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Feed SubscriptionIt’s Not All About The Big 3: To Kick-Start Michigan’s Economy, Rick DeVos Invests In Art & Startups
A native son of western Michigan, Rick DeVos believes if business can let go of some control and give people big opportunities to test their ideas, they’ll achieve astonishing results. Rick DeVos is a 29-year-old entrepreneur who wants to jump-start the economy in his home state of Michigan. But don’t file him away between developers of lakeside casinos , film production facilitators ,
Read More »We Are All T-Pain
To survive in a shaky music industry, singers must become brands. That’s why this one just sold his voice. img.float-left {margin:0px !important;padding:3px !important;width:190px;} "I'm never thinking, What are the kids into today?" says T-Pain.
Read More »Sean Pecknold’s Multiplane Animation Invokes A Mystical Journey For Fleet Foxes
Pecknold walks us through his latest video, "The Shrine/An Argument," which draws on an animation technique from the 1970s.
Read More »Why do women fake orgasms? Study suggests surprising answer
Can "faking it" be an evolutionary adaptation?
Read More »Video: Pediatricians release flat head treatment guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics is releasing guidelines for Plagiocephaly, the syndrome that causes flat heads in babies, which is affecting infants who sleep on their back. Randall Pinkston reports.
Read More »Turntable’s Billy Chasen Makes Music Social Again
Experiencing music as a social activity used to mean going to a concert, or maybe a party. And to learn about new music or artists in the days of yore, you had radio, record shops, or the much-fabled mix tape .
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Read More »"A Bit Amish" Comics Legend Alan Moore Goes Online To Honor Harvey Pekar
The notoriously reclusive Alan Moore talks with us about Harvey Pekar’s influence, quantum physics, Frank Miller’s rant, why he usually avoids the Internet, and his unprecedented videoconference to raise Kickstarter cash for a Pekar memorial statue. Alan Moore authored what many consider the seminal graphic novel of the 20th century, Watchmen.
Read More »The City Of The Future Will Be Covered In Lichen
Lichen loves to grow on tall, rocky mountains. But it doesn't know the difference between that and a skyscraper. Covering our buildings in it would keep them cool for free, if one artist's experiments work out.
Read More »Creating Artificial Muscles More Powerful Than Anything In Nature
By observing the inner workings of an octopus's leg or an elephant's trunk, scientists have created muscles from carbon nanotubes that could one day power machines.
Read More »Chickenpox vaccine protects unvaccinated? What study says
Since U.S. Varicella Vaccination Program kicked off in 1995, fewer unvaccinated infants die from chickenpox - Why?
Read More »HIV-blocking gel tenofovir shown ineffective
Researchers end clinical trial after gel proves no better than placebo at protecting women against HIV/AIDS
Read More »6 Ways to Write a Bad Business Blog
There are lots of ways to ruin your company blog, but these six are among the most egregious. Want people to read your business blog
Read More »What Pro Wrestling Can Teach You About Business
Behind the spandex and the melodrama of those WWE matches, there's solid business advice. Seriously. There’s a professional wrestling term —please don’t ask me how I know this—that you should apply to your business
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