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Reppler's service is the virtual morning after pill to purge any and all inappropriate content that you or your friends posted on Facebook.

The 1.5-meter-long gash that opened up in the upper cabin of Friday's Southwest Airlines Flight 812 from Phoenix to Sacramento will have a deep impact on the nature and frequency of commercial aircraft maintenance. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a directive on Tuesday ordering about 175 Boeing 737 aircraft--80 of which are registered in the U.S., most of those operated by Southwest--to be inspected using an electromagnetic device that can identify metal fatigue. [More]

New data from research firm Common Sense Advisory suggests that if your brand is to achieve truly global reach in our online world, your website must "speak" more than 16 languages.

Quantum information science is a bit like classroom management--the larger the group, the harder it is to keep everything together. [More]

Last week, Biz Stone appeared on the Howard Stern Show, where the satellite-radio host grilled the Twitter cofounder on virtually every aspect of the social network. One of the funnier parts of the interview came when Stern asked Stone about how much money he's made from Twitter, to which Stone replied that he makes a perfectly good salary, has a mortgage, and leases a Mini.

A human rights organization goes for a big splash with a Facebook game with both online and offline elements.

When plans to build North Dakota's largest transmission line in three decades were unveiled, it seemed as though the political, legal and economic stars were in alignment. Minnesota's legislators wanted more renewable power, North Dakota farmers looked forward to the extra income, and environmental groups championed the line for carrying "green power" and cutting reliance on coal. A 345-kilowatt, 270-mile-long transmission line in North Dakota has been in the planning stages since 2009.

Amateur chef and comedian Nadia Giosia broke into the competitive world of celebrity cooking with the power of her online community. Nadia Giosia, the saucy Italian comedian behind Cooking Channel's hit show, Bitchin' Kitchen , broke into the elite world of television chefs through the grassroots enthusiasm of her fierce online fans.

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Hulu's Big Profits Hulu is poised to make half a billion dollars in 2011 and saw a 50% increase in advertisers in Q1. The Sleepless Elite A handful of genetically blessed workaholics need far less sleep than the average person--only a few hours a night, sometimes much less.

A rolling stone gathers no moss. But a salamander embryo can attract algae. Inside its tissues and cells

Whereas this August 23, 1919, Scientific American article acknowledged that there wasn’t anything particularly novel about a portable boat, the convenience offered by the one invented by Mr.

Psychologists have long known that many people are prejudiced towards others based on group affiliations, be they racial, ethnic, religious, or even political. However, we know far less about why people are prone to prejudice in the first place

I still remember the excitement and fear of April 12, 1961, the day Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. I was seven years old: too young to fully appreciate the thrill many people felt that the mysterious universe beyond Earth had suddenly been conquered and that the adventures of the swashbuckling Flash Gordon were now one step closer to reality

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Despite the wide availability of potassium iodine to mitigate ingestion exposure to radioactive iodine in the air, food or beverages, there is still no magic medicine to give to people who have been--or will be--exposed to high levels of direct radiation. [More]