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Feed SubscriptionIncrease In Alternative Fuel Vehicles Doesn’t Mean That Drivers Are Using Less Gasoline
Because you can put gas in flex-fuel vehicles, and because you can't find ethanol anywhere, just putting clean cars on the roads hasn't meant cleaner emissions. Governments and corporations--big entities that have to move a lot of stuff and people around--buy a lot of cars and use a lot of gas. In 2009, these U.S.
Read More »Building a Retro Nightlife Empire
How did a crew of former art and film students with no management or bar experience become dedicated owners of four iconic East Coast hangouts? As a kid , Paul Kermizian was younger than most everyone else at the local arcade
Read More »Kang advances in Women’s Amateur
Defending champion Danielle Kang won two matches Thursday to advance to quarterfinals in the U.S. Women's Amateur at Rhode Island Country Club.
Read More »Muslim-Majority Nations Stifling Online Expression: Report
A new OpenNet Initiative study has found that internet censorship is prevalent in Muslim-majority countries...
Read More »Making the Most of an Incubator
Incubators like Y Combinator and DreamIt Ventures are helping young companies get their start. Here's how to make the most of your time at an incubator. Mark Wachen sits in the Manhattan outpost of DreamIt Ventures, the Philadelphia-based start-up incubator.
Read More »Israel: IEI’s Land Of Oil And Money
Israel may be the world's next energy superpower. But is this good for the Jews?
Read More »Garbage in, Energy out: Turning Trash into Biofuel
Edmonton is Canada's chief oil city as well as the capital of Alberta, the province that hosts the bulk of the country's tar sands . Given the expense of converting this mix of dirt and heavy oils to more usable petroleum products, the province is not keen on alternative fuels.
Read More »Determine Your Funding Needs
Break a business plan into bite-sized pieces to save time, and focus on what matters most for you right now. The last of a three-part series
Read More »NeuroFocus Uses Neuromarketing To Hack Your Brain
Intel, PayPal, Pepsico, Google, HP, Citi, and Microsoft are spending millions to plumb your mind. Here's how it's done.
Read More »6 Reasons to Stay Small
Author John Warrillow proposes an alternative to setting your sights on building a $200 million business: Focus on building a $2 million company instead. The generally-accepted dogma among entrepreneurs is "bigger is beautiful." You're nothing until you have some brand name investors on your board and 50 employees at your command.
Read More »IBM Partners With Portland To Play SimCity For Real
The Oregon city is the first to use IBM's app to help cities figure out how policy can affect the lives of their citizens. But can any algorithm quantify the whole experience of city living?
Read More »Israel to Build $423 Million Desalination Plant
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it was building a 1.5 billion shekel ($423 million) desalination plant, which upon completion in 2013, will join four other plants in providing the country with three-quarters of its drinking water.
Read More »Israel to Build $423 Million Desalination Plant
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it was building a 1.5 billion shekel ($423 million) desalination plant, which upon completion in 2013, will join four other plants in providing the country with three-quarters of its drinking water.
Read More »In Drought-Stricken Texas, They’re Drinking Water Recycled From Urine
Don't think you'd drink water recycled from pee? Well, you may not have a choice
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