When Greg Ryan and his son came up with the technology to pasteurize water, they didn't know they would be leading the most important and lucrative subsector of the water industry. Perhaps no one understands the value of water better than a farmer
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If your team spends its days asking for permission before executing, taking an hour to complete expense reports or time sheets, attending redundant meetings, or answering irrelevant emails, you’ve got a problem. Processes are supposed to help organizations scale up, improve efficiency for new hires and existing employees, and so on--but they can quickly get out of control.
Read More »Blood drive planned for Aimee Copeland, 24-year-old battling flesh-eating infection
Infectious disease experts say Aimee's case rare; Woman will likely face more months of care and rehabilitation
Read More »Button batteries blamed for uptick in emergency room visits, study finds
Over 20-year-period, amount of battery-related injuries doubled; Experts warn swallowing a lithium button battery can cause death within hours
Read More »FDA considers approval of OraQuick In-Home HIV test
Experts estimate one-fifth, or about 240,000 people, of the 1.2 million HIV carriers in the U.S. are not aware of their status
Read More »Trunk Club Would Like You To Dress Better, Increase Your "Style Aptitude," Have More Sex
The Bonobos cofounder Brian Spaly has a new business that will manage your wardrobe for you. And he's serious about that sex thing, too. Brian Spaly is the CEO of Trunk Club , which recently celebrated its first million-dollar month (in revenue, not profit), as well as its 10,000th customer
Read More »Are antibiotics in meat bad for humans?
Antibiotics may cure infections in livestock, but some experts say it may hurt people who eat the meat
Read More »Are antibiotics in meat bad for humans?
Antibiotics may cure infections in livestock, but some experts say it may hurt people who eat the meat
Read More »It’s Not Quite Funny Or Die, But Improv Works To Fuel Powerful Innovation
Tina Fey’s "Bossypants" was the inspiration for Ask.com to try out improv techniques to invigorate its team. Here's what happened when they got off their duffs and found their inner monkey saddles. When we last checked in with Ask.com, the grandaddy of question and answer platforms was changing direction.
Read More »Small Business Does a Body Good?
A group of sociology professors think that start-up rates could be linked to health and fitness of a community. Experts agree that small businesses are good for the economy. But can they actually improve people's health
Read More »Research Corner: Laying Down the Law
New research shows that when organizational policies have wiggle room, more people rebel.
Read More »Video: Early signs of Autism
On World Autism Awareness Day, experts say the best thing parents can do is educate themselves about the early warning signs. Ines Ferre reports
Read More »Macondo ‘Hellfighters’ to the Rescue in North Sea Leak
By Henning Gloystein LONDON (Reuters) - Wild Well Control, a company that helped tackle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and Kuwait's raging oil fires, have joined efforts to avert disaster at a leaking gas platform off Scotland, rig operator Total said. Firefighters and engineers from the Houston-based company are experts at disasters such as oil rig explosions and have been dubbed "Hellfighters" by Hollywood. The firm was hired along with Britain's Oil Spill Response, Total said this week, after a gas leak began last Sunday aboard its Elgin platform some 240 km (150 miles) off the east coast of Scotland
Read More »Signs of Trouble at Leaking North Sea Gas Rig Month Before
By Oleg Vukmanovic and Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) - Signs of trouble aboard a North Sea drilling platform where a natural gas leak has triggered fears of a massive explosion began in a plugged well a month ago, operator Total said on Friday.
Read More »First divorce expo in U.S. aims to ‘empower’ attendees
Ending a marriage can be a harrowing process. One mother-daughter team is putting on an expo, bringing together about a hundred professionals who deal with divorce and life after divorce, from legal experts to makeup specialists.
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