Google has made massive strides in refining its artificial intelligence, DeepMind, in just the last year.

The most recent example of that fact took place in late January, when DeepMind was able to beat a human for the very first time at the complex game of Go.

But last Thursday Google showed yet another indicator of how far its AI has advanced: its ability to master computer games like a human.

Here's a breakdown of what the AI mastered and what it means for the future:

Google's AI first made waves in February 2015 when it learned to play and win games on the Atari 2600 without any prior instructions on how to play.

The computer beat all human players in 29 Atari games, and performed better than any other known computer algorithm in 43 games.

AI researchers have told Tech Insider multiple times that this was the most impressive technology demonstration they've ever seen.

The AI was able to master the Atari games by combining reinforcement learning with a deep neural network.

Reinforcement learning is when AI is rewarded for taking steps to improve its score. Combining this technique with a deep neural network, which is when the AI analyzes and learns patterns on the game screen, allowed DeepMind to master the Atari games.

But it's difficult to use that technique to solve more advanced issues — so the researchers came up with a new plan.

The AI instead used asynchronous reinforcement learning, which is when it sees multiple versions of AI tackling a problem and sees what method works best.

Here we see that tactic being used in a driving computer game.

Maybe you're busy. Maybe you're afraid of what you'll see.

Whatever the case, it can be all too easy to turn a blind eye to your credit report. Fortunately (or, perhaps, unfortunately), certain red flags can let you know that something is really amiss — and that your credit score has entered the danger zone. (Bad credit scores are generally considered scores below 600 on the common 300 to 850 scale.)

Here are a few ways to know you may have bad credit beyond looking directly at those three important digits.

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1. A loan application gets denied.

A loan denial is one of the quickest ways to learn that your credit is in rough shape, since a good credit score generally entitles you to affordable financing and an average one will often net you credit, but at a higher interest rate.

Fortunately, you should get an idea of where your credit stands shortly after you get turned down for a loan (though it's a good idea to pull your credit immediately anyway). The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires lenders provide a copy of the report they used, along with an explanation, when a consumer is denied or offered adverse terms on a contract or loan.

2. Your credit card issuer won't lower your APR (or raise your limit).

A credit card issuer typically reviews your credit if you ask for a lower annual percentage rate or a credit limit raise on an existing account. So, if "you get turned down for some reason, it's probably a sign that there's something on your credit report that they have seen … that gives them a little discomfort," said Bruce McClary, vice president of public relations and external affairs at the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.

3. Your issuer closes your credit card.

Issuers, too, are in the habit of conducting account reviews on their own from time to time, so, if you see a change in your credit card's terms and conditions (like, say, your credit limit decreases), your score may have gone down. And if it's fallen low enough, "they could close your account, particularly if it's got a zero balance," said Barry Paperno, a credit expert who blogs at Speaking of Credit.

4. You get a default notice or subpeona from a creditor.

Late payments are certainly going to hurt your score, but, by the time you've entered default, big damage is likely to have been done. The same rule applies if you're being or were sued for an old debt.

"By the time you get a judgment you've probably entered default," Paperno said. "You've probably gone to collections. Those are as bad as you can get."

5. You're contacted by a debt collector.

Lots of different items, including medical bills, unpaid utility balances or even gym subscriptions can wind up in collections. And these collections accounts will hurt your credit score, if the company who owns them reports to the three major credit reporting agencies. So, if bills start arriving in the mail or a debt collector comes calling, that's your cue to check your credit, McClary said.

"You want to make sure the collections notice is valid," he said, since sometimes scammers call or collectors have the wrong number. "One step in doing that is looking at your credit report."

Thanks to webcams and video call apps, you can interview for a job from the comfort of your living room.

Sadly, some people take the 'comfort' part too far. 

Hiring managers are turning more and more to video interviews because they are a quick and convenient way for busy employers to get to know more job candidates, according to staffing agency Robert Half. But convenience is no excuse for laziness.

"While technology has sped up the recruiting process and eased the burden of traveling to an interview, job applicants should treat video interviews with the same level of professionalism as in-person meetings," cautions Paul McDonald, senior executive director for Robert Half. "Putting your best foot forward doesn't mean just looking and acting the part, but also ensuring that your environment is free of distractions."

In a new survey from Robert Half, more than 600 senior managers shared some of the most awkward situations encountered during a video job interview:

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A candidate's dog walked in front of the camera.

A candidate picked up and showed off the family cat.

A candidate took his girlfriend's phone call during the interview.

So you have your puffer jacket and your warm hat, and that's all you need for winter, right?

Wrong. What's life without a little bit of spice?

We've rounded up some items that could really put a new spin on your winter wardrobe. If we're being honest, no one really needs these things — but they sure do add something.

Keep scrolling to take a look at the items that we think are worth the splurge.

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A knit worth bragging about.

You have your cardigans, your V-necks, and your ribbed crew necks.

Now it's time for something new: a chunky knit mock neck button-up sweater in an interesting pattern. The S.N.S. Herning Stark is also a bit longer than your average sweater.

Wear this to the party and we can guarantee you'll get some good comments.

A leather jacket to keep it cool.

If you didn't already know you needed a leather jacket, here's your memo: you need one.

Our favorites come out of the New Jersey manufacturer Schott NYC, which invented the moto leather jacket way back in 1928. Pictured is their racer model, which is pretty thin for winter, but can be layered for spectacular results.

A top coat for more formal occasions.

When you need to wear a suit in the winter, your parka just isn't going to cut it.

Swap it out with a majestic and grown-up top coat in a universal color that would go with all of your suits.

J. Crew makes a great one. The high-quality wool and three-quarters length make it the perfect complement. 

All of the information you use, transfer, and share on the internet doesn't just materialize out of thin air.

Every link that you click, picture you post, video you play, and email you send has to be stored somewhere.

Data centers, where everything is saved and served, are the internet's magic engines — and its dirtiest secret.

Data servers use an astounding amount of energy, and demand is only going to increase over time.

Here's how Microsoft hopes to tackle the problem at the bottom of the ocean.

The demand for data storage exploded in the last two decades, but the efficiency and sustainability of data centers is just starting to catch up.

In the US alone, data centers consumed 91 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013. That's enough to power over 8 million homes for a year.

Sources: NRDC, EIA

Much of that power is spent cooling data centers so they don't overheat. Experts recommend keeping temperatures between 64 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

It's almost Valentine's Day, and for many, the pressure is on to find that special someone.

Whether you're simply looking for a date or hoping to find something that lasts, you could benefit from the decades of psychological research on the qualities that women find most attractive in a male partner.

We've rounded up some of the most compelling scientific insights, so you can step up your game.

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Look for the universal signals of flirtation.

Rutgers University anthropologist and best-selling author Helen E. Fisher says that from the depth of the Amazons to the cafés of Paris, women signal interest with a remarkably similar sequence of expressions.

As she shared at Psychology Today, it goes like this:

First the woman smiles at her admirer and lifts her eyebrows in a swift, jerky motion as she opens her eyes wide to gaze at him. Then she drops her eyelids, tilts her head down and to the side, and looks away. Frequently she also covers her face with her hands, giggling nervously as she retreats behind her palms.

This sequential flirting gesture is so distinctive that [German ethologist Irenaus] Eibl-Eibesfeldt was convinced it is innate, a human female courtship ploy that evolved eons ago to signal sexual interest.

Look for someone 'in your league.'

Men — and women — are attracted to people who are as attractive as they are.

In one study, for example, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, looked at the behavior of 60 male and 60 female users on an online dating site. While the majority of users were inclined to reach out to highly attractive people, they were most likely to get a response if that person was about as attractive as they were (as judged by independent raters).

"If you go for someone roughly [equal] to you in attractiveness, it avoids two things,"Nottingham Trent University psychologist Mark Sergeant, who was not involved with the study, tells The Independent. "If they are much better-looking than you, you are worried about them going off and having affairs. If they are much less attractive, you are worried that you could do better."

Present yourself as high-status.

In 1969, University of North Carolina sociologist Glen Elder found that looks and wealth tend to find one another — namely, good-looking women tended to settle down with less attractive but wealthier men. 

Since then, it's become a well-confirmed finding in the social sciences.

Most recently, a 2010 study found that men pictured with a Silver Bentley Continental GT were perceived as way more attractive than those pictures with a Red Ford Fiesta ST, and a 2014 study found that men pictured in a luxury apartment were rated more attractive than those in a control group. 

Why the attraction to resources? Evolutionary psychologists speculate it's because women want a mate who can provide for them.

China kicked off 2016 with some stock market chaos.

And analysts aren't feeling too optimistic going forward.

But just looking at what's going on in the markets doesn't give the full flavor of the Chinese economy.

As such, we took a look at the nitty-gritty, and put together some fascinating facts about China's consumption, production, and demographics.

There are more Christians living in China than in Italy and the Vatican City combined, even though 80% of Italians are Christian and only 5.1% of Chinese are.

There are 1.367 billion people living in China. 5.1% of them — or 69.74 million — identify as Christian.

There are 61.86 million people living in Italy and an estimated 842 in the Vatican City.

Source: CIA Factbook

If you took all the disposable chopsticks used over 3 years in China and distributed them around the world, every single person could get about 32 pairs.

China goes through 80 billion disposable chopsticks per year, which results in 20 million young trees being chopped down annually, according to 2013 data.

There are roughly 7.39 billion people on earth right now.

Source: South China Morning Post

China's GDP is 19,758 times greater than the island of Dominica, but the two countries have roughly the same GDP per capita.

China's GDP is 10.35 trillion, while Dominica's GDP is 524.05 million, according to World Bank estimates for 2014. (Dominica is so economically small that the latest 'Star Wars' movie eclipsed its annual GDP.)

However, China's GDP per capita is $7,590, while Dominica's is $7,244.5.

Source: World Bank

If you want to raise creative kids, you need to teach them to think for themselves.

To do this, Adam Grant, a professor of management at Wharton, author of the new book, "Originals," and father of three, tells Business Insider, you need "to foster an identify that 'I'm somebody who doesn't conform,' that 'I'm somebody who doesn't follow the crowd.'"

According to Grant, parents of highly-creative children think differently about how they approach raising their kids in three important ways:

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1. They praise the child, not the act.

When Grant's daughter creates a piece of art, instead of saying, "Wow, that's a really creative drawing," Grant would tell her, "Wow, you are a really creative person." This helps her develop a sense of self as a creative person with unique ideas, he says.

"It's so tempting to reinforce the behavior, when in fact what we need to do is help children see that that behavior is a core part of who they are, so that when they grow up they don't lose creativity," Grant explains.

This idea of directing praise to the child rather than the act comes from research that found children were much more generous after their character had been praised than after their actions had been. "When our character is praised, we internalize it as part of our identities," Grant writes in his book.

2. They don't set a ton of rules.

Grant points to research out of Boston College that compared the families of highly original children with those with ordinary ability and found that the parents of ordinary children had an average of six rules — like when it's time for bed or homework — while parents of highly creative children had an average of less than one rule.

"If you want your kids to follow rules, then it's much more likely that, when it comes time to solve a problem, he or she looks to how it's been solved before — what are the conventional ways to doing it— as opposed to saying, 'Well, how can I approach this? What other solutions haven't been come up with before?'" Grant tells Business Insider.

This isn't to say there should be no rules. "There have to be some boundaries in order to get children to think creatively."

3. They reason with their kids.

Grant says that when researchers studied "one of the most daring acts of nonconformity that we've seen in the past century"— individuals who rescued victims of the Holocaust — they found one key difference between those who stood by and did nothing and those who put their lives on the line: Holocaust rescuers' parents used reasoning as a disciplinary tactic more often than others.

Explanations can do a few important things, based on the research cited in Grant's book.

Another study of American architects found that parents of the most creative architects disciplined their kids by outlining their standards of conduct and explaining their reasoning behind these principles — and encouraging their kids to come up with their own values.

And, as with the study of Holocaust rescuers, researchers found discussions that encourage kids to consider the impact of their actions on others activate a desire to right wrongs and do better.

"When you help children think about the consequences of their action for others, they're much more likely to channel their originality in moral and creative directions, as opposed to saying, 'I'm going to break a bunch of rules,' or 'I'm going to do something that perhaps would harm a few people,'" Grant explains. 

The '80s and '90s blessed us with so many beloved snacks and candy. It was an era when we wore cosmic Ring Pops and rainbow Smartie necklaces, and discovered the treasures hidden inside chocolate Wonder Balls.

Although many of these have fallen out of fashion, they are nonetheless innovative in their designs.

Here are 17 snacks from that bygone time, many of which are sadly discontinued.

Topps' Push Pops.

Push Pops, which launched in early '90s, are an innovative take on the lollipop. To eat it, you stick your finger in the bottom and push it up.

Although they undoubtedly made your hands sticky as a child, they were fun.

Find them in select grocery stores and on Amazon.

Nestle's Wonder Ball.

The Wonder Ball was a hollow milk chocolate globe with candy and a toy inside.

It was treasured by '90s children everywhere — until Nestle discontinued it in 1997 after parents deemed it a safety hazard. There were several reports of kids choking on the toys.

Unfortunately, you can't find it anywhere online, except for a knock-off called "Choco Treasure" on Amazon.

Wrigley's Bubble Tape.

Bubble tape, a 6-footlong spiral of gum in a round plastic container, was introduced in the late 1980s.

The pink gum is coated in ground granite, a white powder that prevents it from drying and sticking to itself.

It is still sold in most grocery stores and in bulk on Amazon.

Our understanding of the universe depends on how good our telescopes are.

Two of the most powerful sit on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. 

One of the telescopes has a camera so sensitive, it could detect a single candle flame on the surface of the moon.

Together they make up the Keck Observatory— the world's largest optical observatory. 

Tech Insider got to take a tour of the Keck telescope headquarters in Waimea, Hawaii with communication officer Steve Jefferson.

Keep scrolling to see how this powerful pair of telescopes work, and how they revolutionized the field of astronomy.

The twin Keck telescopes sit on the summit of Mauna Kea. They first came online in the 1990s, and they've been churning out incredible revelations about the universe ever since.

The secret to their amazing success lies in Keck's revolutionary mirror design. A telescope can only gather as much light as the size of its mirror will allow — so Keck's mirrors are enormous.

It's actually structurally impossible to build a mirror larger than about eight meters long though. So engineers built Keck's 10-meter mirrors using smaller hexagon-shaped segments that fit together. Here's a model of what one of the mirrors look like:

Kristina Ellis, author of "Confessions of a Scholarship Winner," received over $500,000 in scholarship money for higher education. 

"I'm living proof that scholarships aren't for the supersmart or ultratalented, and that your current situation doesn't have to determine your final destination," writes Ellis, who lost her father to cancer at age seven.

After his death, her mother, a Venezuelan immigrant living in Indiana, took on low-paying jobs to make ends meet. Still, the family dipped below the poverty line, and after her first day of high school, Ellis' mother told her she would have to be financially independent after high school.

"You are not meant to live in poverty your whole life, and I know that if you work hard, you can go to a great college and start fresh," her mother told her. "The choices you make right now will impact you for the rest of your life."

By the end of high school, Ellis was awarded over half a million dollars in grants and scholarships, including the US Presidential Scholarship, the Gates Millennium Scholarship, and the Coca-Cola Scholarship, which paid for her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and master's degree at Belmont University.   

Here are seven of the tips Ellis outlines in her book, to secure money for undergraduate and graduate school.

SEE ALSO: The 11 smartest things to do with your money in your 20s

1. Start planning to pursue scholarships as soon as you know you're going to college. 

According to Ellis, it's never too early to start planning for college. Being aware of your responsibilities and requirements is already a step towards your scholarships. It is important to know which programs or organizations you need to join to receive certain scholarships. 

Ellis became a US Presidential Scholar, which awards scholarships to students who not only scored well on their SAT or ACT exams, but who also have talent in visual, creative, or performing arts. They also have to participate in the National Young Arts program. 

Start now: Research available scholarships and their requirements. Create a strategic plan to follow throughout your high school years that will keep you from missing out on the courses, leadership experiences, and volunteer opportunities that could help you stand out for major scholarships.

2. Get involved in extracurriculars and your community. 

Scholarships aren't always for those with high GPA or high test scores. Sometimes they're for someone who is involved in their community through volunteer work, employment, sports, or taking on leadership roles.

"I had always thought of a scholarship winner as someone who was supersmart and got perfect grades," Ellis, who ranked 32 in a class of 182, writes. "As a student with only decent grades and average test scores, I had assumed that scholarships weren't for me." However, she writes, she soon realized she "could appeal to scholarship committees outside of academics and still have a chance of standing out. So I set out to find activities I could excel in."

She became involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Varsity Women's Club, peer tutoring, Business Professionals of America, and show choir. She logged over 1,000 hours of community service by graduation.

Start now: Find opportunities in your community where you can volunteer your time. Great places to start are a local library, senior center, or hospital. You can also look into local sports teams or sports at your school. Interested in music? Join a school band or a choir. 

3. Apply for financial aid even if you don't think you qualify. 

Many students don't usually apply for financial aid because they believe their family makes too much money to qualify for assistance, when in fact, families with more than $150,000 in annual income can quality for financial assistance, writes Ellis. 

Even if you don't always get "free" money, you may still qualify for low-interest loans.

Start now: FAFSA, the Free Application for Student Aid, is the go-to for financial aid information and needs. It is provided by the US Department of Education to help prospective students get aid and loan assistant based on their needs. To get the full benefits of the aid, you must update your FAFSA at the beginning of every school year and file it by March. 

This is the much-anticipated BMW M2 coupe outfitted in its MotoGP safety car guise.

At MotoGP races, the safety car paces the track before the race begins and follows race motorcycles around the track for a lap after the race gets started. It's also out there if there's an incident on the track.

This particular safety car, though, is incredibly impressive and looks absolutely fantastic. 

Check it out.

Classic blue, purple, and red BMW M striping lines the car all-over.

The rear end looks good as ever. Big props to the M2's massively-wide rear wheel flares. That large, easy-adjust spoiler is pretty aesthetically pleasing too.

It's used to counter the air displaced by the roof-mounted lightbar and to assure that the driver's getting optimal downforce on track.

The matching gold lettering and wheels looks great.

Lonely Planet recently released its Best in the US list for 2016, naming the top 10 cities, regions, and states travelers should see within the US this year.

The results were based on editor picks, and they varied from destinations with a variety of events to locations that have remained popular for years.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania came out on top of the list thanks to its rich history, its unique attractions, its expanding food and drink scene, and its roster of events for the year.

From housing the oldest continuously occupied street in the nation to becoming the first city in 100 years to host the prestigious Copa América Centenario soccer tournament, here's what makes the city so special. 

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A major appeal for travelers is the various historic sites they can visit, like Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both signed. Independence Hall is located within Independence National Historical Park, which also houses the Liberty Bell.

Click here to learn more about the Independence National Historical Park »

From there, visitors can wander around Philadelphia's Old City, dubbed America's "most historic square mile". Besides world-class museums and historic townhouses, the area also hosts the oldest continuously occupied residential street within the US, Elfreth's Alley.

Click here to learn more about the Old City District »

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Speaking of world-class museums, the National Constitution Center claims to be America's most hands-on history museum, with hundreds of interactive exhibits, theater performances, and documents that take you through the history of the Constitution.

Click here to learn more about the National Constitution Center »

In the clear-blue waters off the coast of Dubai lies a chain of islands known as The Heart of Europe. They're manmade reconstruction of actual European nations, just on a smaller scale — part of an even larger chain of islands known as "The World."

Richard Branson, fittingly, owns the island representing Great Britain.

In the coming weeks, The Heart of Europe will get its very first floating home, the aptly named "Floating Seahorse." It'll be the first of many in a giant fleet of Floating Seahorses.

Take a look at these renderings.

The $2.8 million Floating Seahorse is the product of more than 5,000 hours of research and 13,000 hours of design and engineering, according to design firm Kleindienst Group.

The first models went on sale last year, before any Seahorses were even completed. Kleindienst says it sold approximately 60 Seahorses in 2015. More are still for sale.

The underwater portion, composed of a master bedroom and bathroom, will make up approximately 270 square feet on the interior. Just outside the walls is a 500-square-foot coral garden.

From the home, residents will be able to see actual seahorses dance through the Arabian Gulf — the animal's natural habitat.

Above the water's surface, the luxury is even more apparent.

Inhabitants will be able to stretch out on the massive floating bed or head up to the observation deck.

If you want to take a swim, a convenient step-ladder offers a safe entry and exit. Or you could just dive right in.

Since the structures are located about two and a half miles from Dubai's shores, inhabitants can reach their Seahorse via boat or seaplane — not exactly the most accessible way to get to and from home. Once they're out there, they can cross between the islands via floating jetties.

The company says it hopes the structure can set a new standard for what it means to live lavishly.

Kleindienst also hopes it can make some headway in restoring the endangered seahorse population in the area.

"We will create an artificial coral reef beneath the luxury retreats which will be a protected area in which seahorses can safely live and breed," Kleindienst said at an unveiling even in May 2015.

One million Broncos fans turned up in Denver on Tuesday to help the Super Bowl champs celebrate their upset victory over the Panthers. 

The team paraded through downtown Denver atop fire trucks, ending in a celebratory rally on the steps of the in the city's Civic Center Park.

The rally included pyrotechnics, a cameo from the Colorado governor, and numerous speeches from coaches and players.

Here are our 18 favorite photographs from the occasion. 

A sea of orange flooded Denver's Civic Center Park.

Some fans took advantage of a better vantage point.

And some fans appeared to be playing hooky.

For $84.5 million, you could be the proud owner of an opulent Manhattan townhouse located just half a block from Central Park.

The Beaux-Arts-style mansion is fitted to the nines with everything you might wish for, including a plunge pool, a red Hermés leather-covered billiards room, and a special closet just for your furs. 

Owned since 2007 by real estate developer Keith Rubenstein of Somerset Partners, it's been extensively remodeled and decorated at the direction of designer William T. Georgis. The original architect of the 1903 building was the mind behind Grant's Tomb, John H. Duncan.

Listed with Adam Modlin of The Modlin Group, it's currently the fourth most expensive listing in New York City.

Inside, you'll find six bedrooms, six floors, and 15,000 square feet of prime Manhattan property.

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Located at 8 East 62nd Street, the townhouse is in a prime Upper East Side location: half a block from Central Park, and just a few blocks north of the famous Bergdorf Goodman department store and all of 5th Avenue's luxury shopping.

The decor within is unapologetically lavish. An original mosaic floor and ornate fireplace outfit the entrance hall.

The modern kitchen has marble counters and a wood-burning fireplace to keep things cozy.

After 15 years, Derek Zoolander is back. 

"Zoolander No. 2," the sequel to the 2001 cult-hit comedy, is in theaters Friday and features some of the original cast reprising their roles.

When the "world's most beautiful people" are being assassinated, the only people to call are ex-models Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel McDonald (Owen Wilson). 

Stiller created the dimwitted character of Zoolander for a short film that aired during the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards. Another short film was made for the Fashion Awards the following year and later developed into the feature-length film.  

"Zoolander" featured cameos from celebrities including Posh and Baby Spice, Donald and Miliana Trump, Billy Zane, Mark Ronson, and David Bowie. And while some players are back for the sequel, a number of other celebrities — including Justin Bieber, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kristen Wiig, and Penelope Cruz — are making cameo appearances in the second film.  

Here's a look at the original cast 15 years later:  

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THEN: Ben Stiller was already a comedy star before he turned his "Zoolander" short films into a feature film. He plays Derek Zoolander, a model who finds himself in the middle of an assassination conspiracy. Though it was Stiller's third time directing a feature, it was his first full-length screenplay, which he cowrote with Drake Sather and John Hamburg.

NOW: Stiller has since appeared in a number of comedies and has continued to direct and produce films. He's reprising his role in the sequel and also serves as a cowriter and director.

THEN: Owen Wilson made his film debut in Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket" (1996) and landed roles in films such as "Armageddon" and "Shanghai Noon" before playing a rival model, Hansel, in "Zoolander."

Ramen — the super-delicious, savory, loaded noodle soup — has blown up across the country over the past few years.

Have we reached peak ramen? Maybe. Does it matter? Not at all, because on a cold winter day, there's nothing that tastes quite as tasty or will warm you up quite as quickly.

Foursquare, the city guide app for discovering new places, has tracked a 25% increase in "ramen" mentions over the last year. That's good news, because it means they've been able to put together a comprehensive state-by-state guide to where to get the good stuff across America.

Check out their picks, below.

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ALASKA: Naruto's ramen is all about thick and pliant slurp-worthy noodles. What makes this Anchorage favorite even better is the free custard dessert that comes with every bowl.

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ALABAMA: Bamboo On 2nd's ramen comes with a thick and creamy broth, but they're also known for their dumplings. If you haven't tried them, brace yourself — they're amazing.

Find Bamboo On 2nd on Foursquare »

ARKANSAS: A bounty of veggies top KJ Sushi & Korean BBQ's ramen bowls. But the soup isn't the only showstopper in this local Fayetteville joint. The bibimbap is a must.

Find KJ Sushi & Korean BBQ on Foursquare »

No. 11: Hinge (22/100)

Hinge's innovation was that it only matched you with your extended social network — friends of friends. The app presents you with around a dozen matches a day for you to swipe yes/no on.

Download Hinge (iOS, Android)

No. 10: Grindr (28.5/100)

Grindr's mission was to help gay guys meet up, quickly, wherever they were. It quickly became a smash hit, and recently sold a majority stake to a Chinese gaming company.

Download Grindr (iOS, Android)

No. 9: Zoosk (30/100)

Zoosk recently had to lay off a third of its staff after being crushed in the market by apps like Tinder. It has features like photo verification, which lets you confirm that your photos are actually you.

Download Zoosk (iOS, Android)

On Thursday, a team of physicists heard and recorded the sound of two black holes colliding 1.3 billion light-years away, and in doing so, they have opened a new era of astronomy.

Thursday's discovery, helps validate a prediction Albert Einstein made a century ago.

Einstein, revered for his scientific intellect, laid the foundations for modern-day physics and earned him introductions with some of the most exclusive people on Earth.

His opinions on race, politics, and war were also incredibly progressive for their time. Some even say that we will never see the likes of another Einstein again.

Here's how a man, who "had no understanding of how to relate to people," became history's most beloved scientist.

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Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879 to Pauline Koch and Hermann Einstein.

Albert Einstein was the elder of the two – his younger sister, Maria Einstein, was born about two years later in Nov. 1881.

Einstein reportedly was slow in learning how to talk. That, combined with his tendency to whisper words softly to himself before saying them aloud led the family maid to nick name him "der Depperte"— the dopey one.

Source: Einstein: His Life and Universe

Einstein's parents were concerned about his intelligence because he was slow to learn to speak.

One year after Einstein was born, his father, mother, and uncle moved to Munich — to establish an electrical engineering company — where Einstein earned the bulk of his early education.

The secondary school he attended was eventually named after him and called the Albert Einstein Gymnasium before merging with another school in 2010.

Source: Einstein: His Life and Universe

Einstein developed a passion for music in his early teens.

Einstein began violin lessons at age 5 but didn't enjoy music until age 13, when he discovered Mozart's violin sonatas. After that, the young genius was hooked and would play the violin in string quartets later as a young adult and throughout the rest of his life.

"Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe itself," Einstein later told a friend.

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