What can we learn from the world's most enduringly creative people? They "slow-motion multitask," actively juggling multiple projects and moving between topics as the mood strikes -- without feeling hurried. Author Tim Harford shares how...

Correction: At 1:49, we accidentally said that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1918, when it was published in 1818. We regret the error -- thanks to Stephen Pershing for catching this! Stories, tales, and myths from all...

Michael Crichton at the 'First Knight' Premiere at Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California on June 19, 1995. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)

Michael Crichton at the 1995 Emmy Awards Arrivals at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on September 10, 1995. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)

Michael Crichton at the 'First Knight' Premiere at Academy Theater in Beverly Hills, California on June 19, 1995. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)

Michael Crichton at the 1995 People's Choice Awards at Universal Studios in Universal City, California on March 5, 1995. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)

Michael Crichton at the 1995 People's Choice Awards at Universal Studios in Universal City, California on March 5, 1995. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)

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The United State's largest book publisher has been bought buy the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann A-G in a deal that will bring some of the world's most ...

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George Clooney, the hearthrob star of TV hospital drama ER, set a few pulses racing when he turned up at London's Planet Hollywood to...