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London's startup scene, while smaller than Silicon Valley, is growing fast. And many of the CEOs, cofounders and VCs who work within the London startup scene are part of tech "power couples," marriages and relationships between influential entrepreneurs. 

We ranked London's tech couples according to how influential they are, how big their companies are, and what impact they've made in the London tech scene.

13. n0tice COO Adam Baker and Reel cofounder Meera Innes

Adam Baker is the COO of n0tice, a platform that lets publishers share user-generated content. It's owned by the Guardian Media Group (which also owns The Guardian newspaper). Baker oversaw the company's move from being part of The Guardian to being spun out into its own entity, and the technology is now used by the UK Parliament, CNN and The Boston Globe.

Baker's partner is Meera Innes, the cofounder of video messaging app Reel. It's aimed at the Indian market, and lets users send 20-second videos to their friends and family. Innes cofounded the app with Baker, and now spends her time between London and Bangalore managing the company's staff.

Twitter:@meerabel

12. Sugru cofounders Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh and James Carrigan

Sugru is a type of self-setting rubber that was invented in 2003. Stick it onto something, then wait overnight, and you have a ready-made fix that can repair holes, change grips, and work as a kind of superglue. Unlike other products, Sugru can be shaped by hand and sets within minutes. 

Dhulchaointigh, from Ireland, used government grants to develop the material. In 2012 the company had over $2 million in annual sales. She started the company with her partner James Carrigan, who also went on to launch Fixperts, an online knowledge-sharing platform.

Twitter: @janeonbike

11. Lulu CEO Alexandra Chong and photographer Jack Brockway

Alexandra Chong is the CEO of Lulu, the app which lets women rate men and discuss relationships. Chong originally founded the company in London, but moved Luluvise (as it used to be called) to New York. Once in the US, the app took off, and Lulu says that it's on the smartphones of one in four female university undergraduates in the US. The app launched in the UK earlier this year, and Chong will now spend much more time in the country.

Chong married her partner Jack Brockway in June. It was a lavish wedding that took place in Jamaica, and guests included Google cofounder Sergey Brin, Kate Winslett, and Brockway's uncle, entrepreneur Richard Branson. Brockway is a professional photographer who has photographed musicians, sports stars, and his entrepreneur uncle.

Twitter:@alexandracchong, @hijack

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On Monday, we rounded up the quarterly earnings from Wall Street's biggest firms, and on Wednesday we did the same for Silicon Valley.

For our third installment this earnings earnings season we're taking a look at how some of the world's biggest restaurant chains fared.

The companies on this list are all publicly-traded global fast-food chains based in the United States. This quarter, they've reported revenues ranging from $211 million to $6.5 billion.

Some firms crushed expectations and others missed them, but each of these companies brought in millions (or even billions) of dollars of profits in this year.

Scroll through to check out how much your favorite chain restaurant (or coffee shop) made.

Yum! Brands

Announced on: July 14

Revenue: $3.11 billion

Net Income: $235 million

EPS: $0.53

Comment: The owner of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut saw sales fall for the fourth straight quarter as the company is still handling a food safety scandal in China. Last July, a news report showed suppliers for KFC and Pizza Hut in China using expired meat, which set of a frenzy in the company's biggest market. Sales in China fell 10% this quarter alone. The company is also struggling to offer healthier choices for increasingly health-conscious Americans.

Domino's

Announced on: July 16

Revenue: $488.6 million

Net Income: $45.9 million

EPS: $0.81

Comment: Domino's beat estimates for both earnings and revenue amid strong international growth. Despite currency headwinds, the company's international same store sales grew 6.7%— marking the 86th consecutive quarter of growth in that area. Plus Domino's saw domestic same store sales growth of 12.8% and added a net 186 new stores around the globe.

Chipotle

Announced on: July 21

Revenue: $1.2 billion

Net Income: $140.2 million

EPS: $4.45

Comment: Chipotle shares reached a new high on Wednesday, the day after the company reported better than expected earnings. The stock initially fell more than 6% on Tuesday night because same store sales growth of 4.3% missed the expected 5.8%. Chipotle also opened 48 new restaurants this quarter.

The strength of our business is the product of our unique food culture and unique people culture, and we constantly find ways to improve, and overcome challenges we encounter – whether that means non-GMO ingredients, adding new pork suppliers to ensure food with integrity, or reinventing the way tortillas are made at scale,"founder and CEO Steve Ells said in the earnings release.

When it comes to buying a yacht, bigger is always better.

Megayachts belonging to tech billionaires like Larry Ellison, Mark Cuban, and Paul Allen are among the biggest privately owned boats in the world. 

They have some pretty out-of-this-world features, too. One even has a special deck that can be transformed into a nightclub, while others have multiple helicopter landing pads and submarines nestled inside.

We've ranked the biggest yachts owned by executives in tech. 

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#10 Skype cofounder Niklas Zennström is an avid sailor and owns several yachts in the Rán Racing fleet, including the 72-foot "Rán" and brand-new "Rán V."

Source: VSail

#9 Virgin founder Richard Branson owns a 105-foot catamaran called the "Necker Belle," which he regularly charters. Rates start at $80,000 a week.

Source: Yacht Charter Fleet, Virgin Limited Edition

#8 In 2011, Google cofounder Larry Page bought the 193-foot "Senses" yacht from New Zealand businessman Sir Douglas Myers for $45 million. The yacht was designed by Philippe Starck, has a helipad and jacuzzi, and can accommodate up to 10 guests and 14 crew members.

Source: New Zealand Herald, Daily Mail

Let's get this out of the way right now: Nobody performs well under pressure. A lot of us think we do, but we don't, or, at least, we don't perform as well as we could perform.

We may feel more creative when we're under the gun, but it's a feeling, not a reality. It's true that you might be more productive, but the products you create are usually worse.

In their new book, "Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most," Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry deliver the sad truth: The difference between regular people and ultra-successful people is not that the latter group thrives under pressure. It's that they're better able to mitigate its negative effects.

Or maybe that's good news, because, as they lay out in the book, handling pressure is a skill, and you can learn it. In the book, they offer 22 tactics for doing your best when the heat is on. We took a deep breath and picked out 13 of our favorites.

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Think of high-pressure moments as a (fun) challenge, not a life-or-death threat.

Most people see "pressure situations" as threatening, and that makes them perform even less well. "Seeing pressure as a threat undermines your self-confidence; elicits fear of failure; impairs your short-term memory, attention, and judgment; and spurs impulsive behavior," Weisinger and Pawliw-Fry write. "It also saps your energy."

In short, interpreting pressure as threat is generally very bad. Instead, try shifting your thoughts: Instead of seeing a danger situation, see a challenge. 

"When you see the pressure as a challenge, you are stimulated to give the attention and energy needed to make your best effort," they write. To practice, build "challenge thinking" into your daily life: It's not just a project; it's an opportunity to see if you can make it your best project ever. 

Remind yourself that this is just one of many opportunities.

Is this high-pressure situation a good opportunity? Sure. Is it the only opportunity you will ever have for the rest of your life? Probably not. 

"The fact is, it is realistic to think that additional opportunities will come your way," Weisinger and Pawliw-Fry write, who encourage you to consider how many people needed multiple chances to ultimately succeed. (We have a few examples here.) 

Before an interview or a big meeting, give yourself a pep talk, they advise: "I will have other interviews" (or presentations or sales calls). 

Focus on the task, not the outcome.

This might be the easiest tactic of all, according to Weisinger and Pawliw-Fry: Instead of worrying about the outcome, worry about the task at hand.

That means developing tunnel vision, they explain. When you keep your eye on the task at hand (and only the task at hand), all you can see is the concrete steps necessary to excel.

For a student writing a paper, that means concentrating on doing stellar research — not obsessing about the ultimate grade, what will happen if you don't get it, and whether you should have majored in economics after all.

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This 1930s-built estate, called "Briar Patch," in East Hampton, New York, is the most expensive home for sale in the US, according to Zillow Group, the largest real-estate network on the web.

Perched on a well-manicured knoll, the $140 million property skirts 1,156 feet along Georgica Pond and offers views of the Atlantic Ocean. Built in 1931 and renovated in 1990 by renowned architect Peter Marino, it has even earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. 

The current owners, Chris Whittle and his wife Priscilla Rattazzi, bought the 10,000-square-foot home in 1989. Once the publisher of Esquire magazine, Whittle is the co-founder of Avenues: The World School, an elite private school in Manhattan. Peter Turino of Brown Harris Stevens, associated with Christie’s International Real Estate, holds the listing for the Briar Patch.

Keep scrolling for an inside-out tour of America's most expensive house for sale. 

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Sitting on 11.2 acres of land, the property has two lots. The listing touts the open lot as a prime spot for a private art gallery, conservatory, spa/gym, or guesthouse.

The main residence, known as the Shepard Krech House, has 10,300 square feet of living space, four fireplaces, and a library.

Design details such as tray ceilings with hand-stenciling add to the hefty price tag.

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To help single adults see if they are paying too high a premium to live in their city, GOBankingRates surveyed 89 major U.S. cities to compare the local costs that affect singles the most: the prices of wardrobe staples, gym memberships, date night expenses and rent. 

Singlehood is often lauded as the perfect time to save and work toward money goals because it doesn't carry the same financial obligations and considerations that come with marriage and family. But singles' financial situations aren't so simple, and the investments required to stay attractive and dateable while trying to find one's mate can quickly add up, especially in high-cost cities where even everyday necessities carry luxury-level prices. 

Keep scrolling to see if your city is among the 15 most expensive cities for singles in the U.S.

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15. Madison, Wisconsin.

Madison rounds out this list at No. 15. This city has high costs in all four categories assessed in this survey, but its clothing price puts the city in the top 20 for that category, and the city comes in at No. 9 for average date cost. A date in Madison costs around $132, while an average wardrobe staple will set a single shopper back $69. 

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14. Oakland, California.

At No. 14, Oakland offers a slightly more balanced cost of living for a single lifestyle. Its average clothing cost is actually lower than the median. But a high average rent price of $1.94 per square foot will easily offset those savings. Gym and date expenses are also high in Oakland.

13. San Diego, California.

San Diego singles pay a high premium to live in Southern California. San Diego has costs above the median in every category in this study, with its average clothing and rent prices both coming in at No. 13 in the nation.

Nearly every week a fresh report breaks about a company falling victim to hackers and having its customers’ personal details leaked online.

This fact was showcased on Monday when news broke affair site Ashley Madison had fallen victim to hackers and had an undisclosed number of its customers' personal details leaked online.

So we have collected information from the Open Security Foundation (OSF), DataLossDB initiative to rank and detail the 19 worst hacks in history.

The ranking is based on the number of customer records compromised during the incident. If the number of compromised records during a data breach were identical we ranked them by date, putting the oldest first.

We didn’t include data breaches where, for legal reasons, the company involved cannot be named.

19. Evernote. Number of records compromised: 50 million

Date reported: 03/02/13
How it happened: A company network intrusion

Evernote is a commonly used note taking service available on smartphones, tablets and PCs.

The Evernote breach saw a hacker successfully compromise over 50 million Evernote account holders’ usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. It led Evernote to roll out a forced password reset command to its customers.

18. LivingSocial. Number of records compromised: 50 million

Date reported: 04/26/13
How it happened: An attack on the company's servers

Daily-deals site LivingSocial suffered a data breach in 2013 after hackers successfully broke into its servers. Compromised data included customers’ names, emails, birthdates and passwords.

17. The Republic of Turkey. Number of records compromised: 50 million

Date reported: 01/12/15
How it happened: A coordinated hacking assault on government networks

Government departments in Turkey are a common target for cyber attacks. This started in 2011 when the Anonymous hacktivist collective took issue with its web surveillance and censorship laws.

However, few attacks have been as successful as a 2015 raid that saw hacker steal the identification numbers of over 50 million citizens from various state agency servers.

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One month after a Bosnian-Serb assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, on a street corner in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, effectively beginning World War I.

Ferdinand's murder sent the Great Powers into a war that would last five years and cost the lives of 10 million troops.

Thought of as the "war to end all wars," World War I marked a number of firsts in military conflict, including the use of planes, tanks, and chemical weapons. 

On June 28, 1919, the victorious Allied leaders signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I and spurring German nationalism, which in turn gave Nazi leader Adolf Hitler a political platform.

Here's a few colorized photographs published by The Open University showing life during World War I.

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Trench warfare was one of the hallmarks of World War I.

Soldiers could spend the majority of their deployments in the trenches. Here, a soldier receives a haircut from a barber on the Albanian front.

Here, a German Field Artillery crew poses with its gun at the start of the war in 1914.

What do you do with billions of dollars?

That's what Robert Frank, host of "Secret Lives of the Super Rich," tries to uncover on the CNBC show, which gives viewers VIP access into the extravagant lives of the wealthiest people on the planet.  

We sorted through clips of the show and CNBCs Instagram account, @cnbcsuperrich, and picked out the most lavish expenditures we could find. 

Here are 21 ways the super rich like to spend their money:

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They can fly luxury underwater planes.

Check it out: a #PrivateJet that flies #underwater it's the #ultimate #toy for #billionaires! go down with us 10P Tues on SECRET LIVES OF THE SUPER RICH only on CNBC 6/24 #JetSet #millionaire #submarine #billionaire #yacht #toy #falcon #VIP #exclusive #billionaire #PJ

A photo posted by #SuperRich (@cnbcsuperrich) on Jun 19, 2014 at 4:19am PDT

The latest toy for the super rich is a craft that flies underwater. "The minute we went under water, everything felt natural and calm, and it was just like flying," said host Robert Frank, who got to give it a whirl.

They can drive $4 million Lamborghini Venenos.

We love this $4M grin! The 1st ever #Lamborghini #Veneno #joyride. Ride shotgun with us: only on CNBC... You can't afford to miss it! #Lambo #VIP #SuperCar #exoticcar #millionaire

A photo posted by #SuperRich (@cnbcsuperrich) on Jun 27, 2014 at 6:40pm PDT

Former tech CEO and avid car collector Antoine Dominic is one of the three lucky people in the world who owns a Lamborghini Veneno, the priciest production car on the road as of 2014. He bought this $4 million car without even seeing it ahead of time, and didn't take it out for a spin until Robert Frank and CNBC begged for a ride. You can see clips from the maiden voyage here.

They can buy megamansions for their horses.

This #mansion is worth over $20,000,000 it's fit for a king but built for a #horse - yes a horse! Get ready for SECRET LIVES OF THE SUPER RICH ... #HORSES! 10P Tues June 10th @cnbc ... You can't afford to miss this! #belmont #wellington #tripleCrown #equestrian #thoroughbred #horseshow

A photo posted by #SuperRich (@cnbcsuperrich) on Jun 7, 2014 at 8:08am PDT

The super-rich pets live the high life as well. Pictured above is a "home" in an exclusive neighborhood in Florida worth tens of millions of dollars — a home built for horses, that is.

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For the more neurotic among us, a birthday can be a reminder of how another year has passed and our loftiest aspirations have faded further into the distance.

There are plenty of examples, however, of successful people across many industries who prove that you don't need to have it all figured out by the time you turn 30.

We'll take a look at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at age 96.

Get inspired by those who show it's never too late.

Stan Lee created his first hit comic, "The Fantastic Four," just shy of his 39th birthday in 1961. In the next few years, he created the legendary Marvel Universe, whose characters such as Spider-Man and the X-Men became American cultural icons.

Donald Fisher was 40 and had no experience in retail when he and his wife, Doris, opened the first Gap store in San Francisco in 1969. The Gap's clothes quickly became fashionable, and today the company is one of the world's largest clothing chains.

Vera Wang was a figure skater and journalist before entering the fashion industry at age 40. Today she's one of the world's premier women's designers.

Iran is home to breathtaking mosques filled with intricate mosaics and a kaleidoscope of colors. 

But because professional photography equipment isn't permissible in most of these institutions, their stunning beauty often remains unseen. 

Self-taught photographer Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji is one of the lensman who's captured a rare glimpse of Iran’s mosques and religious structures. He frequently goes through weeks of extensive paperwork and red tape to conduct his work. 

Keep scrolling to get lost in the sea of colors snapped by this talented photographer. 

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Step inside the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, located in Shiraz, Iran. Here, an array of stained glass windows transport visitors to a colorful paradise.

But to catch this stunning site, you’ll need to head to the mosque early in the morning. It was built specifically to reflect the morning rays.

Its rose hued tiles have earned it the nickname “Pink Mosque.”

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has acquired prime property in central London, and it didn't come easy. Although the mansion was listed for $23.4 million, it was purchased by Bloomberg for $26.5 million after a bidding war broke out among interested parties, according to the Daily Mail.

The mansion is a historic building that sits along the River Thames and can be accessed only by a private road.

Bloomberg also owns a $31 million abode in the Knightsbridge section of London. As reported by The New York Times, the gigantic new London headquarters of Bloomberg LP will be completed by 2016.

Lulu Egerton of Strutt & Parker Real Estate handled the listing​.

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Bloomberg's newest address rests in the exclusive Cheyne Walk section of London's Chelsea neighborhood, on the banks of the River Thames.

The residence is described as a "Grade II* listed building," which is London real estate speak for a historical building that's part of the slim 5.5% of Grade II listings on the market.

Source: Historic England

The house was originally built in 1715.

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Last month we announced our first ever Instagram contest. We asked readers to submit incredible pictures of spectacular views around the world with the hashtag #BIbestviews.

Because we received so many entries, we decided to break down the winners into different categories. 

Here, we present the winners in the beach category. These Instagrams make us want to throw on our suits, grab a towel, and dive in.

Didn't submit a beach view? Not to worry, we'll be releasing more categories in the next week, so keep an eye out. Congratulations to all the winners — and thanks for your submissions!

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First stop is the Sivota beach, located in the upper west corner of Greece, captured by @jim.georgoulis.

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@trentniino took a hike to Lanikai beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

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@alijardine captured a beautiful sunset in Oahu, Hawaii.

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The modern gentleman is too busy to shop, but he still wants to look his best.

From subscription services like Trunk Club to a traditional internet retailer that simplifies the online shopping experience, these services can help you step up your style game without spending a lot of time.

Additionally, a guy who goes this route will increase the amount of relaxed, quality time he gets to spend on developing his look.

Some services will help you get a suit that fits great, while others will connect you with a stylist who gets to know what you like and can send you choices when you're ready.

Still more services make selections for you and send out cool stuff on a monthly basis.

Indochino brings custom suit making to everyone.

No tailor required — you just pick out your fabrics, measure yourself according to the site's easy-t0-follow instructions, and it will mail you a relatively high-quality suit without any of the fuss usually required.

Indochino's prices are reasonable for the quality offered.

An alternative to Indochino, Black Lapel also offers custom suit making.

Simply select your fabric, customize your garment with the pattern, pockets, and design you want, and then take your measurements and Black Lapel will mail you your suit.

Blank Label will make any custom wear you want, from shirts to suits, to your personal fit profile.

This obviously includes telling Blank Label your measurements, but it also asks things like: "What bothers you about the fit of typical off-the-rack shirts, and how would you like us to make your personal fit?"

As Donald Trump's campaign for the White House kicks into high gear, the bombastic billionaire will be jetting across America on his private Boeing 757-200 airliner. Unlike most presidential candidates, The Donald actually owns his campaign plane. 

"Trump Force One"— as some have dubbed the jet — will be one of the most visible symbols of Trump's run for the Oval Office. 

Trump has owned the Boeing airliner— registration N757FA— since 2011 and has customized the aircraft to his liking. 

Have a closer look at Donald Trump's personal Boeing 757-200 jet.

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Although The Donald may be the jet's current owner, he wasn't its first.

Trump's Boeing 757-2J4ER first flew in May 1991. The brand-new airliner was delivered to Sterling Airlines, a now defunct Danish low-cost carrier. A couple years later, it found its way into the fleet of Mexico's TAESA, also a now defunct airline.

FAA, Airfleets.net

In 1995, the jet was purchased by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. For the next 15 years, the Boeing served as a corporate runabout for the billionaire's various interests.

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Kodak's 1965 Super 8 film camera “unleashed an amateur auteur in every household,” says the Denver-based film collective Lumenati.

The group, which just came out the Lumenati CS1 — the world's first "cinematic smartcase," hopes their invention will do the same for anyone with an iPhone 6.

“We believe that instead of fighting accessibility, let’s just improve the widely available camera that most people already own," Lumenati co-founder Scott McDonald told Business Insider. "The result is more accessible to the masses but certainly makes for better film-making."

"The CS1 gives everyone the opportunity to make better films and tell better stories,” McDonald said.

The group launched a Kickstarter campaign to make the CS1 a reality, and have already raised $170,000 — more than double of their original goal of $75,000 — with two weeks to go. Keep scrolling to see how the device works.

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For amateur cinematographers, the retro-style CS1 solves "both an ergonomics problem and a stylistic desire," said McDonald. "The CS1 is the first camera in a long time that can be slung over the shoulder like a fashion accessory.”

A Lumenati owner can simply pop her iPhone 6 into the device and begin filming by pulling the camera's trigger.

The case is lightweight, which makes it easy to transport and keep stable. For more involved shooters, there’s even a built-in option to attach lights, microphones, or extra handles for sports shooting. Wide angle, fisheye, and telephoto lenses can also be used.

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One of the best parts about traveling is getting to indulge in regional delicacies from around the world.

We combed through a recent Quora thread on the best cities for foodies, and pulled out the top food cities where you'll everything from high-end Michelin-starred restaurants to scrumptious street food.

From Tokyo, which is home to the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, to Tel Aviv, where meals come with an array of fresh salads and appetizers, here are 25 cities that any foodie should cross off their bucket list.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND: In Bangkok, endless street stalls can be found with familiar dishes like pad Thai, which Thip Samai on Mahachai Road is known for. There is also a new trend of pop-up restaurants like Opposite, where chefs organize set dinners at fixed prices that are based on a theme like New Orleans, northeastern Thai, and a Roman dinner.

Source: Travel Channel, CNN Travel

BARCELONA, SPAIN: In Barcelona, you have an abundance of cured pork, Serrano ham, and cold cuts from inland Catalonia, but you also get fresh fish from the Mediterranean Sea. You can experience traditional Catalan cooking in areas like the Barri Gòtic quarter, sample tapas in various tapas restaurants like Cal Pep, and explore the Boqueria market for stalls of fresh produce and treats.

Source: Frommers

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BOLOGNA, ITALY: Food tours are popular in Bologna, Italy, the city that invented Tagliatelle alla Bolognese. You can sample the fresh mortadella and other cheeses of the Mercato di Mezzo market, browse the family-owned stores and artisan producers in the cobbled lanes of Quadrilatero, and end the day with a scoop of creamy gelato.

Source: National Geographic

Climate and environmental scientists are vital to the future of our civilization. After all, they dedicate themselves to studying the planet we call home to solve climate problems despite the criticism they face.

We pulled five of the most impressive environmental scientists from our recent list of groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world. 

From a glaciologist who studies the melting West Antarctic Ice Sheet to an activist who battles politicians' "quick fixes" to climate change, here are five environmental scientists who are working to help remedy the worst problems our planet faces.

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Eric Rignot is drawing public attention to the irreversible impacts of climate change.

Glaciologist Eric Rignot used satellite-radar observations to conclude that the West Antarctic glacier is quickly melting, and that there's no way to reverse it. For his remarkable 2014 study, Rignot and a team of researchers looked at the five Amundsen Sea glaciers in West Antarctica, mapping the bedrock under the ice. Because there's no ridge holding the ice in place, nothing exists to help slow the ice sheet's inevitable collapse. "Ice is going to retreat from this sector for decades and centuries to come, and we can't stop it,"Rignot told Nature.

Rignot recently coauthored an alarming study, led by NASA's former lead climate scientist James Hansen, that concludes that glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica will melt 10 times faster than previous consensus estimates, resulting in a sea-level rise of at least 10 feet in as little as 50 years. 

Rignot is a professor at the University of California at Irvine.

Gavin A. Schmidt is pinpointing the roots of climate change.

Climate is affected by tons of different variables, including tiny, uncontrollable shifts in our oceans to the massive amounts of greenhouse gases humans are adding to the atmosphere. As the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Gavin A. Schmidt develops detailed climate models that illustrate the effects of each of these factors. In 2009, he and photographer Joshua Wolfe coauthored "Climate Change: Picturing the Science" to show how climate change is changing the face of the planet.

Schmidt is the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies and principal investigator for the GISS ModelE Earth System Model.

Ian Joughin made a stunning discovery about the future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The Thwaites Glacier will inevitably collapse in less than a few hundred years, raising sea levels by about 2 feet total all on its own. The Thwaites holds the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet together, and its loss means the inevitable loss of the entire sheet, the researchers said.

That will cause sea levels to rise up to 13 feet when it melts completely. Glaciologist Ian Joughin and his team were able to model the glacier’s deterioration over the last 18 years, and used that data to predict how the melting will look in coming decades.

Joughin is an affiliate professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington.

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On July 11, Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera escaped from what was considered to be the most secure prison in all of Mexico using a mile-long tunnel.  

Guzman's escape was especially audacious. Tunnels are expensive, conspicuous, and time-consuming; El Chapo's tunnel may have cost as much as $50 million in labor, building material, and bribes. It isn't within everyone's means to obtain aircraft for a prison escape, but it's easier to get out of prison by air than underground: Over the past 40 years in particular, there has been trend of convicts and their partners on the outside busting out from high security facilities in hijacked helicopters. 

Not every attempted helicopter escape has been successful, and most convicts were caught within 24 hours even if the helicopter breakout part of the plot ended up working. There are exceptions, though. Here are 8 of the most impressive helicopter escapes in which the convicts were not immediately caught after breaking out of prison.

August 19, 1971: Santa Martha Acatitla Prison, Mexico

A helicopter painted in similar colors to that of Mexico's attorney general's landed in the courtyard of Mexico City's Acatitla prison on August 19th, 1971. Almost immediately, New York businessman Joel David Kaplan and Venezuelan counterfeiter Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro boarded the chopper and made their way to the US. 

Kaplan had been imprisoned for the murder of his business associate in Mexico City in 1962, a charge he had always denied. He had been named in a Congressional investigation as a facilitator of CIA assets in Latin America in 1964. 

Both men made it back to the US. The successful escape inspired both the book The 10-Second Jailbreak and the Charles Bronson film Breakout. 

October 31, 1973: Mountjoy Jail, Ireland

During one of the violent periods of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) escaped from the neighboring Republic of Ireland's largest prison during a 1973 escape. 

IRA forces hijacked a helicopter and landed it in the exercise yard of the one of the jail's wings. The escape was followed by huge celebrations in Belfast and Northern Ireland and a national manhunt outside of Dublin. 

After the escape, the IRA released a statement saying: "Three republican prisoners were rescued by a special unit from Mountjoy Prison on Wednesday. The operation was a complete success and the men are now safe, despite a massive hunt by Free State forces."

The escape was later the subject of a song by the Irish folk band The Wolftones.

December 19, 1985: Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

A woman hijacked a chartered helicopter with a pistol and forced the pilot to land within the perimeter fence of the South Carolina prison. 

Amid a hail of gunfire the helicopter was able to take off from the prison after picking up three prisoners serving decades-long sentences for various violent crimes, according to the Los Angeles Times. During the escape, a prison guard was shot in the mouth but no one aboard the helicopter was injured. 

After flying away from the prison, the woman and the three prisoners had the pilot land about four miles from the prison. The four criminals then sped away in a car leaving the helicopter pilot behind. 

The escape, which the woman had planned with the aim of freeing a prisoner with whom she had struck up a long-distance romantic relationship, was short lived: the group was found 5 days later asleep in a stolen car in a rest stop in Georgia and charged with air piracy.

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