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(Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said. The Department of the Interior declared on Monday there was "no overlapping competitive interest" in proposed areas for building the line off the mid-Altantic coast. [More]
Read More »Microbial Mules: Scientists Experiment With Engineering Bacteria to Transport Nanoparticles and Drugs
Tiny robots that swim through our blood vessels attacking viruses and malignant cells have not quite crossed the line that separates science fiction from science--but there might be a way to jump-start their development.
Read More »Think that’s not fair? Your serotonin transporters must be high.
“That’s not FAIR !” This is the line that rings through most houses with at least one kid. We all know when something’s not fair. That car that drove up the shoulder while you waited in traffic (rrrrr)
Read More »Need Cash? It’s Time to Refi
Refinancing at today's microscopic rates can build you a cash-flow cushion that could save your bacon one day. What are you waiting for? Interest rates are at lows you may never see again in your lifetime.
Read More »Nobel winner thought prize call was ‘student joke’
When a Swedish voice came down the line informing him he had a "very important call" Tuesday night, Australia's newest Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt assumed it was an elaborate undergraduate joke.
Read More »Successful Celebrity Entrepreneurs
They aren't exactly bootstrappers, but these stars ventured outside their celebrity comfort zones to start their businesses. The “Sex and the City” star opened The Cutting Room in 1999 with business partner Steve Walter
Read More »Balancing Acts Introduction
Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the wife of Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg. In these video she describes the ups and downs of having the line between business and family disappear
Read More »Nicklaus pulling for Tiger record — well, sort of
If Tiger Woods wins his 19th major championship, Jack Nicklaus wants to be there to shake his hand.
Read More »Bell & Ross’ Fly Boys
Bell & Ross’ Vintage collection hearkens to the 1940s, when watches were key instruments for pilots. The retro aviation spirit infuses the entire range, including two recent arrivals to the line: the Vintage Original and Vintage Officer models. The Vintage Originals ($2,600 to $3,900) are rugged re-editions of ’40s-era pilot ...
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