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Feed SubscriptionHere’s Why Nestle Chairman’s Attacks On Organic Food Are Wrong
Responding to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe's critique of organic food--that it's too expensive and downright dangerous--author and educator Anna Lappé says that he's wrong, and scared of an organic future.
Read More »What 9/11 Taught Us About Designing Skyscrapers
A new, safer model of skyscraper rises from the site of the attack. Photo by Ofer Wolberger The offices here at Fast Company enjoy a most remarkable view. From our aerie on the 29th floor of 7 World Trade Center, we look out over the New York harbor, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, and the occasional jetliner floating down the Hudson.
Read More »The Right Way To Size Up The Competition For Your Product Or Business
One of the first questions people ask about a new idea or venture is: Who is the competition? Who else is doing this? The worst rookie mistake in the world is to answer: No one
Read More »If Climate Change Isn’t Happening, Why The Fight For The Arctic?
Every northern country is making territorial claims to land being exposed under melting ice, creating a truly cold new Cold War near the North Pole. If you don't believe that the Arctic ice cap is melting, ask the Russians about it.
Read More »MIND Reviews: The Compass of Pleasure
The Compass of Pleasure by David J. Linden
Read More »How The Seemingly Chaotic But Wildly Successful Fringe Festival Makes It Work
This has been an explosive summer--markets in turmoil, cities in flames, politics in meltdown. So it's a relief to enjoy and learn from an explosion of a different sort--the explosion of creativity taking place this August in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival .
Read More »Google Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Google Buys Motorola .
Read More »NASA Flying Into Space Commercially With Virgin, For The Very First Time
We knew Virgin Galactic had hopes of using its capacious SpaceShipTwo-class reusable spaceplanes for more than just joyrides into zero-g, but NASA's new contract with the fledgling space company is a milestone for the entire business, as well as Richard Branson's wackiest venture. As Virgin notes, "this arrangement marks the first time that NASA has contracted with a commercial partner to provide flights into space on a suboribtal spacecraft." The decision came out of NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist, source of some of the most paradigm-changing pieces of news from NASA recently, and it's technically a further step in a program that's already seen NASA technology flights on low-altitude rockets
Read More »Failing At The Speed Of Light
New tech startups are moving with the speed and force of tsunamis. And a few crash that way, too.
Read More »China’s Self-Driving Car, Online Ads Top Print In Canada, Biggest Hack Ever Hit UN, U.K. Legalizes DVD Rips, London’s Free Wi-Fi
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. China's Got A Self-Driving Car Too . China's been quietly developing its own near-production-grade fully autonomous car--something akin to Google's amazing effort --for some time, and just the other day they gave it a fully fledged test.
Read More »The Mysterious, Ice-Cold Canning Of A Prominent Polar Bear Researcher
Charles Monnet is responsible for you being concerned about polar bears drowning in ice-less Arctic waters. But did his support for wildlife get him suspended from his government post?
Read More »Adobe’s Edge HTML5 Web Tool Blazes A Trail To The Post-Flash Internet
Today Adobe is launching a public preview of Edge, its tool for web designers that allows moving, interactive graphics on a website using HTML5, not Flash.
Read More »How To Hold A Press Conference Via Google+
A Tibetan advocacy group recently held the world's first video press conference via Google+ Hangouts. While the goal might have been to get attention from techies and journalists, it also gave us a glimpse into the future of video conferencing. A Tibetan advocacy group held what appeared to be the world's first Google+ -powered video press conference this past Friday.
Read More »Amazon Targets Cash-Starved Students With Kindle Textbook Rentals
Amazon's Kindle textbook rental offer will likely be awfully tempting to penny-pinching college students.
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