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Feed Subscription‘Superdeep’ Diamonds Hint at Depth of Carbon Cycle
Diamonds from deep underground now reveal that the activities of life can have effects far beneath Earth's surface, researchers find. All life on Earth is based on carbon
Read More »Shut Up Little Man!: How Vitriol Went Viral In 1987
Peter was gay; Raymond was a homophobe.
Read More »Video: Adopting 12 children with special needs
A couple in Bayside, N.Y., discuss their life-changing decision to adopt 12 children with special needs after a cancer scare left them grateful for the time they didn't think they'd have.
Read More »Quarter-Sized Energy-Harvesting Gadget Generates 100 Times The Power Of Similar Devices
Tiny movements can be converted to a lot of power with this latest advancement in piezeoelectrics, so even stationary gadgets can be powered just by their own subtle vibrations. Wireless sensors are an invaluable part of modern society.
Read More »Phillip Lim: "We Live By The Dress, We Die By The Dress"
Inside the life and mind of Phillip Lim, one of the most talented and most elusive young fashion designers of our time.
Read More »How Erly Will Organize The Digital Flotsam Of Your Life
Erly is founded by Hulu’s former technical and product leads. Collections is one of three applications the team plans to launch in the coming months
Read More »The Method Method Of Creating And Nurturing Amazing Corporate Culture
If a strong, inspiring corporate culture is greater than the sum of its parts, is it worthwhile--or even possible--to bother with the building blocks? In a Fast Company exclusive book excerpt, the founders of Method share how they kept their corporate culture vibrant as their business expanded exponentially
Read More »The Bully Within
We’ve all witnessed or experienced the affects of bullying in children, but adults are not immune to bullying characteristics. An adult bully will attempt to gain power over another person, and make himself or herself the dominant adult
Read More »Why I Fired My Biggest Client
How one Inc. 5,000 CEO coped with losing his largest customer, and why it helped his company grow Losing a big client can spell disaster for a start-up. For Tiempo Development , it spelled opportunity
Read More »Eric Ries Is A Lean Startup Machine
There's a whole industry devoted to promulgating the myth that all an entrepreneur needs is perseverance, creative genius, and hard work. Ries learned the hard way this isn't true
Read More »Leadership Is About Taking The Long View
We have become chained to a short-term outlook--leaving America to fall behind in the global marketplace. We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from the 20th Anniversary edition of On Becoming A Leader (1989) by Warren Bennis.
Read More »Man Fired for Using Gun to Foil Robbery
A Walgreens pharmacist fires a gun, he says, in self-defense, and then is fired. A Michigan pharmacist is suing Walgreens after the chain fired him for shooting a concealed weapon during a break in
Read More »Gamer Heal Thyself With Jane McGonigal’s SuperBetter
When Jane McGonigal suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2009, she created a game, SuperBetter, to help herself heal. Today, she unveiled a new platform, SuperBetter, to help others cure what ails, from obesity to a broken leg to addiction. Deeply impacted by a traumatic brain injury in 2009, and struggling with traditional therapy, Jane McGonigal created a game--SuperBetter--to help heal herself
Read More »The Merit Of Slow Capital
If you going to ask for a handout, do so carefully and deliberately. You don't want to just jump into a relationship with an investor.
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