Jurassic meow? Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have come up with a novel idea for possibly saving endangered big cats: reproduce them in the lab.
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Millions of retailers have filed an antitrust suit against big bank credit card companies. The goal? Cutting interchange fees and ending a crushing monopoly
Read More »How India Conquered Silicon Valley
The Indians are Silicon Valley's most successful immigrants. What have they done right, and what can women and other races learn from them?
Read More »Authenticity Vs. Perfection: How To Brand Like A Rock Star
Billy Joel’s schmaltzy ballad “Honesty” spoke the truth back in 1979. Yet at the time, the accepted strategy for building a brand was creating perceptions that were often far removed from reality
Read More »Botanists finally ditch Latin and paper, enter 21st century
While some schoolchildren daydream about crushes during class, delicately inscribing their names in paper margins, others instead yearn to one day discover and name their own species for the cute boy at the corner desk. But they know little about the excess work involved in plant discovery
Read More »Botanists finally ditch Latin and paper, enter 21st century
While some schoolchildren daydream about crushes during class, delicately inscribing their names in paper margins, others instead yearn to one day discover and name their own species for the cute boy at the corner desk.
Read More »The Heliotrope House Automatically Follows The Sun Like A Plant
The sun is the greatest source of energy on the planet. Instead of spending money trying to fight its power in the summer (and supplement it in the winter), revolving homes maximize solar heat and electricity.
Read More »Facebook Buys Gowalla, Zynga Targets $1 Billion IPO, Groupon Investigated For Ad Code Breach
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Read More »HIV/AIDS in global spotlight for World AIDS Day 2011
From flash mob dancing in Romania to fireworks in Australia, activists spread life-saving message
Read More »World AIDS Day 2011: What’s happening where
From flash mob dancing in Romania to fireworks in Australia, activists spread life-saving message
Read More »Spotify Adds Third Party Apps, Australian Samsung Ban Lifted, Lenovo’s Web TV, FCC Damns AT&T-T-Mobile Deal But Allows Re-Try
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Spotify To Enable Third Party App Access . Spotify boss Daniel Ek has just revealed his music streaming website will enable third party HTML5 apps to integrate right into the Spotify platform
Read More »Yelp Goes Live in Australia
Co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman hopes that the review site will go viral Down Under without a marketing campaign. As online review service Yelp prepares for its initial public offering, the company quietly has gone live in Australia today.
Read More »This Week In Bots: Some Pop, Some Lock, Some Move Robotic
Robot Snake Tintanoboa was a real snake, a prehistoric serpent of biblical proportions--it was over 50 feet long and some of them could weigh over a ton. Thankfully he's long extinct, but to demonstrate the scale and scariness of the beast, artist group eatArt from Vancouver are building a robot version . [youtube Ocyhbij9JYQ] Yes, it really is that big--and eventually destined to have a saddle for a brave rider.
Read More »Self-harm shown common in teens: Why do they do it?
One in 12 teens say they cut, burn, or otherwise injure themselves, according to new study from Australia
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
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