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How to determine you're on a dead-end business path. Tips from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and Marc Barros, CEO of Contour hands-free video cameras.
Read More »India Balks at Greenhouse Gas Emission Cuts
India appears to be pressing the reset button on its international climate change commitments. [More]
Read More »Towing my weight: Partnering with commercial shipping for whale and dolphin research
I didn t give much thought to shipping until I started doing my PhD on whales and dolphins. Food magically appeared onto store shelves out of thin air, where I bought it. I don t think most of us give much thought to where our food comes from , but once I started paying attention how things get around, it was hard to stop
Read More »Ultrafast sonograms shed new light on rapid phase transitions
An international team of physicists has developed a method for taking ultrafast 'sonograms' that can track the structural changes that take place within solid materials in trillionth-of-a-second intervals as they go through an important physical process called a phase transition.
Read More »Pirate-Eye Pigeons Reveal How the Brain Talks to Itself
As a baby bird develops, its body contorts to fit within the confines of its egg . The bird's neck twists so that one side of its head is tucked against its chest. In this position, the bird's left eye remains nestled among sprouting feathers--where it does not receive much light from the outside world--whereas the right eye is pressed up against the eggshell, glimpsing flickers of light and shadow through a veil of calcium carbonate.
Read More »Coca Cola to revise levels of 4-MI chemical in U.S. sodas amid cancer concerns
4-MI, which provides the caramel color in sodas, has been proven to cause cancer in rats
Read More »Our Storytelling Minds: Do We Ever Really Know What’s Going on Inside?
Nobel Prize winning neuropsychologist Roger Sperry. Image Credit: Wikipedia. W.J.
Read More »‘Pink slime’ meat may be on school lunch menus
Although many fast-food chains, including McDonald's, have said they are pulling the infamous "pink slime" from their hamburgers, school districts across the country are still serving it to kids.
Read More »Why Email Sabbaticals Are An Essential Part Of danah boyd’s Work Flow
[twistage 84d3fb5e5b41c] As a Senior Researcher for Microsoft, danah boyd , (yes, all lowercase, she had her name legally changed), studies how we work, live, and play on the Internet. While the well-known researcher truly loves social media and the online universe, she also understands that sometimes we all need to turn off and tune out.
Read More »Old Media To New: Don’t Mind If We Do!
Getty Images has just signed up the snapshots of photographer Nick Laham into its photo archive, ready to license them out for use online, in newspapers, or even on TV. That's not a shocker seeing as this is what Getty does.
Read More »Gene differences in tumors making cancer treatment difficult
Scientists discovered the genetics from place to place within same tumor can be vastly different, making customization of cancer treatment hard
Read More »Brandyourself And The Billion-Dollar SEO And Reputation Management Industry
You may be too proud to admit it, but you've probably Googled yourself at one point or another. And why not?
Read More »11 Habits of Highly Ineffective Managers
These behaviors drive employees crazy and limit your own advancement. Here's how to avoid them. Being the boss is hard work, but it's even harder if you're stumbling over your own mistakes
Read More »Video: Best Alzheimer’s "cure": Prevention?
Can Alzheimer's disease be prevented? UCLA Longevity Center director Dr
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