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Recent deaths of pancreatic cancer patients Steve Jobs and Nobel laureate Ralph Steinman spotlight lethal disease
Read More »Does your child really have ADHD? 17 things to rule out first
ADHD Is Often Misdiagnosed in School Kids. Here's What Parents Need to Know to Get the Right Kind of Help
Read More »Scientists create faster DNA analyzer: What does it mean for us?
Machine can analyze DNA samples in three minutes
Read More »GM Teams Up With RelayRides To Make Peer-To-Peer Carsharing Easier
Want to rent out your car when you're not using it?
Read More »Texting while driving dangerous, study confirms: How dangerous?
Reading or composing text can double drivers' reaction times, new study shows
Read More »OK 2 txt & drive? 16 states say sure
Most states forbid motorists to text while driving, but not these
Read More »Small fire breaks out on Queen Mary 2
Fire in an engine room was quickly put out and did not cause any injuries or major damage.
Read More »Visualizing The Carbon In Our Built Environment
Architecture 2030's plan is for all buildings to proudly announce how many emissions it required to build them, to operate them, and to eventually tear them down. Architecture 2030 , a non-profit architecture and design group, intends to transform the global building sector--a source of about 10% of the world's greenhouse gases (GHG), and almost half when you include the emissions from operating buildings. The Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products, will visualize how much energy is "embedded" in
Read More »YouTube Launches Politics Channel, Disney To Acquire Indiagames, Brian Lam On Jobs, Gizmodo, And The iPhone 4
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Jobs Biography Pre-orders Up 41,800% On Amazon.com . Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs has seen a surge in pre-orders since the announcement of Jobs' death.
Read More »Stem cell advance has scientists buzzing: What does it mean?
Scientists say they've successfully cloned a human embryo that can create customized stem cells
Read More »Solar Entrepreneur Lynn Jurich: Sunny Days Ahead
What's the future of solar energy? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Lynn Jurich, cofounder of SunRun, which is flourishing in a season that has seen a few high-profile bankruptcies in solar energy. For the latest installment in our futurist series of interviews, Crystal Ballin' , we talk to Lynn Jurich, the 32-year-old cofounder of SunRun , which specializes in installing and operating solar panels on residential rooftops.
Read More »Steve Jobs: A Mega, Meta Mashup in Tweets
Wading through the river of tweets in the wake of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs's death. Steve Jobs's death [became] the trending topic of all trending topics ( @deliacabe ). He was the most innovative entrepreneur of our generation ( @SteveCase )
Read More »Nation’s worst hospitals treat more minority, poor patients
Survey of U.S. hospitals identifies 178 hospitals with low ratings for cost and quality of care
Read More »Pancreatic cancer spotlighted by Steve Jobs’ death
Rare malignancy notoriously hard to diagnose and treat
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