Science news now, as Kim Kardashian both becomes the most-searched Google term, and offers a profound treatise on "energy". The occasion? Wednesday's sale of jewellery belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor, which brought in $118m.
As one of the first stars to make the transition from mere "fame" to "famous for being famous", Liz in some ways paved the way for those modern entities like Kim, who skip straight to the second state without ever being recognised for anything finite. So on one level it feels appropriate that Kim should have sought to acquire something from Ms Taylor's collection.
Less encouraging, though, is the news that the reality TV star snapped up three jade and diamond bracelets for $65,000 – and did so for a deeply scientific reason.
"If you have a piece of jade," Kim explained, "the energy goes into the piece and you absorb the energy. So I can feel Elizabeth in the piece."
Can you, love? I'm sure none of us wishes to rain on Kim's parade, but if there is an afterlife, I can't help feeling Elizabeth Taylor will have rather more urgent priorities than haunting Kim Kardashian's bangles.
