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Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE OPINION: Sri Lanka has given us serendipity by Bernadette Kinlaw | June 21, 2021 at 1:53 a.m. Many, many months ago, I wrote about words that entered the language from literature and mythology. I have found a new cache of them, as if by serendipity, and so here we are again. SERENDIPITY Horace Walpole, an 18th-century British writer, brought us serendipity. Serendip was the old name for Sri Lanka, a country in the Indian Ocean. Walpole said he created the word after reading ...

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Two new subscription services are aiming to restore serendipity to our cultural habits Much of what we listen to today is driven by algorithms as opposed to coming across the unexpected. Photograph: Pongtorn Hiranlikit/Alamy Much of what we listen to today is driven by algorithms as opposed to coming across the unexpected. Photograph: Pongtorn Hiranlikit/Alamy Sun 4 Apr 2021 04.15 EDT Last modified on Sun 4 Apr 2021 07.44 EDT Are you reading this by pure chance? Or are you on the lookout for ar...

New Gods - Nezha Reborn Produced by pioneering Beijing-based studio Light Chaser Animation, the film has earned $36 million since its premiere last weekend over China’s Lunar New Year holiday. Netflix has acquired worldwide streaming rights to Chinese animated film New Gods: Nezha Reborn, which opened theatrically in China last weekend at the start of the Lunar New Year holiday. The film is produced by pioneering Beijing-based studio Light Chaser Animation. The movie is based on the oft-adap...

Netflix Picks Up Chinese Animated Feature ‘New Gods: Nezha Reborn’ Patrick Brzeski Netflix has acquired worldwide streaming rights to Chinese animated film New Gods: Nezha Reborn, which opened theatrically in China last weekend at the start of the Lunar New Year holiday. The film is produced by pioneering Beijing-based studio Light Chaser Animation. The movie is based on the oft-adapted classical Chinese novel The Investiture of the Gods, but Light Chaser has given the mat...