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News updates all day from Fast Company. Apple has been under fire from Australian authorities over claims it misled consumers there with information that the new iPad is a "4G" device.

LONDON -- The impact of human activity on the Earth is running out of control, and the amount of time in which action can be taken to prevent potentially catastrophic climate change is rapidly dwindling, a leading scientist from the Australian National University told a global scientific climate conference in London yesterday.

By David Stanway and James Regan BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tackling pollution, not freeing up trade, is regarded as the solution to a global shortage of rare earths, the metals that are the building blocks of the 21st century.

WAGGA WAGGA, Australia (Reuters) - Thousands of spiders have cast eerie webs over vast areas of flood-hit Australia after being forced to seek shelter by the rising waters.

(PhysOrg.com) -- If a practical quantum computer is ever to be realized, conventional electronic devices will have to interface with the delicate quantum systems such as atoms or ions in traps or wisps of magnetism near superconducting sensors.

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's rapid expansion of coal ports in the next decade will threaten the Great Barrier Reef as increased ship traffic, port infrastructure and dredging put pressure on the world's largest coral reef, Greenpeace said on Thursday. Coal is one of Australia's top export earners, and the Great Barrier Reef sits off the coast of the eastern state of Queensland, the country's largest coal-producer.

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There is much the corporate world can learn from this 25-year-old diva, whose talent for building a brand might even surpass her formidable performing chops.

Dr. Larry Legler, of Blue Springs, Mo., told Australian Simon Fletcher to get to hospital immediately

A new study says powerful people feel taller than they are. What does it mean for your company?

From using protests in Egypt to promote clothing lines to a viral campaign video, we take a look at the worst social media blunders of 2011 and what you can learn from them. Social media is immediate. An insensitive or inaccurate tweet can quickly make it around the world before any apology or explanation can even be typed.

Floppy Starfish Bot Soft-shelled robots have popped up from time to time, but none perhaps have been as amazing as this new innovation from Harvard . It's a super-floppy starfish-esque robot that can crawl, maneuver, and wiggle its way along the ground...and can also squirm its way into tight spaces and even through tiny holes. Just like the worms of your squirmiest nightmares! Enjoy! [youtube QpnLj-rzjIo] The robot is just five inches long, pneumatically powered and was designed to replicate the motions of a real sea creature

What happens when a teenager tells a governor he “#blowsalot” on Twitter? Here are four lessons on teens, social media, and politics from the Emma Sullivan affair.