As storms become more powerful and more damaging, will living on the coasts become simply impossible? Insurance companies might try to price you out before we find out.
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Read More »The Science Behind The Drone Terrorism Attack
A Massachusetts physics graduate student and former alt-rock drummer was arrested for planning a terrorist attack on the Pentagon and on the Capitol. But unlike most wannabe terrorists, Rezwan Ferdaus appears to have actually understood how to make bombs. An American graduate student working on a physics MA was arrested yesterday after authorities discovered he was planning to attack the Capitol and Pentagon with explosives-laden drone aircraft.
Read More »Reader Mail: October 2011
Readers respond to our our story about globetrotting 21-year-old Ankur Jain and our How I Did It feature package, along with columns by Jason Fried and Meg Hirshberg. Tales From the Front Readers of all ages enjoyed our cover story about 14 entrepreneurs and their successes, failures, and lessons learned (" How I Did It ," July/August) .
Read More »The Business of The High Line
Heres a look at the companies that provided the lighting, plants, irrigation system, and teak in New York Citys High Line park.
Read More »Copping a Latitude: Genetics Supports Idea Cultural Interaction Was More East to West Than North to South
East often meets West and vice versa, but did North frequently meet South when it comes to the history of people and technological innovations migrating across the continents? New genetic analysis suggests the way that continents are oriented may indeed have played a key role in our cultural interactions over time
Read More »Fukushima Fallout in Japan
On March 13 of this year, 17 year old Yuuko Sato and 13 year old Mina Sato left the only home they'd ever known on an organic farm in Fukushima prefecture. They now live more than two hours by train to the north, in Yamagata
Read More »Ric Elias: How Facing Death Changed My Life (And My Business)
"If I wasn't afraid of dying, why should I be afraid of failing?" asked Ric Elias, who survived a plane crash in 2009.
Read More »"Person Of Interest" Creator Jonathan Nolan Isn’t Paranoid–Or Is He?
“There are apps that ask what your mood is, or track the transmission of disease," says Nolan, whose new, J.J. Abrams-produced drama premieres tomorrow on CBS.
Read More »Is Less Really More?
A new study finds evidence to support the idea of 'less is more'. Here's why scaling your company with fewer clients may just contribute to your company's long-term health.
Read More »How Risky Are Cash Advances?
While a quick source of capital, cash advances can be a gamble. Ask yourself these four questions before tapping into this source
Read More »U.S. Bests Canada in Lowering Child Flu Rates
Pity our neighbors to the north.
Read More »Offshore Wind Turbines Keep Growing in Size
Whipped by winds exceeding 90 mph and battered by 15-foot waves, hundreds of wind turbines produce electricity off the coast of the North Sea and send it onshore to power homes and businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark.
Read More »7 Ways to Work From Anywhere
Author John Warrillow shares the tech tools he uses to run his start-up remotely while traveling through Europe.
Read More »Lewis eyes hometown success at LPGA event
Stacey Lewis might have the home-course advantage this week, but that doesn't guarantee anything against a loaded field at the LPGA's P&G NW Arkansas Championship.
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