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Read More »Twitter’s Founding Moment
Hard to believe, but Twitter is already five years old. To commemorate the occassion, the site's creator and Twitter's former CEO, Jack Dorsey has been retelling the company's founding story (through his Twitter page , natch). Here's an early exchange with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone: me: Biz! How goes
Read More »New Solutions for Clean Energy
As the world continues to grapple with energy-related pollution and poverty, can innovation help? [More]
Read More »Wood Smoke Wafts Up Health Concerns
NORDEN, Calif. - On a frosty evening in the Sierra Nevada, smoke curling from the chimney of the Clair Tappaan Lodge is a welcome sight to chilly snowshoers and cross-country skiers
Read More »Nuclear Accident Is Long-Feared "Station Blackout"
“The type of accident that is occurring in Japan is known as the station blackout: loss of off-site AC power--power lines are down--and then a subsequent failure of emergency power on-site, the diesel generators. The station blackout has been one of the great concerns for decades.” Physicist Ken Bergeron, speaking on March 12 during a press briefing. He worked on nuclear reactor accident analysis at Sandia National Laboratories.
Read More »Guatemalans sue over 1940s US syphilis experiments
Guatemalans subjected to U.S. syphilis experiments in the 1940s are suing federal health officials to compensate them for health problems they have suffered.
Read More »Will Fukushima Disaster Spell the End for a U.S. Nuclear Revival?
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Read More »Radiation sickness: 8 terrifying symptoms
From vomiting blood to skin sloughing off, radiation sickness causes some very scary symptoms
Read More »5 running mistakes you didn’t know you make
If you're a runner, it can be hard to see your own mistakes.
Read More »PGT: Mickelson will play Bay Hill as Masters tune-up
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Read More »Japan earthquake: The explainer
Around 3 P.M. local time on Friday, there was a massive earthquake about 100 miles off the east coast of northern Honshu Island , Japan.
Read More »Mini disks for data storage: Slanted edges favor tiny magnetic vortices
Slanted exterior edges on tiny magnetic disks could lead to a breakthrough in data processing. Materials researchers of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany, were able to create magnetic vortices with a diameter of only one third of a thousandth of a millimeter - structures which were impossible in the past.
Read More »LivingSocial’s New Deal: $50 Worth of Japan Disaster Relief for $50
The Groupon competitor joins Apple, Zynga, and Lady Gaga, among others, in seeking cash for relief efforts. Not long ago, Groupon came under fire for Super Bowl ads that appeared to make light of serious situations abroad. And even if Groupon had offered support for the very causes it appeared to poke fun at, the damage was done.
Read More »How to Evaluate a Joint Venture
Big companies enter into joint ventures—new business entities created through business agreements—all the time. In fact, many large companies now rely on partnering up with other companies, especially smaller ones, as a way to innovate by outsourcing their research and development efforts. "Companies can't do it on their own anymore," says Dr
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