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Do we have free will? It is an age-old question which has attracted the attention of philosophers, theologians, lawyers and political theorists.
Read More »How to Spread a Great Idea
Got great ideas? Channel your inner Seth Godin and start spreading them around
Read More »Can Algae Feed the World and Fuel the Planet? A Q&A with Craig Venter
Microbes will be the (human) food- and fuel-makers of the future, if J.
Read More »NYPD Clears Out Zuccotti Park, Christie’s To Hold Online-Only Auction, Australian Court Will Hear Samsung vs. Apple In March
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. NYPD Clears OWS Camp In Zuccotti Park . New York police cleared the makeshift Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park last night displacing the assembled protestors at what was the heart of the global Occupy protests
Read More »Cruises lead strong revival of New Orleans tourism
Mark and Glenda Dodd of Panama City Beach, Florida, could have booked a Mexico-bound cruise out of Miami, but on Monday they stood among hundreds of other passengers lining up to board the Carnival Cruise Line ship Elation in New Orleans.
Read More »Video: Heart patient sees results in stem cell study
After suffering a serious heart attack two years ago, Ken Miles volunteered to be patient No. 1 in a risky clinical trial involving stem cells
Read More »Video: A victory against heart disease?
A lot of stem cell studies give hope but ultimately don't pan out.
Read More »Video: Supreme Court to review health care act
The Supreme Court will decide whether President Obama's landmark health care legislation, which requires that all Americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty, is unconstitutional. Jan Crawford reports.
Read More »Stem cells help regenerate damaged heart
Ken Milles' heart improved 50 percent after receiving laboratory-grown stem cells in small, experimental medical trial
Read More »Cyberwar Most Likely to Take Place Among Smaller Powers, Experts Say
Most Americans who worry about cyberwarfare are concerned that it will be directed against the United States.
Read More »New Space Station Crew Launches in Spectacular Snowy Display
A Russian rocket successfully lifted off from snowy Central Asia tonight (Nov. 13), carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
Read More »Unusual November Warmth Tricks Plants, Animals into Springtime Behavior
Some of the warmest early November weather on record has plants and animals behaving oddly in the UK. [More]
Read More »Paving Slab Generates Electricity with Footfalls
LONDON--It could be the last word in concrete solutions to carbon emissions: a paving slab that generates electricity with every footstep taken on it, providing clean power to both cities and remote areas not connected to a national grid. Best of all, it requires mainly used tires and concrete
Read More »Pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar works in adults, FDA says
Agency says vaccine is just effective as rival vaccine at preventing potentially deadly infection
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