After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, worry about the unfolding nuclear accident quickly commandeered international headlines.
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Read More »The Risks and Benefits of Mutant Flu Studies
By Ed Yong of Nature magazine Two teams of scientists, led by Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have created mutant strains of H5N1 avian influenza. [More]
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When I interviewed entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki recently, I chatted
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Earth's building blocks were more eclectic than once thought, according to a new study suggesting our planet formed from collisions of many different types of meteorites.
Read More »Follow Up: Cell Networks Fight To Be More Than Mere Data Pipelines
As the AP notes , at last week's Mobile World Congress there was a good deal of attention delivered to a company called Pinger . This was partly due to the company stall's fortuitous location at the trade show, partly because it's a leading example of new-generation companies that offer their free or low-cost non-SMS messaging services to smartphone customers.
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Read More »It’s Not Just Fukushima: Mass Disaster Evacuations Challenge Planners
On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed roads, bridges, and buildings; killed nearly 16,000 people; and critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By March 12, the U.S
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Read More »New Facebook Timeline Tells Livestrong’s Story Of Endurance
CEO Doug Ulman explains how the new social tool puts the emphasis on overcoming challenges over time, something Lance Armstrong knows about. In 2010, when Fast Company profiled Doug Ulman , the President and CEO of the
Read More »U.S. NRC to Issue First Post-Fukushima Safety Rules
By Eileen O'Grady (Reuters) - As the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, U.S.
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Tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins each year. It's not just a tragic abuse of the animals. It's bad business.
Read More »Why Comcast Will Crush Netflix
I’m sitting in my rental car outside of eBay headquarters on a rainy day in San Francisco. I’m about to step into my second day delivering an Outthinker workshop to group of technology execs from various companies. Television news here centers on the rapidly reorganizing technology landscape: the Yelp IPO, Yahoo suing Facebook during its pre-IPO quiet period
Read More »Caffeine Disrupts Sleep for Morning People, but Not Night Owls
Caffeine will get you going during the day but could leave you tossing and turning at night unless you're
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