After decades of more and more powerful fish-catching innovation, scientists are now developing ways for fisherman to catch just the amount, and type, of fish they need. Technological advancement on the high seas has advanced almost in lock step with the decline of healthy fisheries around the globe. Since the 1950s, fishery collapse has been predictably preceeded by new advances that allow fisherman to hoover up ever-increasing catches: floating freezer ships, 30-mile drift nets, and open season in international waters
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European Wax Center's David Coba (with his siblings) turned a disastrous sideline of his fathers salon business into a national franchise. Though his franchising company now boasts 215 salons, David Coba entered the industry rather reluctantly
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Patients with both diabetes and high cholesterol at risk for multiple health problems
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The FDA's regulatory process is the major reason and a report calls it a threat to investment to U.S. medical innovation
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The FDA's regulatory process is the major reason and a report calls it a threat to investment to U.S. medical innovation.
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"We are no longer a general purpose search engine," Kavanaugh tells us. Instead, Ask.com uses proprietary, semantic search technology to deliver answers from it's own content banks, community, experts, and from all over the web. Today, Google captures nearly 65% of all U.S.
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A new Muppet named Lily has found her way to special edition of "Sesame Street" called "Growing Hope Against Hunger." The character will talk to the show's young viewers about poverty, hunger and the insecurities they might have over their family's ability to have enough to eat. Erica Hill talks to Lily and Dr
Read More »Becoming More Skype Savvy via Recording Apps
I conduct many interviews via phone, such as with Clayton Christensen , Sunni Brown , MailChimp’s CEO Ben Chestnut , Adrian Slywotzky and Geoffrey Moore . I love phone interviews because I can learn a plethora of information from really interesting people in a fairly short period of time.
Read More »Becoming More Skype Savvy via Recording Apps
I conduct many interviews via phone, such as with Clayton Christensen , Sunni Brown , MailChimp’s CEO Ben Chestnut , Adrian Slywotzky and Geoffrey Moore . I love phone interviews because I can learn a plethora of information from really interesting people in a fairly short period of time.
Read More »Concussions landing more kids in ER: What explains trend?
Study shows 60 percent increase in ER visits among children with sports-related head injuries
Read More »Video: Prostate cancer test no longer recommended
An independent panel has concluded that a blood test used to diagnose prostate cancer is not worth its risks.
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