not just for anyone - the MacArthur fellows are people the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthu…
Libby Kane
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Economist Wins Genius Grant For Proving That Traders Are Idiots
"...there were a total of 495 occasions in which our subjects realized gains, and that most of thes…
Rob Wile
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Here's where MacArthur 'geniuses' went to college
Yet the vast array of schools represented - 315 in total - is striking. It proves that your traject…
Rachel Sugar
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Here's Proof That Hollywood Is Sexist, From The Winner Of A 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant
As for "The Avengers," pictured above, a commenter on BechdelTest.com notes that: "There are more t…
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Here Are The 6 People In Tech Who Just Won A $600,000 'Genius Grant'
The MacArthur Foundation announced its "genius grant" fellows today, and the list includes six peop…
Jillian D'Onfro
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This Stanford Psychologist Won A MacArthur Genius Grant For Showing How Unconsciously Racist Everybody Is
In light of her discoveries, Eberhardt is working with police forces "to design interventions to im…
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Why MacArthur 'Genius' Kartik Chandran remembered IIT Roorkee on receiving $6,25,000 grant for his innovation
41-year-old Kartik developed technology that can transform waste water to a resource for useful pro…
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This Cartoonist Won A MacArthur Genius Grant For Her Work On Suicide, Lesbians, And Small-Town America
"Getting this kind of recognition from the MacArthur Foundation, I can feel it already changing my …
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A renowned Harvard geneticist and MacArthur 'genius' were among the 75 scientist advisors for embattled $600 million poop-testing startup uBiome. But 'they were pretty much there for show.'
But behind that vast list, which stretched to as many as 75 experts and was touted in slides shown …
Emma Court
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How To Win $625,000 By Becoming A MacArthur 'Genius'
You cannot apply to be a MacArthur Fellow. Recipients are nominated by the organization's own "tale…
Dina Spector
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Meet the 24 MacArthur 'geniuses' who were each awarded $625,000 to change the world
Started in 1981 by philanthropists John and Catherine MacArthur, the Fellows Program awards an unre…
Melissa Stanger,Jessica Orwig
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This 'genius' architect just won $625,000 to save cities from rising sea levels - take a look at her solutions
Landscape architect Kate Orff, founder of the urban design firm Scape Studio, aims to address those…
Leanna Garfield
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Here's what 'geniuses' do when they're given over half a million dollars
• Neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg (class of 2013), who has created a way to restore people's eyesig…
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The CEO behind the world's biggest science and engineering fair says the biggest mistake parents make is putting too much pressure on their kids
The International Science and Engineering Fair is a huge competition with big money on the line. It…
Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-J…
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As head of the Labor Department Julie Su has a tough task: filling the economy with good jobs. She's up for the challenge.
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su knows how important a good job is because one transformed her fa…
Juliana Kaplan
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My final, unexpected conversation with Cormac McCarthy
It'd been years since we'd spoken. Then, not long before he died, the acclaimed and elusive author …
David Kushner
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The CEO who invented an online tool you see every day gave his tech to Yahoo for free - and he doesn't regret it
"And if you're a spammer, and you want it to send 10,000,000 messages, you would get a couple of mi…
Richard Feloni,Myelle Lansat
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Bill Gates tried to poach the CEO of $700 million Duolingo, and they still keep in touch - here's what they talk about
"He was interested in learning more about how we're using artificial intelligence in Duolingo, to t…