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You might be surprised at some of the foods that have been shown to help fight flab

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. "Google Rumored Preparing $10/Month Chrome OS Laptop Rentals " As soon as this Summer, Google might rent out Chrome OS laptops for a small monthly fee. [Update: 10:30 PM PST] Android Tracking Location Data, Too Those with Android -based smartphones who thought they were safe from Apple's recently discovered location-tracking program should think again

It's that time of the year again, when publicists everywhere pitch their most eco-friendly products in the silliest of ways. Let's hope they're at least diluting real environmentalism with reclaimed water. Happy Earth Day, everyone

Coffee in a mug could help the environment but hurt your diet

There's always a hand out-stretched begging for cash for a cause, it seems. And you probably rarely, if ever, give.

By Gwyneth Dickey Zakaib of Nature magazine A ground-based telescope that can scan the skies faster than any other of its size could help to protect satellites from collisions with space debris and each other. [More]

PGT: Westwood has share of lead in Indonesia

PGT: Garcia in contetion in China

Jim Axelrod introduces you to a group of doctors who volunteer and dress up like clowns at hospitals to help turn patient frowns upside down.

If outside influences can make people act badly, can they also be used to help people do good? In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people.

By 2020, every state in the U.S. may have comprehensive smoking bans in place, federal health officials say

Every now and then the public rises up to make an industry clean up its environmental act. As a result, car companies now offer hybrids, electrics and alternative-fuel cars

Some states have really clamped down on smokers. But not these nine

Dear EarthTalk : My daughter loves those press-on tattoos, and they’re frequently given out at birthday parties and other events. But I’ve noticed the labels say they’re only for ages three and up

These coeds may be spending some time down at the beach, but as students of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Holl, Mass., it’s for work rather than play. [More]