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Upon FDA approval of preemie-preventing drug Makena, KV Pharmaceuticals raises price from $20 to $1,500 per injection

A team of scientists has perfected the first practical nanoscale power generator, capable of generating useable electrical current from a mere squeeze of your fingers. In the future it'll be able to draw power from your pulse

Forest certification is a program that ensures that the trees responsible for your paper are treated responsibly. Buy some certified paper and you can rest assured that the trees it came from weren't clear cut and that there are responsible plans for continuing the growth of the forest. But could it be that the world's largest forest certification program-- Sustainable Forestry Initiative- -is a scam

NBCSports.com contributor Rob Bolton analyzes the top contenders for the Masters, to be played April 7-10 at Augusta National.

The 17 national laboratories in the U.S.--including notables like the Argonne National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and Los Alamos National Lab--are innovation machines, holding a total of 15,000 patents. Problem is, it costs tens of thousands of dollars for private companies to license the technologies, not to mention countless hours spent on paperwork.

Near-field communications tech for shopping? Check. QR codes for smartphone interactivity

By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine TOKYO Japan has the world's densest seismometer network, the biggest tsunami barriers and the most extensive earthquake early-warning system. [More]

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Finnish researchers say children who use tobacco much more likely to smoke marijuana

At the risk of sounding like a Grumpy Old Man, and with near certainty that this post will be roasted by many who read it, I am about to make the case that there is such a thing as too much entrepreneurship--or at least too much excitement about becoming an entrepreneur too early in life. I know, I know. This blog, and all of my work over the last 15 years, has celebrated the spirit of innovation, disruption, and changing the game.

Teens light up everywhere, but especially in these 25 states

PGT's Par 3: Martin Laird headlines our look at six players who had either the best or worst of weeks on the PGT Tour.

So many people surrounded the first tee that it was hard to see who was playing. The gallery stretched down the entire length of the 461-yard opening hole and wrapped around the back of the green on a sun-baked Sunday at Bay Hill.

According to the EPA, rates of childhood cancer have increased by more than 20 percent from 1975 to 2007. Erin Brockovich testified on Capitol Hill about the growing epidemic of "disease clusters" in the U.S.