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Tame Your Inner Tiger

All parents struggle to find the right balance between encouragement and discipline when it comes to raising their kids.

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South Africa tour announces $10 million WGC event

The commissioner of the Sunshine Tour says South Africa will host a World Golf Championship event in 2012 offering prize money of $10 million, making it the richest tournament in world golf.

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Hillary Clinton’s Senior Tech Advisor Talks "Radical" Global Citizenship

Alec Ross on subversive technologies, Libya, Wikileaks, and the future of digital diplomacy."We're willing to make mistakes of commission," he tells Fast Company, "rather than omission." In the turbulent center of the Venn diagram involving President Obama's multilateral foreign policy, open government mandates, and Middle-East unrest is Alec Ross, the Senior

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How to Use IndieGoGo to Fund Your Innovation

When Ian Gaffney and Samantha Abrams were looking to expand their upstate New York organic, raw, and vegan snack food company, they turned to an unlikely source for business advice: Gaffney's brother's rock band. The band, the Makepeace Brothers, had just successfully paid for the recording of their latest album using IndieGoGo , the crowdfunding site that lets users raise money for projects—and that means anything from a rock album to an art projects to cancer research.

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The Location of Every Single Nuclear Plant in the World

As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis slowly comes under control, global attention is turning to broader existential questions about nuclear power. Despite providing 6% of the world's power without emissions and fatalities from their nuclear facilities, countries like Germany and China

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Bringing a Weird Product to Market

Brian Levine was on a ski vacation with buddy Matt Keiser in 2006 when one morning, after a particularly raucous night, they discovered that a can of Red Bull had spilled into his backpack, soaking the beef jerky that lay inside. "We were hungover and we're like 'Dammit, it spilled, but we're hungry,'" says Levine, 38. "So we ate it and it wasn't horrific—and that kind of sparked an idea." The idea?

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Ahoy, Matey! South Africa Launches Pirate Satellite Network

South Africa has launched a Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system , a sophisticated network of satellites meant to monitor sea vessels and track down pirates. Somali pirates are increasingly moving South, putting South African vessels in greater jeopardy. Last year alone there were over 400 incidences of piracy off the horn of Africa, resulting in $238 million in ransoms.

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Stanley ties record, leads Honda

Kyle Stanley shot a 4-under 66 at a windy Honda Classic on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Rory Sabbatini, who tied the tournament record at PGA National with a 64.

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