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Google Plus' stringent real-names-only policy appears to be hurting the new social networking site's popularity among activists worldwide. Will Google ever change their approach?

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that washed ashore in an Alaska village last week and sparked pollution concerns turns out to be a mass of crustacean eggs or embryos, government scientists said on Monday. [More]

Large international corporations can control a wide variety of smaller companies.

Large international corporations can control a wide variety of smaller companies. [More]

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Arsonists set several buildingsablaze in Croydon on the southern outskirts of London, [More]

Charles Darwin had more in common with chimpanzees than even he realized. [More]

Hollywood seems to have caught alien fever. In the past few months, a slew of big-budget alien movies has hit theaters, from kiddie flicks ("Mars Needs Moms") to comedies ("Paul") to high-octane action films ("Battle: Los Angeles," "Green Lantern" and the just-released " Cowboys & Aliens ," among others).

Hardly anyone has heard of them, but millions of pounds of glymes are used every year to make household products throughout the United States. Now time is running out for glymes – at least when it comes to new uses in consumer products. [More]

Editor's note: This slide show is part of a four-part series that Anne Casselman, a freelance writer and regular contributor to Scientific American , reported in early June during a rare opportunity to conduct field reporting on grizzly bears in Heiltsuk First Nation traditional territory in British Columbia. For a first-person reflection on her experience there, click here .

Developing countries don’t have the same access to satellite information as do first-world nations. A given country might want to monitor dust storms, measure rice yields or track population migrations

After Google+, does the world need another online community? Storytree thinks it does and offers a site to help family members tell their favorite tales. "With Facebook and Google Circles, you get a lot of noise going on," a cofounder tells us

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Groupon's Accounting Tricks . Groupon, reacting to pressure from the SEC is filing a new S1 form that ditches a controversial Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income accounting trick.

In the not-too-distant future broadband speeds will be measured in gigabits per second rather than megabits per second, the former being 1,000 times faster than the latter. Such blazing fast data transmission will vastly improve the quality of streaming high-definition video, playing online video games, participating in video conferences and using voice over IP, all of which struggle with latency at today's average data transfer rates, which range from less than one megabit per second (Mbps) to 10 Mbps (pdf) . The sticking point over gigabit-per-second broadband: who will pay for it?

By Colleen Jenkins ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) - More extreme weather was expected across the country on Sunday, as parts of the Midwest and Northeast faced possible flooding from slow-moving storms while blistering triple-digit temperatures were expected in coastal Southeastern states.

The idea is simple: supply people with smart meters that give real time information on electricity use and price. Armed with the new information, consumers might opt to plug in their laptop in the middle of the night instead of, say, the middle of the day. As a bonus, the system would lead to more use of renewable energy sources like the wind and sun