Question: When NASA astronaut Scott Kelly completes his yearlong mission on the International Space Station next year, he'll come back just a little bit younger than his twin, Mark, than he was before. This is because time travels more slowly in space, a phenomenon first described by Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity. 

This December, universities and academies around the world are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the theory's publication. 

Even 60 years after his death, Einstein is still the most important scientist of the modern era. Looking back as far as 2,400 years ago, only Newton, Galileo and Aristotle were his equals. 

Born in the era of horse-drawn carriages, his ideas started a technological revolution that brought about more change in one century than in the 2,000 years before. 

In 1905, Einstein published four important scientific papers. These completely changed people's ideas about space, time, light and matter. In one of these papers Einstein. introduced his theory of special relativity. Two groundbreaking parts of the theory were about the relationship between mass and energy and the speed of light. Einstein was able to show that mass and energy were connected through the formula E=MC2. The theory also says that no object can travel faster than the speed of light. 

About 10 years later came his theory of general relativity, the theory that modern physics is really based on. In Einstein's mathematics, space has three dimensions, and the fourth dimension is time. Space and time are part of one continuum, called space-time. The presence of mass changes space-time, which explains where gravity comes from. 

Computers, satellites, telecommunication, lasers, television and nuclear power, many of the biggest developments in the modern world, can be linked to Einstein's work. 

"We are a different people than we were a century ago," said astrophysicist Michael Shara of the American Museum of Natural. History, "completely different, because of Einstein." 

However, there's more to him beyond the image of a science mastermind. Einstein, as a person, has also become a grandfatherly icon in our culture. 

He liked playing Mozart on his Violin and keeping fit by hiking and walking. Power was not his goal. In 1952, the young nation of Israel asked Einstein to be its president, but he refused. 

And, yes, he was eccentric. With hair like that, how could he not be? 1. Scott Kelly is what?
2. Does time travel more quickly in space?
3. What year did Einstein introduce the theory of relativity?
4. Even after death, Einstein is considered to be what?
5. Who were the only two people considered to be his equals?
6. He was born in the era of what?
7. His scientific papers completely changed people's ideas about what?
8. What formula did he come up with?
9. No object can travel faster than what?
10. Modern technology can be linked to what? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. an astronaut
2. no
3. 1915
4. the most important scientist the era
5. Newton, Gailieo and Aristotle
6. horse-drawn carriages
7. time, light and matter.
8. E=MC2
9. the speed of light.
10. Einstein's work.


Question: Robert Fredy was general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury park. New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pear man, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fredy's car hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield.Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fredy turned on the wipers to show he wasn't interested. 

Pearman put his head close to the window."Come on, mister.Give me a chance.I need a job," he said.Something in Stephen Pearman's voice moved Robert Fredy.In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed a business card and told him to call if he was serious. 

"My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, "said Pearman."But I said, " No, he's a 

businessman.I need to give it a shot." 

Two days later,29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel.Fredy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him. 

Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings.In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy's loans. 

"Mr.Fredy gave me a second chance, "says Pearman, " And I took advantage of it.I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left.But there is no future in washing windshields." 

Ordinarily, Fredy keeps away from the street people."But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money," Fredy says, "I don't hand my business card to just anybody.But I'm glad I did in this case." 1. Give me a chance.I need a job said who ?
2. who was a general manager
3. what happened 2 years ago ?
4. did Stephen Pear man have a job at the time ?
5. how old is Pearman ?
6. did he get a job then ?
7. what does he do today  for work ?
8. who gave him the business card ?
9. what did his friends think ?
10. did he pay all his loans ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Pearman
2. Robert Fredy
3. stopped his car at a traffic light
4. No
5. 29
6. Yes
7. works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls
8. Fredy
9. he was just pulling his leg
10. Yes


Question: Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The widower of actress Brittany Murphy, found dead in his home Sunday night, was scheduled to undergo heart bypass surgery this summer, a spokesman for the actress' mother said. 

British screenwriter Simon Monjack, 39, was pronounced dead after the Los Angeles Fire Department was called to his Hollywood home for a medical emergency, police said. 

There were no signs of foul play or criminal activity in the death, Los Angeles Police Sgt. Alex Ortiz said. 

Roger Neal, a spokesman for Murphy's mother, Sharon, said Monjack delayed the heart surgery until after a fundraising gala for the Brittany Murphy Foundation in September. 

Murphy, his wife of less than three years, died just five months ago. 

Sharon Murphy found Monjack unconscious in his bedroom and called the fire department, a family friend said. 

An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's spokeswoman. 

Sharon Murphy, who shared the house with Monjack, "loved him like a son" and is devastated by his death, Neal said. 

It is the same Hollywood Hills home where Brittany Murphy lived. 

Murphy, 32, died in December from a combination of pneumonia, an iron deficiency and multiple drug intoxication, a coroner said. The drugs involved were legal and used to treat a respiratory infection, according to an autopsy. 

The often bubbly, free-spirited actress appeared in films such as "Clueless," "8 Mile," "Don't Say a Word" and "Girl, Interrupted." 

She also lent her voice to animated works, including the movie "Happy Feet" -- in which she also sang -- and a regular role on the animated TV series "King of the Hill."  1. What did he have planned for this summer?
2. Who was he married to?
3. Where did he die?
4. How old was he?
5. He officially announced he was dead?
6. And why were they summoned to his home?
7. Why had the necessary medical procedure been put off?
8. Was his wife alive?
9. When did she pass away?
10. In what room was he found? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. heart bypass surgery
2. Brittany Murphy
3. his Hollywood home
4. 39
5. Los Angeles Fire Department
6. unconscious in his bedroom
7. delayed the heart surgery until after a fundraising gala
8. no
9. five months ago
10. bedroom