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Facebook's tour to meet with investors before its initial public offering was like no other IPO roadshow.

Whirling lumps of cold space rock could one day help power our economy. Really.

Tyler Keillor (pronounced “KEEL-er”) is a soft-spoken, understated paleoartist whose work is anything but. He works at the University of Chicago as a paleoartist, reconstructing creatures that paleontologist Paul Sereno excavates on his expeditions around the world. When I met Tyler eleven years ago, he was working in a cavernous, three-story high cinderblock warehouse, with no heat and no ventilation (Sereno has since turned the space into a world-class dinosaur prep lab)

Call for Nominations Are you, or do you know, an under-30 superstar entrepreneur who we should consider for this year's 30 Under 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs list? We're calling for nominations from all industries to create a diverse list of companies led by young entrepreneurs who have the potential to become the rock star CEOs of their generation

I bought three copies of Sam Kean s The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements . I left the first one in the seat-back pocket of Delta flight 188 from Beijing to Detroit.

New York State is the key battleground that will determine the future of fracking in the U.S., and January 11, 2012, is a turning point.

The Beatles didn't just have musical talents. The band's longevity and success was largely the result of group dynamics--the same ones start-ups require. Two bands, both heralding from Liverpool

There are lots of tools designed to help you come up with innovative solutions. But sometimes the best one is a sledgehammer.

It's not just for marketing. Crowdsourcing is an efficient way to take advantage of cognitive diversity

NANTES, France--Asteroids are often considered debris, the scraps and odd lumps that went unused in the forming of the planets. But when it comes to Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in our solar system, Chris Russell hardly considers the rock a mere castoff.

Architect Gisue Hariri shares the items she can't live without. .caption {color:#666;font-size:12px;} .caption img {padding-bottom:2px;} .boxxy {display:inline-block;width:280px;border:none;margin:6px;vertical-align:top;} Photo by Ryan Pfluger To make architectural statements, Gisue Hariri employs digital technology and modern materials--but the Iranian-born architect, who runs the New York firm Hariri & Hariri with her sister Mojgan, looks to ancient sources for inspiration

Israel may be the world's next energy superpower. But is this good for the Jews?

New add-ons come to the do-stuff-while-chatting app launched by a young Israeli entrepreneur. Innobell , an app from an Israeli tech wunderkind who had to pitch an Army general to score time to work on it , launches four new add-ons today

1. What disruptive forces threaten our business? Every business faces external forces that are disruptive or threatening to success or, even, viability