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Inc. magazine editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan gazes back at the past 15 years of editorial content, and walks us through the highlights. I joined Inc
Read More »What Do You Mean, the Universe Is Flat? Part II: In Which We Actually Answer the Question
Stand up.
Read More »Can The Simple Flywheel Replace The High-Tech Electric Battery?
It's an old technology for storing energy that's finally getting an update, and it's appearing everywhere from power plants to Formula One race cars, and will soon be hiding in your wheels, helping save you fuel. It's a not a new battery or super-hot liquid salt .
Read More »Gyroscope’s unexplained acceleration may be due to modified inertia
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a spinning laser gyroscope is placed near a super-cooled rotating ring, the gyroscope accelerates a bit in the same direction as the ring, and scientists arent sure why.
Read More »What Do You Mean, The Universe Is Flat? (Part I)
The universe is three-dimensional.
Read More »What Do You Mean, The Universe Is Flat? (Part I)
The universe is three-dimensional.
Read More »Netflix Hits 25 Million Subscribers, $789 Million Revenue, Responds To Price Backlash
The numbers for Netflix's second quarter are in, and despite recent criticism, the company's not too far from hitting its mark. Subscriptions are up by 1.8 million, to more than 25 million global subscribers, an increase of 70% year-over-year, while global revenue hit $789 million, a 52% uptick from the same quarter last year--though slightly less than the $791 million analysts had expected
Read More »Do You Need an App?
Mobile applications can be one of the best ways to keep your consumers engaged with your brand as they are on the move. But first you have to decide whether or not you actually need it. Heres how to make that decision
Read More »Pixar Artists Create Trickster, Their Own Comic-Con Club For The "Real" Fanboys
Tired of watching the Hollywood machine engulf the San Diego Comic-Con, two Pixar artists have taken matters into their own hands and opened Trickster, an enclave for comic book fans, right across the street from the convention center. Whatever you do, don't call them Slamdance for Comic-Con. After years of watching the Hollywood machine slowly engulf the San Diego Comic-Con, Pixar story artists Scott Morse and Ted Mathot this year have staked out a creators' enclave across the street from the convention center.
Read More »Mars Landing Site Chosen for Next Rover
NASA has picked the final landing site for its next Red Planet rover after years of debate and will unveil its choice on Friday (July 22) -- nearly 35 years to the day after the space agency's storied Viking 1 probe touched down on Mars, agency officials said.
Read More »As Atlantis Glides to Its Final Landing, What Comes Next?
With all of the discussion about future U.S.
Read More »NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Two New Telescopes
By Eric Hand of Nature magazine As the space shuttle glides through its final week, another arm of the US space program faces a bleak future. [More]
Read More »Last Shuttle Astronauts Bid Historic Farewell to Space Station
HOUSTON -- NASA's last space shuttle ever to visit the International Space Station cast off from the orbiting lab early Tuesday (July 19) to begin one final trip back to Earth. Atlantis launched July 8 on the 135th and last voyage of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program
Read More »Scribd Debuts Float, A Netflix-Style Competitor To Pulse, Flipboard, Instapaper
Today, document-sharing service Scribd, the world's largest social publishing site with more than 75 million monthly readers, launched Float, an iPhone and web content-reading app that's taking aim at the likes of Pulse, Flipboard, and Instapaper. Like those popular apps, Float enables users to read content from a varity of sources--such as Float's 150 publishing partners, which include AP, Scientific America, and yes, Fast Company--and access the content in one centralized reading platform.
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