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Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. PlayStation Vita Launching February 22, 2012 .
Read More »Launch of 2 Satellites Thursday Will Enable 1st Test of Rival to GPS
By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine Galileo, the largest program ever launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) will enter its latest phase with the launch of two navigation satellites on 20 October. [More]
Read More »China Wind Power Capacity Could Reach 1,000 GW by 2050
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's wind power generating capacity, already the world's largest, could reach 1,000 gigawatts by 2050, a study prepared by a think tank of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) showed on Wednesday. China had more than 41 GW of wind power capacity at the end of 2010
Read More »Coffee and your health: Latest findings
Will coffee put you in an early grave - or keep you out of one?
Read More »Want To Charge Your Car For As Cheap As Possible? There’s An App For That
If you're like anyone else, you have no idea how much you pay for electricity. A new app will let you use your phone to see when it's the cheapest, and pick that moment to charge your car.
Read More »China Coal Mine Blast Kills 13
BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A blast at a coal mine insouthwestern China has killed 13, state news agency Xinhua said [More]
Read More »Health-care "scorecard" shows Americans get raw deal
Policy group's new "scorecard" shows U.S. lags other nations in health care quality and access despite spending more
Read More »Video: Kids under 2 shouldn’t watch TV at all: study
A study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that children under the age of two shouldn't be watching any television at all.
Read More »Video: South Beach Diet doc: Why America is getting fatter
Erica Hill and Jeff Glor talk to Dr. Arthur Agaston, author of the famed South Beach Diet series, shares tips from his new book, "The South Beach Wake-Up Call: Why America Is Still Getting Fatter," on how to develop and stick to a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Read More »Molecules to Medicine: From Test-Tube to Medicine Chest
We looked briefly at why drug studies came into being; now let's look at how a drug is developed, from test tube to your tissues. Every government approved drug goes through the same sequence of testing anywhere in the world. In the US, this is done under the supervision of the FDA, and is conducted in accordance with international standards–mostly
Read More »More Facebook friends means bigger brain? What study says
Study links gray matter size to number of Facebook friends - what does it all mean?
Read More »Heart failure care improving, costs falling: Study
Big decline saves billions for Medicare, but death rate still "unacceptably high"
Read More »Video: Sen. McCaskill loses 50 pounds and tweets about it
Erica Hill talks to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo), who recently decided to make a very public commitment - via Twitter - to shed some pounds.
Read More »10 little-known luxury islands
Prepare to tack on extra travel time, since being an early adopter usually means adding an extra leg of travel.
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