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Add boring desk jobs to list of seemingly unavoidable reasons why Americans are gaining weight. Add desk jobs to the myriad reasons--including driving and your mother's pregnancy habits --why Americans are so fat.
Read More »Gel-Suspended Mushrooms Could Save Us From Starvation
If we run out of phosphate fertilizer, it will mean bad things for our future eating. But giving our crops a fungus can help us stretch our supply. The human race has a food problem
Read More »Envisioning The Omnipresent, Benevolent Internet Of The Future
Lynn St. Amour joins us for our second entry in the Crystal Ballin' series, in which CEOs and thinkers venture to speculate on what lies ahead. In today's edition, we answer the questions: What is the future of the Internet
Read More »Allergy sufferers on rise in U.S.: Where do they have it worst? (PICTURES)
New report finds allergies on increase across U.S., which some cities especially hard hit
Read More »Hackers For Egypt Advocate For A Better Democracy Through Technology
Post-revolution Egypt is in a state of flux overlooked by outsiders. New political parties are forming while various factions hustle for power.
Read More »Troubleshooter: Can this cruise be salvaged?
Denise Frantz's cruise on Carnival isn't meant to be. First her plane is delayed, and then she's denied boarding because of a paperwork problem. But wait! Didn't Carnival make her airline reservations?
Read More »At sea with KISS, Dr. Ruth and Dan Rather
On your next cruise, don't drop your plate if you see a celebrity in the buffet line on the lido deck.
Read More »Is obesity more about how we work than what we eat?
New studies suggest low physical activity at work may be causing high rates of obesity
Read More »PGT: Will Tiger play fewer tourneys outside U.S.?
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Read More »The Race For The Most Efficient Server Is Turning Tech Companies Into Power Companies
Uploading your music to the cloud isn't as simple as you might think. As more data is stored online, the cloud takes more and more energy to maintain, forcing companies to get into the business of getting power as cheaply as possible
Read More »Robo-Simulator Gives Shaky New Surgeons The Strokes Of Smooth Operators
Hands on surgical training (HoST) actually helps move the hands of surgeons in training to help them experience what it's like to make the cut. But are they actually learning? A teaching method that allows novice med students to instantly move with the same dexterity as the world's most seasoned surgeons sounds like the kind of science fiction quackery that'd get patients killed.
Read More »In Savvy PR Move, Amazon Relaunches Gaga Deal…And Dials Up The Self-Deprecation
Someone at Amazon must have read our post about how Apple spun the white iPhone 4 fail into a PR win , because it's making a game attempt at turning its Lady Gaga blunder around. The company is relaunching its Lady Gaga offer (99 cents for her new album, plus a free upgrade to 20 GB of cloud music storage on its servers), noting "this time we're ready." Earlier this week, a crush of Gaga fans jumping on the deal crashed the company's servers, creating hours-long download times and leading commenters to publicly flog Amazon via the comments section on the Gaga's Born This Way album page--creating exactly the opposite of the goodwill it was going for.
Read More »American Employees Are Staying Put
Are you content with your job? Are you truly happy, and offer to take on extra work?
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