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Robin Williams Dead At 63, The Domestic Cat Genome Has Been Fully Sequenced, And It's Fascinating, Conan Delivers News Of Robin Williams' Death To Studio Audience, Where Are All The Female Billionaires?, The Unstoppable March Of The Upward Inflection?, Earth's Gravitational Pull May Partly Melt A Bit Of The Moon The Daily Digg Tuesday, August 12, 2014 R.I.P. Robin Williams Dead At 63 nytimes.com Robin Williams, an Academy Award-winning actor and comedian who imbued his performances with wild inventiveness and a kind of manic energy, died on Monday at his home in Marin County, Calif. He was 63. NEXT UP: REMAINING 8 LIVES The Domestic Cat Genome Has Been Fully Sequenced, And It's Fascinating io9.com The Felis catus genome has been fully sequenced and annotated, which means your pet kitty is about to give up its genetic secrets to science. BEARER OF BAD NEWS Conan Delivers News Of Robin Williams' Death To Studio Audience digg.com Conan, Andy Richter and guest Will Arnett paid tribute to Robin Williams during Monday night's show. Conan seems especially shook up as he delivers the news to the crowd. TRYING TO BREAK THE HIGHEST GLASS CEILING Where Are All The Female Billionaires? businessweek.com The debate about wealth inequality continues to rage. So do conversations about gender equality. At the intersection of the two comes a new report from economists Caroline Freund and Sarah Oliver of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, who point out that the rich who are getting richer are disproportionately, overwhelmingly men. CAN ONLY ANSWER IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION The Unstoppable March Of The Upward Inflection? bbc.com Whether it's called the upward inflection, high-rising terminal or simply "uptalk", the habit of making statements sound like questions is a genuine linguistic mystery. THE SCAR SIDE OF THE MOON Earth's Gravitational Pull May Partly Melt A Bit Of The Moon arstechnica.com A small region near the edge of the Moon's core may be partly molten. Read more on Digg.com → R.I.P. This 1978 file photo originally released by ABC shows actor Robin Williams on the set of ABCs "Mork and Mindy." Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, has died in an apparent suicide. He was 63. Credit: AP Photo/ABC Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014