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Nanotechnology makes the seemingly impossible true: Trapping the sun's heat for release later, whenever and wherever you need it. MIT's researchers have discovered a way to blend carbon nanotubes , current media darlings of the chemistry world, with an existing material used for storing heat energy

While the BBC is bringing smartphone tech to its journalists for on-the-spot newscasting, Apple has its own plans for this tech--and it's quite promising for everyone from foreign correspondents to citizen journos. Whether you think it's a good thing or not , citizen journalism is on the rise .

A new study shows using iron to fertilize marine plants fundamentally alters seafloor ecosystems. But that might be worth it to slow climate change. “Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you an ice age,”

HP TouchPad moves, Win phone not for tabs, and a Facebook app hits almost every Web phone you can imagine.

Social travel advisor Gtrot is banking on your friends to make its business model work: The newly launched travel-recommendation system leverages the wealth of travel and venue advice available from your extended social graph. Gtrot's system is pretty simple: It looks at the information available from your social network on Facebook and Twitter , determining information about where your contacts have traveled, where they've stayed, or if they live near where you're going. Instead of relying on "Bob, age 48" on TripAdvisor, who may have hated the hotel you're considering, you can solicit a more personal, trusted opinion from someone you already know pretty well

Bad news today for Netflix subscribers. The streaming and DVDs-by-mail company sent out a message to its members explaining new price changes and plans for its subscription service. Instead of offering a combined $9.99 plan, which includes unlimited streaming and DVDs by mail (one out at-a-time), Netflix said it will split the service into two distinct plans, beginning in September.

By order of the Shadow Proclamation (okay, Facebook), select episodes of Doctor Who will materialize online for fans around the world. Including one that's never been released before. The BBC, that venerable broadcaster adored by grandmas across the globe, is trying something new: Its Worldwide arm is putting select episodes of one of the BBC's content jewels, Doctor Who, online as a paid video-on-demand service on Facebook .

Google+ may hit 10 million users today, and Steve Ballmer admits Windows Phone failings. This and more surprising/important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.

This week kids' favorite SpongeBob SquarePants will be the center of a new story on a wholly new medium: Twitter . The Ice Race Cometh--A Twitter Tale is an original story, from the official SpongeBob writing team, and will consist of multiple tweets and images broadcast throughout each day from July 12th to July 15th

According to one set of analytics, the Google+ social network has resulted in such rapid adoption of a "+1" button on websites that it's outclassed sharing stalwart Twitter already. Here's why that matters--only a little

While increasing the prices of bad foods makes kids skinnier, a more effective solution might be finding ways to decrease the prices of foods that are good for you. That Americans don't eat as healthy as they could isn't a surprising fact. But it turns out that tiny economic shifts can make that problem worse, or make it better

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Check-ins on Foursquare answer one central question: Where are you right now? But they provide little explanation of what you're doing there

Lady Gaga Comes Out! Gwyneth Goes Topless! (Fwd: Photos.) Why do we fall for these and other trick headlines and email subjects over and over again? Click and read through this story for the answers you've been looking for! Made you look! You're not alone.