Fashion Faceoff: Anne Hathaway vs. Salma Hayek

Today, actresses Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek aren’t facing off at the box office, but on the red carpet. "Les Miserables" leading lady Hathaway, 30, and "Savages" star Hayek, 46, recently donned the same LBD, leaving us to decide ... who wore it best?!

What they wore: A knee-length, black Stella McCartney dress with sheer panels and fringe.

[Related: Anne Hathaway Talks About 'Les Miserables' Weight Loss]

When they wore it: Hathaway chose the frock for her July 12 appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman.” Her competition wore it at the British Fashion Awards in London on November 27.

How they styled it: For Hathaway, the look was simple and all about the dress, as she added only black pumps and sunglasses. Hayek glammed it up more with a sparkly necklace and a swipe of bright lipstick, in addition to her black pumps and updo.

[Related: Salma Hayek Says She's 'Not a Skinny Girl']

Judge's scorecard: The flapper-style design looks fabulous with Hathaway's cropped haircut! It also hangs well on her tiny frame. The always-stunning Hayek, on the other hand, impressed with pretty makeup. Who wins this Fashion Faceoff for you?

Nvidia announces ‘Shield’ gaming system

While Nvidia has been an important player in the video game industry for years, it has never been a direct competitor to console manufacturers.

That’s about to change.

During a press conference kicking off the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas, the company unveiled its own mobile gaming system: an Android device running the company’s just announced Tegra 4 processor chip.

Currently called Project Shield, the system is essentially a chunky game controller with a flip-up, 5-inch multi-touch display. It’s also got standard analog sticks and game buttons as well as plenty of horsepower under the hood.

The intriguing device boasts a variety of standard connectors, too, and can be attached to a big screen TV via an HDMI cable (CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed off  this capability on a 4K/Ultra High Definition set at the press event.)

“This is the culmination of five years of work,” Huang said. “You can enjoy it on the small display or enjoy the same game on your television.”

The system can play games from Nvidia’s TegraZone Android game store as well as games stored on a compatible PC or in the cloud. Nvidia plans to manufacture and sell the Shield itself, according to VentureBeat. The system is expected to go on sale as early as this spring in the U.S. and Canada, with other regions to follow.

That potentially turns 2013 into the year of the Android game systems. The Android-based Ouya console, first unveiled last July, is due out in spring as well. Last week, another Android gaming device, the GameStick, blew past its Kickstarter goal in a matter of days.

For gamers who are happy sitting at their desk to play games, Nvidia also unveiled a streamlined way for players to quickly find the best possible settings for their machine. The GeForce Experience will let Nvidia graphics cards automatically calibrate for optimum performance.

“When you launch the game, GFE magically inserts the setting into your game so it comes up in the most beautiful and most playable settings that your PC allows,” said Huang.

That feature will ship with future versions of Nvidia graphics drivers.

College Majors That Are Most Demanding

Ever wonder which majors require the most study time? A new survey sheds some insight...

Are you ready to take on school but not sure you're ready to take on the hours of coursework and studying?
Good news. A new study by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) could help you decide which major might be the best fit for your lifestyle. The study surveyed 416,000 full-time, first-year students and seniors attending 673 colleges and universities during 2011.
Although the study included factors like the number of hours spent commuting to class or caring for dependents, let's focus on the areas associated with study time and working:

• Average Weekly Hours of Study/Class Prep Time: This is the time students spent studying out of class each week.
• Number of Hours Faculty Expects You to Study: This is the amount of time faculty members told researchers that students needed to study to be fully prepared.
• Percentage of Seniors That Spent 20+ Hours Preparing for Class: Again, in this study, "preparing" equals studying.
• Number of Hours Working for Pay: The number of hours that students spent working at a paid job outside of school.

It's important to note that not all majors are included in the study. "Some, such as architecture and nursing, for example, were not included," says Alexander C. McCormick, NSSE director and associate professor of education at Indiana University. But McCormick is confident in the study's findings and hopes it helps students and faculty alike better understand what is, and should be, expected of them. It's also important to note that the number of hours that students reported for relaxing or socializing was virtually the same for each major: 10 to 11 hours per week. Seems like whether you're a science whiz or studying big biz, you'll still find some time to minor in fun. Check out some key findings from the NSSE study. Consider it time well spent in the "Preparing for Class" category.

#1 Most Demanding Area of Study - Engineering

Do you love to take things apart to see how they work? An engineering degree might be for you. Just make sure you're ready to hit the books, since engineering students reported studying more than any other major, according to the NSSE study.
Depending on the specific area of study, engineering majors might study everything from the link between architecture and construction, the scientific and mathematical basis of computer software, or the design of spacecraft and missiles, according to the College Board, an organization that administers academic aptitude tests like the SAT.

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Typical Engineering Majors:* Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
19 hours	20 hours	42 percent	9 hours

#2 Most Demanding Area of Study - Physical Sciences

Physical sciences students reported spending about 18 hours studying and preparing for class per week - this was second only to engineering students for the most study/prep time. If you're curious about how the universe works or how chemicals affect our environment, this might be your area to study. Physical sciences students usually study brainy subjects like chemistry, geology, and physics. They also tend to spend time learning a lot about mathematics and the scientific method, says the College Board.

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Typical Physical Sciences Majors:* Physics, Chemistry, Geology

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
18 hours	18 hours	36 percent	11 hours

#3 Most Demanding Area of Study - Biological Sciences

Perhaps you're more interested in living organisms, such as bacteria, animals, and us. Well, get ready to work. Biological sciences students came in at a close third for study time. But they didn't party with the extra hour or two: they reportedly socialized an hour less per week than both physical sciences and engineering students. When they do hit the books, biological sciences students generally study living organisms as well as the systems and processes that permit life, says the College Board. Typical courses could include biochemistry, genetics, marine biology, and zoology.

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Typical Biological Sciences Majors:* Marine Biology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
17 hours	19 hours	34 percent	11 hours

#4 Most Demanding Area of Study - Arts & Humanities

Crave a little more creativity in your major? Then you'll likely want to check out the halls of the arts and humanities departments. And while you might not burn as much midnight oil to prepare for classes as those in engineering or physical sciences, you'll still study more than the average student.
But it's what you'll study that is very different. Arts and humanities students usually learn everything from philosophy to languages to literature, according to the College Board. And courses could include more artful fare, such as music and drama.

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Typical Arts & Humanities Majors:* Theater, Philosophy, The Classics

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
17 hours	18 hours	31 percent	12 hours

#5 Most Demanding Area of Study - Education

Don't be fooled by the fact that students in education reported an average of "only" 15 hours of study/prep time per week. Education students reported 13 hours of work for pay per week, and the most weekly hours caring for dependents: seven. That's a 45-hour week, before attending a minute of class.
Education students generally learn how to manage a classroom, how to design lesson plans, and how to effectively teach students, says the College Board. Education classes generally include topics such as educational psychology, teaching methods, and instructional technology.

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Typical Education Majors:* Education, Middle School Teaching, Special Education

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
15 hours	15 hours	26 percent	13 hours

#6 Most Demanding Area of Study - Social Sciences

Tied with business as the area with the least amount of study/prep time reported, social sciences can still be a fascinating field if you are interested in learning more about psychology or sociology.
If you are intrigued as to how the human mind works, or why societies function, or how to lower crime rates, this could be the major for you. You generally study those subjects as well as other interesting questions about the human condition, according to the College Board.

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Typical Social Sciences Majors:* Psychology, Sociology, Criminology

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
14 hours	18 hours	23 percent	13 hours

#7 Most Demanding Area of Study - Business

Though business majors were found to study the least when compared to the other surveyed degrees, that doesn't mean they didn't keep themselves busy. These students logged the most hours when combining the two areas of caring for dependents and working for pay - six and 16, respectively. Business students usually study the process of buying, producing, and selling goods and services. They also could learn more about the areas of accounting, marketing, and management, says the College Board. So, perhaps they just learn to manage their time better.

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Typical Business Majors:* Business, Finance, Management

Avg Weekly Study Hours	Expected Study Hours	Percent With over 20+ Study Hours	Number of Hours Working for Pay
14 hours	15 hours	19 percent	16 hours

Kate Upton piling on Notre Dame too … and the Jets

It's not a good night to be Notre Dame. Not only are the Fighting Irish getting blasted on the field by Alabama in the BCS championship game, they're getting clowned on Twitter too.
Kate Upton knows her sports. She's been on the cover of Sports Illustrated (the swimsuit issue, but still). She's dating Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. She does the Dougie at NBA games.
[Related: LeBron James wanted Oregon to tag in for Notre Dame at halftime]
And she had an observation on Twitter that managed to rip two teams on Monday night:

Oh, ouch. And here the Jets thought they were in the clear now that the offseason was upon them. Rough, Kate.

17th-Century 'Aristotle' Sex Manual Goes Up For Auction

A sex and pregnancy manual from 1680 that was incorrectly attributed to Aristotle is going up for auction this month at Lyon & Turnbull in England.

"Aristotle's Compleat Master-Piece" may have been banned in Britain until the 1960s, according to some sources, though that is uncertain. One thing is for sure: "It was taboo and a lot of people didn't want their name on it," said Lyon & Turnbull book specialist Cathy Marsden, during an interview.

As for why the book was pegged to Aristotle, "we think it was just to kind of raise the profile of the book," Marsden said. Also, there has been some suggestion that bits of the book, though not very much at all, could be attributed to Aristotle's work. Bits also seem to come from the work of 17th-century physician Nicholas Culpeper and 13th-century saint and grand thinker Albertus Magnus.

The book, though taboo, was by no means "The Joy of Sex," the 1972 cookbook-esque writing known for its explicit drawings of sex poses and the like. Images in this "master-piece" show a woman's torso and drawings of hairy children with extra limbs, and according to the Guardian, an image showing a woman's torso opened up to reveal a baby in her womb. But there are no actual explicit images, she said. [The Sex Quiz: Myths, Taboos & Bizarre Facts]

"It kind of explains the approach to marriage and when young people should be getting married and then it goes on to try to explain why children have deformities; they call it monstrous births," Marsden told LiveScience. "They explain how to conceive children and how to conceive male and female children," said Marsden, adding the book describes what type of moon to lie under to conceive a male or female child.

In the book section entitled "Of monsters and monstrous births," the author(s) describe disfigured and hairy babies as "monsters." For instance, in some editions of the book, it reads, "Another monster, representing a hairy child: It was covered with hair like a beast. That which rendered it more frightful was, that its navel was in the place where his nose should stand, and his eyes placed where his mouth should have been, and its mouth was in the chin." 

"There is one bit that says a child was born black because the mother was thinking of a black man when she conceived him," Marsden said.

In a section of one edition of the book explaining "what conception is," the author writes, "The first day after the conception she feels a slight quivering or illness running through the whole body; a tickling in the womb, a little pain in the lower parts of the belly." That passage goes on to describe the "giddiness" felt and "pimples in the face" that apparently were thought to occur days after conception.

Another section details "directions for midwives."

The edition being auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull may have been published in 1766, according to The Guardian.

The bidding will start on Jan. 16 at the auction house in Edinburgh at between 300 and 400 British pounds (between $487 and $650). Other items going up for auction the same day include the rare, eight-volume history "A History of the Birds of Europe," by 19th-century ornithologist Henry Dresser, as well as a hand-colored 16th-century map of Africa, Marsden said.