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An exclusive page from the DC Comics reboot of Action Comics shows a more human Superman as envisioned by veteran auteur Grant Morrison. It's the most iconic title in the DC Comics canon. When the original Action Comics #1 debuted in 1938, it featured the first appearance of Superman and is regarded as the first superhero comic

At the Designer Fund’s first Designer Fair, IDEO’s Elle Luna explains how brands are increasingly seeking to gain customers and build loyalty by showing their human side. Want to build your brand? Traditionally that’s meant a lot of chest thumping

Steve Jobs's return to Apple in 1997 is often referred to as the greatest second act in business history. He had been ousted more than a decade earlier in 1985, and was forced to watch helplessly as the company he built tumbled toward bankruptcy, hampered by poor management, a weak product line, and a dearth of innovation

Complete Genomics is taking a look at the genomes of 1,000 children to get a better picture of how to understand and treat pediatric cancer. Ever since we sequenced the first human genome, projects that involve delving into genes have exploded--scientists even recently just sequenced marijuana's genome . Now, a new project aims to look at some slightly younger genes

What makes a joke funny? The head of the Internet radio site's team of comedy analysts shows us the inner workings of its new Comedy Genome Project. There’s an old quote from E.B.

Facebook jumps into and out of the news like a Jack-in-the-box who's had too much caffeine, but this last week has seen an unusual amount of officially announced Facebook tweaks, as well as a bit of saber rattling regarding its future plans.

Because there isn't enough snow in Arizona to support a ski range, the Snowbowl Resort is making its own snow. But the only water available is wastewater. Some people are not pleased.

Utilities are big and slow and doing a bad job preparing for the smart-grid-enabled future. Those who can't wait are setting up smaller grids, which are becoming test sites for smart energy management technology

To compliment your online shopping, you can now download a toolbar that rates your purchases on health and environmental impact. Thinking of switching toothpastes?

It sounds like a forward-thinking energy policy, but giving away the bulbs won't solve the country's electricity problems, and the money could be spent on developing truly innovative solutions. Zimbabwe's power supply is erratic, to say the least

Everything that needs to be said of Steve Jobs has already been written. Here's the most meta version of the story you will read online, offline, and everywhere else. If you read only one story about Steve Jobs today (yeah, right) make it this one

Just in time for Hurricane Irene's arrival, a new survey from the Red Cross claims that social media is increasingly being used by Americans seeking information on natural disasters. A reliance on social media and text messages during emergencies has hidden dangers. When a major earthquake struck the east coast on Tuesday, residents were taken aback.

Oil prices--which spiked during the start of revolts around the Middle East--have now come down due to low demand and a sluggish economy. Will the extra oil produced once the area calms down be enough to save the economy? With the Libyan Civil War winding down the question on the rebels' NATO allies now becomes : “When can we bring the oil fields back online?” It wasn’t until the Arab Spring arrived in Libya that worldwide oil prices really began to fluctuate, as the country's output of light sweet crude quickly dwindled from 1.3 million barrels a day to a mere 60,000, a loss equivalent to five percent of Europe’s total supply, or more than 15 percent of Italy’s, France’s, Switzerland’s and Austria’s

There's a certain homespun charm to the animated .gif. The beauty lies in the simplicity of these animations: It's easy to make one, and .gifs are far faster to upload, stream, or send than a video file. For the uninitiated, a .gif is simply a looped set of static images, a kind of digital flipbook

So much for range anxiety. A new study of people given a test EV found that every single one of them was happy with it as their primary car. It can seem crazy to think that electric vehicles will replace gasoline engines anytime in the near future: range anxiety, charging times, price, and plain old inertia are all touted as deal-killers