From Nike's "swoosh" symbol, to Starbucks' mermaid, firms take great care of their logos, but how much do they really contribute to a company's success?

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More than any before, this generation speaks through images. So we sent a Nikon camera on a journey to help seven people with something to say make themselves heard. See their stories at http://bit.ly/1zBD6PX #IAmGenerationImage

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Our world is saturated in color, from soft hues to violent stains. How does something so intangible pack such a visceral punch? This hour, in the name of science and poetry, Jad and Robert tear the rainbow to pieces. Podcasts More To what extent is color a physical thing in the physical world, and to what extent is it created in our minds? We start with Sir Isaac Newton. Then, we meet a sea creature that sees a rainbow way beyond anything humans can experience, and we track down a woman who we're pretty sure can see thousands (maybe even millions) more colors than the rest of us. And we end with an age-old question, that, it turns out, never even occurred to most humans until very recently: why is the sky blue?

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In Episode 1 of the series, the 2014 Thiel Fellows prepare to move to San Francisco for the summer, the reality of the fellowship starts to sink in. Having to drop out of school, dealing with parental judgment-is it all really worth it to pursue their ideas and projects in Silicon Valley?