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Homeowners looking to save electricity costs should replace all their incandescent light bulbs with LED-based lights instead of installing a small solar photovoltaic system, a report by J.P. Morgan shows. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, will become mainstream over the next 12 months as improving technology and performance and higher subsidies lead to a rapid drop in costs, according to the report
Read More »Kate Winslet says plastic surgery against her morals
British actress joins forces with like-minded actresses to launch "British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League"
Read More »Anger Gives You a Creative Boost
We all know anger is bad… right?
Read More »Study says bisexuality real, but bisexuals say "duh"
Bisexual men sexually attracted to both men and women, according to Northwestern study
Read More »Obesity’s big fat cost to states: $15 billion per year
Obesity costs some states as much as $15 billion a year, a new study says.
Read More »Video: More elderly getting plastic surgery
CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports on how plastic surgery is becoming increasingly popular among seniors.
Read More »Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis
A note from the Editor in Chief: Scientific American is celebrating its 166th year. [More]
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A note from the Editor in Chief: Scientific American is celebrating its 166th year. Given its history as the longest continuously published magazine in the U.S., it's probably no surprise that it has touched the lives and career paths of many readers--including the scientists who write articles for us and whose work we cover. So, as often happens, when I met Peter Norvig, director of research for Google, while we were serving as judges for the Google Science Fair , we got to chatting about Scientific American
Read More »Apple Roundup: Totally New Macs, Cheap iPhone, iPhone 5 Parts And Dates, LTE iPhones Tested, Retina iPads In-Bound
August is traditionally a slow news month for tech, but with its revised iPhone launch schedule Apple's still turning up plenty of rumors--along with fascinating hints at future Macs. Entirely New Product Line Japanese Mac site Macotakara is predicting Apple's got something surprising up its sleeve for the end of 2011: A completely new Mac product.
Read More »Cloud Music Locker’s Legal OK, NASA Tests Robot Astronaut, AEG’s TicketMaster Rival, Samsung Considering Buying HP’s PCs
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Cloud Music Gets Legal Thumbs-Up
Read More »Heart attack patients see faster treatment: Study
Forty-four percent of myocardial infarction sufferers treated in recommended 90 minutes in 2005 - by 2010, 91 percent
Read More »Jane Fonda says testosterone lifted her sex life
Doctors say testosterone therapy can help aging women boost their sex drive and sexual satisfaction, but it's long-term safety is unknown
Read More »All Climate Is Local: How Mayors Fight Global Warming (preview)
For years scientists have urged national leaders to tackle climate change, based on the
Read More »Hubble Telescope Successor Could Get a Financial Lifeline
From Nature magazine The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is perilously overbudget and under threat of cancellation, but Naturehas learned that it may be offered a financial lifeline. The flagship observatory is currently funded entirely through NASA's science division; now NASA is requesting that more than US$1 billion in extra costs be shared 50:50 with the rest of the agency. The request reflects administrator Charles Bolden's view, expressed earlier this month, that the telescope is a priority not only for the science programme, but for the entire agency.
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