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Feed SubscriptionLondon’s Black Cabs Go Green
A fleet should be ready by the London Olympics in 2012. Zero-emission cabs are officially on their way to London.
Read More »Comfortable Vegas finds a home in Houston
Jhonattan Vegas could barely speak English when he made his first appearance in a PGA Tour event, as an amateur at the 2003 Houston Open.
Read More »Video: N.J. woman can’t close her eyes
WCBS-TV's Christine Sloan reports on a Bloomingdale, N.J. woman who is suing a plastic surgeon following an eyelid procedure that she says left her unable to close her eyes.
Read More »VeriPsych Says It Can Spot Depression, Schizophrenia in Blood
Almost 50% of psychiatric patients get a change in diagnosis over a 10-year period--meaning they may end up taking a slew of unhelpful drugs until doctors finally decide what mental illness they have. But what if a simple blood test could help discern whether patients have schizophrenia, major depression, or bipolar disorder? Rules-Based Medicine , a company that specializes in research and development for drugs and diagnostics, thinks it can.
Read More »The Elektra All-Electric Plane Takes Its Maiden Flight
Do You Know What Makes People Click? Come Work for Fast Company
Fast Company is looking for a software developer with an eye for UI/UX. This is a full-time job in our downtown New York City office. You'd work closely with designers, editors and engineers to build special edit packages, redesign pages, and launch new sites in the Fast Co.
Read More »Physicists detect low-level radioactivity from Japan arriving in Seattle
University of Washington physicists are detecting radioactivity from Japanese nuclear reactors that have been in crisis since a mammoth March 11 earthquake, but the levels are far below what would pose a threat to human health.
Read More »Morgan Spurlock on His Doc Sponsors: "We Should Have Asked for So Much More Money"
At the photo shoot for our April feature , the director of Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold talks about the process of scavenging for cash in exchange for blatant product placement in his film ... about product placement.
Read More »Food coloring fight: 8 dyes some say cause ADHD (pictures)
Food-safety advocates asked the FDA to ban eight food dyes over concerns they trigger hyperactivity in some children
Read More »ADHD: Are these 8 food dyes to blame?
Labels can help you avoid controversial chemicals - if you know what to look for
Read More »Amazon’s New Cloud Services
Keeping track of the music stored on various computers and mobile devices can be a pain. This week, Amazon unveiled Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, two services that let you store music in the cloud and access it from any Web browser or Android device. You can upload your music library to the Cloud Drive from a Mac or PC, or buy songs on Amazon’s MP3 Store and save it to the drive.
Read More »Earthquake triggering, and why we don t know where the next big one will strike
As I came through airport security in Connecticut, upon presentation of my California driver's license, the TSA officer asked me, "Aren't you folks worried about how that big Japan quake is going to hit you next?" I was glad to be able to tell him that we're not any more worried than we were before, and that a writer had just made that up.
Read More »Does Your Business Have Curb Appeal?
When my wife and I saw the ad for a small, lemon-yellow cottage, we immediately knew we wanted that house. It was in Toronto's Beaches community. Newly married and without kids, we envisioned going for long walks on the beach and then retreating to our cottage abode
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