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The giant robots in the new Transformer movies are all computer-generated. The ear-rattling sounds, however, are 100% real. Right down to the tiger with emphysema playing Megatron.

The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World by Peter Roberts and Shelley Evans. University of Chicago Press, 2011 [More]

(PhysOrg.com) -- John J. Chapman, a physicist working for NASA has presented an idea for a new type of fusion thruster for possible use by space traveling vehicles at the IEEE Symposium going on in Chicago this week. In the presentation, as explained on IEEE Spectrum, Chapman suggests that boron be used as an “aneutronic” fuel source, stating that doing so makes the energetic particles easier to deal with than traditional materials.

Yep, it's still the economy stupid, and the former president is talking small business and job creation at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. With job creation at the heart of the economic discussion in America, former President Bill Clinton will soon be joining the conversation in a big way

Flying Food Group has seen steady growth since Sue Ling Gin founded the company in 1983 to bring a higher quality of food service to commercial airlines. As applications for the 2011 Inc

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What do you do if creative agencies are constantly bugging you to create new ways to promote brands on your network? Hold a competition

Millions in new grants will help journalist hackers create visually striking graphics that will both inform the public and help reporters find patterns they didn't know were there. In the 21st century, a crack reporter's best source for juicy leads might not be pounding the pavement and hounding sources.

Four years ago, investors gingerly handed over seed money to Lumosity, a startup creating brain games. Today they're happily tossing the same company $32 million

In Augusta, Maine, an old paper mill that operated for more than a century will be turned into a new hotel and conference center. In Chicago, soil and ground water polluted with dry-cleaning solvents will be cleaned up to make room for a new library in a poor neighborhood. [More]

New program lets users earn deals for tweeting and posting to Facebook. If you are a socially savvy business traveler like Shaun Koiner, the first thing you do when you land is scan the e-mails you received while in transit, check-in on Facebook and Foursquare as you deplane, and look for breaking news on Twitter as you ride to your destination.

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Among Giants: A Life with Whales by Charles “Flip” Nicklin, with Karen M. Kostyal. University of Chicago Press, 2011 [More]

How does Facebook Places stack up against Foursquare ? It's a question many have wondered since the world's largest social network jumped into the check-in game

If there was any doubt the Obama re-election campaign was going to stomp into new digital territory in the upcoming race, it was erased by today’s announcement that it is appointing uber-hipster and tech rebel Harper Reed as the organization’s CTO. Reed, who is 33 according to the Chicago Tribune , is the former CTO of Threadless, an online clothing company that pioneered crowdsourced design