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The Cayman Islands are hoping to stem a loss of cruise passenger business by completing a controversial deal with a Chinese firm to build a $300 million dock to accommodate modern megaships.

So much for risk. After massive customer backlash, Netflix keeps DVDs in-house, kicks Qwikster to the curb. A company rep tells Fast Company why

Earth's surface is dominated by oceans. But where did all that water come from?

Earth's surface is dominated by oceans. But where did all that water come from? [More]

It could almost be enough to make Cruella de Vil consider a nicotine patch: a new analysis has found that films with scenes that show smoking reliably make less money at the box office than their cigarette-free counterparts. The finding, says Stanton Glantz , director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, adds to the case for giving any movie that depicts smoking to an automatic 'R' rating

Bumping elbows eyed as simple way to limit spread of influenza and other infectious diseases

Poll found that 36.6 percent of Americans are normal weight, 35.8 percent are overweight

The International Year of Chemistry commemorates the achievements that have made life better. Breakthroughs promise a greener and more productive future. [More]

Humanlike "neuroprosthesis" controlled by electrical signals from brain implants

The recent news of neutrinos moving faster than light might have got everyone thinking about warp drive and all that, but really there is no need to imagine something that can move faster than 300,000 kilometres a second. Indeed, the whole idea is illogical.

The recent news of neutrinos moving faster than light might have got everyone thinking about warp drive and all that, but really there is no need to imagine something that can move faster than 300,000 kilometres a second. Indeed, the whole idea is illogical.

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Mind-guided "neuroprosthesis" said among most humanlike ever created

They're protesting big banks and corporations, so which start-ups are Occupy Wall Street looking to for collecting donations and financing a new media endeavor? The Occupy Wall Street protesters who have been camping out in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park since September 17 may be rallying against big-bank policies, but they've simultaneously needed an efficient method to fund their own efforts. To that end, they've turned away from large companies, instead working with start-ups in the online-payment and crowdfunding space

They're protesting big banks and corporations, so which start-ups are Occupy Wall Street looking to for collecting donations and financing a new media endeavor? The Occupy Wall Street protesters who have been camping out in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park since September 17 may be rallying against big-bank policies, but they've simultaneously needed an efficient method to fund their own efforts.