See Madonna's crazy Grammy looks throughout the years

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Madonna turned heads at the Grammys red carpet on Sunday night with her matador-inspired red carpet look. But it's far from the first time that the Material Girl went with a wacky outfit for the awards show. Here, we take a look back at some of her most noteworthy Grammy styles.

What do you think: Is she a timeless icon or just plain crazy?

Rocking a matador-inspired look on the2015 red carpet

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A devilishly red costume for her 2015 performance

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Madonna performs "Living for Love" at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8.

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EXCLUSIVE: Charles Worthington shares backstage gossip from Savoy Hotel styling suites to red carpet glamour at 2015 …

THE 2015 BAFTAs saw an elite of glamorous celebrities makes their way down the red carpet at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday night.

The likes of Laura Haddock, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Kara Tointon stunned in gorgeous dresses andfinished the red carpet look with perfectly groomed tresses all thanks to hair stylist to the stars, Charles Worthington.

Speaking exclusively to OK! Online the morning after the night before, Charles revealed that he and his team of 15 stylists "did about 200 heads of hair" over the weekend for the pre-BAFTA party at Kensington Palace on Saturday followed by the awards on Sunday.

"It was a lot of fun. The parties go on and on which was great," he gushed.

"We had such fun in the suite at the Savoy Hotel. I walked down the carpet with Sienna Guillory and Kara Tointon which was fabulous. They both looked gorgeous.

"On the BAFTA day, the lovely thing about having the suites at the Savoy is that you're cacooned in a lovely safe environment.

"It means that everyone who comes in can relax and completely enjoy themselves and by the time they're on the red carpet, they're looking fantastic and feeling fantastic."

Charles explained that he works with each celebrity individually by looking at their face shape and dresses.

"The important thing is that the total look works together," he said.

"We've been doing the BAFTAs now for seven years so we're very rehearsed at knowing what looks good and what doesn't look good and what works on the red carpet.

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Grammys red carpet: A mix of traditional and audacious

Grammys newcomer Sam Smith looked dapper in a white bow tie and Madonna rocked one of the season's most eclectic red carpets Sunday in a bedazzled two-corner black hat, burlesque-esque corset look with matching thigh high boots.

Fashion is always a little crazy at the Grammys, guys included, but first-time nominee Smith soaked it all up in a more traditional tuxedo as he managed his nerves going up against some of his idols.

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Madonna's big-shouldered shorty outfit was custom Givenchy couture by Riccardo Tisci. She wore not much underneath, flashing a black thong and fishnets at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. She wasn't a hit with some in the Twitter peanut gallery: "Just got a glimpse of Madonna arriving. Seems to be channeling some mix of the Duchess of Windsor and Mae West," one chimed in.

Beyonce and Miley Cyrus went for black -- Cyrus in strategic, sexy cutouts and the queen in a low-V neck embellished look with a train from Proenza Schouler.

Audacious singer-actress Joy Villa was encaged in revealing bright orange, and it was unclear how Sia could see under her huge shaggy white wig.

Brandy Clark showed off a killer pair of metallic silver Prada pumps under a sparkly, second-skin silver-and-black gown, while Nick Jonas chatted hands in pockets of a light gray tweed suit with a touch of yellow and ultra-skinny trousers.

How's Clark handling newfound fame and regular everyday life? "Squeeze myself into this dress, for starters," she told The Associated Press.

Ariana Grande had her signature high ponytail in place, wearing a white and silver, one-shoulder Versace with a cut out back -- Big Sean by her side. "I'm wearing Saint Laurent man, head to toe," he added of his shades of black tuxedo.

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NASA releases amazing video of moon's far side

Sometimes, it seems to be a cosmic misfortune that we only get to view the universe from a singular vantage point.

Take the example of our single natural satellite. As theMoonwaxes and wanes through its cycle of phases, we see thefamiliar face of the lunar nearside. This holds true from the day were born until the day we die. The Romans and Paleolithic man saw that same face, and until less than a century ago, it was anyones guess as to just what was on the other side.

Enter the Space Age and the possibility to finally get a peek at the universe from different perspective via our robotic ambassadors. This week, the folks over at NASAs Scientific Visualization Studio released a unique video simulation that utilized data from NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to give us a view unseen from Earth. This perspective shows just what the phases of the Moon would look like from the vantage point of the lunar farside:

You can see the Moon going through the synodic 29.5 day period a familiar phases, albeit with an unfamiliar face. Note that the Sun zips by, as the lunar farside wanes towards New. And in the background, the Earth can be seen, presenting an identical phase and tracing out a lazy figure eight as it appears and disappears behind the lunar limb.

Whats with the lunar-planetary game of peek-a-boo? Well, the point of view for the video assumes that your looking at down at the lunar farside from a stationary point above the Moon. Note that the disk of the Moon stays fixed in place. The Moon actually rocks or nods back and forth and side-to-side in motions referred to as libration and nutation, and youre seeing these expressed via the motion of the Earth in the video. This assures that we actually get a peek over the lunar limb and see a foreshadowed extra bit of the lunar farside, with grand59% of the lunar surfacevisible from the Earth. Such is the wacky motion of our Moon, which gave early astronomers an excellent crash course in celestial mechanics 101.

Now, to dispel some commonly overheard lunar myths:

Myth #1: The moon doesnt rotate. Yes, its tidally locked from our perspective, meaning that it keeps one face turned Earthward. But it does turn on its axis in lockstep as it does so once every 27.3 days, known as asidereal month.

Myth #2: The Farside vs. the Darkside. (Cue Pink Floyd) We do in fact see the dark or nighttime side of the Moon just as much as the daytime side. Despite popular culture, the farside is only synonymous with the darkside of the Moon during Full phase.

Humanity got its first glimpse of the lunar farside in 1959, when the Soviet Unions Luna 3 spacecraft looked back as it flew past the Moon and beamed us the first blurry image. The Russians got there first, which is why the lunar farside now possesses names for features such as the Mare Moscoviense.

Think weve explored the Moon? Thus far, no mission crewed or otherwise has landed on the lunar farside. The Apollo missions were restricted to nearside landing sites at low latitudes with direct line of sight communication with the Earth. The same goes for the lunar poles: the Moon is still a place begging for further exploration.

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NASA Aircraft, Spacecraft Aid Atmospheric River Study

NASA is part of CalWater 2015, a massive research effort to study atmospheric rivers this month. Atmospheric rivers are flows of tropical moisture across the Pacific Ocean to the West Coast, where the moisture falls as rain or snow. One type of atmospheric river is called the Pineapple Express because it originates near Hawaii.

Storms driven by atmospheric rivers produce about 40 percent of California's annual water supply, but also most of its major floods.

NASA's ER-2 instrumented research aircraft is scheduled to fly later this week as part of a field campaign to study atmospheric rivers, short-lived weather events that carry a flood of moisture from the tropics to the U.S. West Coast. Current forecasts are predicting that northern California will receive several inches of rain from an atmospheric river storm on Thursday and Friday.

CalWater 2015, a multiagency, interdisciplinary field campaign, is designed to improve understanding of when and how California ends up on the receiving end of an atmospheric river, and also how much rain these events can bring -- a crucial concern in the state's ongoing historic drought.

"In California, we count on atmospheric rivers to deliver about 40 percent of our annual freshwater supply," said Duane Waliser, chief Earth scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and a member of the CalWater 2015 scientific steering team. "They also account for most of our major floods. It's crucial that we learn as much as we can about them to help support water managers' decisions and disaster preparedness."

CalWater 2015 will run till about Feb. 27. During this period, when weather forecasters see a major atmospheric river event developing in the Pacific Ocean -- typically about five days before rain reaches the West Coast -- the ER-2 and three other research aircraft will fly through and above the storm while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's research ship, the Ronald H. Brown, makes complementary measurements from the ocean surface and NASA's ISS-RapidScat mission collects related data from its perch on the International Space Station.

The ER-2 flies at about 65,000 feet (20 kilometers) -- above 94 percent of Earth's atmosphere. It will carry four scientific instruments designed and managed at NASA.

"We're adding a unique remote sensing component to the campaign," said JPL's David Diner, principal investigator for AirMSPI, one of the onboard instruments. "It's exciting for us to coordinate with other aircraft that are flying at lower altitudes and with surface facilities, and to contribute the contextual view that we get from the high altitude."

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+ AirMSPI, JPL's Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager, which observes both natural and polarized sunlight reflected from Earth at multiple viewing angles to study microscopic airborne particles, cloud cover and other factors related to weather.

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SPE ANTEC Plenary Speakers address progress via 2 technologies.

Experts from White House Office of Science & Technology and Arburg Will Speak on Technologies with Implications for the Future of the Plastics Industry

BETHEL, CT, U.S.A. Speakers at the plenary sessions of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC 2015 will discuss two technologies that will be key drivers in the future progress of the plastics industry: nanotechnology and additive manufacturing.

ANTEC 2015 will take place March 23-25, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, FL, U.S.A. and will be co-located with the NPE2015 international plastics show. The plenary speakers and their topics will be as follows:

Monday, March 23 Michael A. Meador is a NASA specialist in nanotechnology who is currently on loan to serve as the director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), National Science and Technology Council, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His address will be titled The Role of Nanotechnology in Current and Future Space Missions.

Tuesday, March 24 Heinz Gaub is managing director of technology and engineering for Arburg, Inc. His address will be titled Arburg Plastic Freeforming: Additive Manufacturing of Plastic Parts Using Standard Granulates.

Mr. Gaubs presentation will be the forerunner of two technical sessions on additive manufacturing / 3D printing scheduled for Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday, March 25.

Information on SPE ANTEC 2015 is available at http://www.antec.ws.

SPEs Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) is the largest, most-respected, and well-known technical conference in the plastics industry globally. For over 70 years, ANTEC has successfully expanded from U.S. into Europe, India, and the Middle East with further expansion to global locations in 2015 and beyond. Each event features technical and business presentations on new and evolving technologies, panel discussions, as well as tutorial sessions. Networking events and student functions provide attendees with ample networking opportunities with experts from the largest industry segments.

The mission of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is to promote scientific and engineering knowledge relating to plastics worldwide and to educate industry, academia, and the public about these advances. SPE is active in educating, promoting, recognizing, and communicating technical accomplishments for all phases of plastics and plastic based-composite developments in the global transportation industry. Topic areas include applications, materials, processing, equipment, tooling, design, and development. Visit http://www.4spe.org.

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How YouTube changed the world

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In late 2005, when YouTube was just a few months old, one its co-founders announced that the sites users were consuming the equivalent of an entire Blockbuster store each month. Today, 300 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute. And Blockbuster Well, kids, Blockbuster was a video rental shop offering films on DVD and VHS. VHS tapes were like giant cassettes. Cassettes were Oh, never mind.

The online video behemoth has become the worlds third most-visited website, after Google and Facebook. According to Jawed Karim, he and two of his PayPal colleagues, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, launched the site after becoming frustrated that they couldnt find footage of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and, er, Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl the same year.

This high-and-low ethos is baked into YouTubes culture. Its been lauded for promoting democracy and reenergising education, while being disparaged for its endless cat videos and nasty user comments.

What is beyond debate is YouTubes influence (spotted by a far-sighted Google in 2006, when it bought the site for $1.65 billion). Almost anyone can upload almost anything to YouTube, for free, and be in with a chance of reaching its one billion monthly users whether theyre activists, terrorists, politicians or pop stars (or just the proud owner of a mutant giant spider dog). It has changed our world.

The 40-year old MP for Witney scrapes plates into a bin, while his wife helps their children get ready for school in their handsome kitchen.

Watch out BBC, ITV, Channel 4. We're the new competition. We're a bit wobbly, but this is one of the ways we want to communicate with people properly, says David Cameron. It is October 2006 and WebCameron, a new YouTube channel, is born.

Ten months earlier Cameron had won the Conservative leadership on a platform of reaching the voters others could not. The expenses scandal was brewing and Steve Hilton, his top adviser, realised the new website offered a chance to by-pass the television broadcasters and win over voters whod never touched the Tories.

In the eight years since, YouTube has become a raucous town square for those who aspire to power, good and evil. Isil and KKK propaganda videos jostle for attention alongside English town council candidates and teenage pranksters. The veteran Middle East reporter, Jeffrey Goldberg, recently wrote that extremists no longer bother meeting with journalists. They dont need a middleman anymore. Journalists have been replaced by YouTube.

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