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Dear EarthTalk: Radioactive rain recently fell in Massachusetts, likely due to Japan’s nuclear mess. Given the threats of radiation, wouldn’t it be madness now to continue with nuclear power

Turns out that building bike lanes isn't just a benefit for bikers. Building those bike lanes provides a big boost to the economy.

These days, it takes nearly a half-dozen apps to keep up with all our fragmented social networks. But a new app out today called Banjo aims to solve those disconnections by integrating all your social networks into one streamlined service. We shoot out quick updates to friends on Facebook.

It sounds like something out of a comic book or a science fiction movie – a living laser – but that is exactly what two investigators at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed.

Vasu Kulkarni is using his computer engineering and entrepreneurship degrees to elevate the playing experience for high-school basketball teams. | Photograph by David Yellen Startup Krossover is bringing number-crunching technology to high-school athletics. DATA ANALYTICS has recently become a red-hot trend in professional sports

Dear EarthTalk : Can you explain the 2010 Safe Cosmetics Act?

The locavore movement makes its way into organic baby food. You may have heard of organic baby food and even gourmet baby food

Readers respond to our cover story about Etsy founder Rob Kalin, a feature about spying on the competition, and Jason Fried's column about running a flat company. The World of Etsy Our cover story about Etsy founder and CEO Rob Kalin [" Rob's World ," April ] sparked a lively online debate

A bootstrapper's guide to saving money on office furniture, phone service, computers, business travel, and more For self-funded entrepreneurs, there are few skills more crucial than the ability to do more with less. That could be why many business owners take pride in hunting down deals and driving hard bargains. In that spirit, we have compiled tips to help you save big on a variety of office necessities.

It sounds like a reality show pitch: The legendary Facebook investor, PayPal founder, and thorn in the side of college deans everywhere announces what happens when 24 people, picked to live among mentors and innovation experts, stop going to school and start getting real--in business. One climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

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01 / Nissan > > For creating the Leaf, the first mass-market, all-electric car. To make the switch from gas to electricity easier, Nissan is working with electric companies and cities, such as Houston, to build public charging networks.

So much for trade secrets.

LABOR COSTS Average hourly compensation costs (wages, benefits, payroll taxes) for manufacturing workers, out of 34 surveyed countries: 1. Norway $53.89 14.

Money Matters Jason Fried's article about making money [" How I Got Good at Making Money ," March] sparked a lively discussion on Inc.com. "Fantastic article, Jason," wrote Richard Hull, co-founder and CEO of GetInToo.com in Southaven, Mississippi