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NASA's shuttle program, set to make its final flight later this week, has resulted in the death of 14 astronauts. But it could have been a lot worse.
Read More »Space Station Gets Close Wakeup Call
Last week, astronauts on the International Space Station had an unwelcome visitor.
Read More »Secret Service Reveals How It Stalks Cybercriminals
The Secret Service recently spilled the beans on their anti-cybercrime investigations. Fake accounts on underground websites? Elaborate multinational credit card fraud investigations with Turkish law enforcement
Read More »Melting Arctic Ice And The Fight On Top Of The World
In this installment of the Butterfly Effect, climate change is creating incredible economic opportunity in the Arctic, leading to saber rattling from Canada and Russia.
Read More »Hot For Teachers: Cannes Schools Young Marketers At The "Creative Academy"
A new school for 30 under-30 marketers opens at the Cannes Lions festival. But can creativity be taught in a week? The Cannes Lions was once an event solely for advertising creatives
Read More »Big Plans for Nanotechnology in Russia
MOSCOW, RUSSIA. “As has often happened in Russia, we have had the priority in scientific invention, but completely lose the market,” Anatoly Chubais, chief executive of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, Rusnano[www.rusnano.com], told members of the Scientific American international editions during a visit today
Read More »Never Giving Up on Her Soapsuds
When she wasn't satisfied with her career choice, Anne-Marie Faiola decided to make a business out of what she knew how to do best: Make soap. You could say Anne-Marie Faiola made a clean getaway from her original profession of choice: Corrections officer. In December of 1998, then 20-year-old Faiola left the justice system because "it wasn't terribly satisfying or a good fit," she says.
Read More »8 Tricks of the Trade Show
Whether you're attending your first trade show or you 50th, these tips will help your company stand out and succeed. Some companies who think of trade shows as an expense attend to defend their turf from new competition.
Read More »In The Future, Your Car Will Be More Plant Than Machine
Ford is using organically derived materials all over their cars. Why?
Read More »Len Blavatnik Buys Worlds Largest Record Collection: Warner Music Group
The Russian-born industrialist billionaire, who made his fortune in chemical and natural resource companies after the fall of the Soviet Union, just bought Warner Music Group, the record label that manages Cher, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Waka Flocka Flame. Access Industries will acquire Warner Music Group , for $3.3 billion in cash, it was announced today.
Read More »AOL Revenue Tanks, Gigwalk Is A Foursquare For Temp Jobs, IP Addresses Don’t Prove Guilt, And More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Bad News For AOL And Microsoft Beleaguered former dial-up king AOL continues to suffer, posting a $551 million revenue drop from a year ago--a whopping 17% decrease.
Read More »What China’s New Space Station Means For The World
Once in space, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to the moon... and Mars.
Read More »Counterterrorism Software Helps Cops Shine Light Into Terrorism’s Dark Corners
One of the largest distributors of commercial law enforcement software in the United States is integrating open source intelligence into its products--and they are betting the results will lead to enhanced counterterrorism efforts. More than ever, law enforcement agencies are connecting to far flung sources of information in the fight against terrorism. Now Virginia's i2 Group
Read More »Padmasree Warrior On Cisco’s Russia Connection
Photograph by Tanit Sakakini Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology Officer, CISCO San Jose Warrior, 50, traveled to Russia in 2010 on a State Department technology delegation that included eBay CEO John Donahoe and actor Ashton Kutcher. "THE PURPOSE OF the delegation was to explore and begin a dialogue with Russia.
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