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By 2015, $144 million will be spent annually on cybersecurity tools for electric vehicles. Hacker attacks on electric vehicles couldn't just spoof credit card numbers or power a car for free--they could also potentially take down the grid. Electric cars can go fast, have increasingly impressive battery lives, help drivers save money, and help wean economies off of oil.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A young Emperor penguin that captured global attention when it washed up on a New Zealand beach after straying thousands of kilometers from home will be head back to the subantarctic aboard a research vessel and in a specially designed cage. The Wellington Zoo, where the bird -- nicknamed "Happy Feet" by locals -- has been living since June, said on Wednesday the penguin would be on the research vessel Tangaroa when it leaves on August 29 for a fisheries survey.

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine Microbiologist David Lewis knew he might upset the biosolids industry with his research, which suggested that the spreading of sewage sludge on land could make people sick. [More]

Oh my! This makes Microsoft and Nokia's hook-up look like a dropped call. In case you were under a rock yesterday, Google has announced it is buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. First, there are the obvious implications: 1.

A new study suggests that a child with an autistic older sibling will develop the disorder.

Here's what I am seeing.

Anita* was a model employee. As CEO of my previous tech company, I had hired her to take charge of our bookkeeping and administrative affairs. When Anita came aboard, I asked what she wanted in order to feel fulfilled at work.

Aaron Levie, No. 59 on our list of the Most Creative People in Business, has a simple vision : Users should be able to share and access their content from anywhere, on any device. But as simple as that notion sounds, the execution is far from effortless for Levie, the co-founder and CEO of cloud-storage startup Box (formerly Box.net)

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

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That the world's population is cramming into cities at a rapid pace has countless environmental benefits. A big one is that as people urbanize, we chop down fewer trees. The world’s forests double as the planet’s lungs.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Apple Goes To War, Legally, Against Fake Apple Stores . Apple , among numerous moves to protect its IP at the moment, has filed suit in New York to shutter "fake" Apple stores that try to capture some of the look and feel of the real stores, but aren't necessarily approved resellers.

Second in a three-part series . SUMMIT STATION, Greenland -- At first glance, this research station on the highest point of Greenland's vast ice sheet doesn't look like much. [More]

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?

NASA and DARPA are combining forces to create a program that will have humans traveling to Alpha Centauri in 100 years.