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Sixty of some of the world’s greatest chefs are orchestrating Le D

Anyone who witnessed the wrath of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano last year knows that the country possesses ample geothermal resources. Iceland has so much geothermal energy, in fact, that it might build the world's longest undersea electric cable just to share energy with the rest of Europe.

Al Jazeera isn't just news. Their next project? An English-language childrens' edutainment network on American TV by 2012

Coal may be the most loathed energy source among sustainability advocates, but it isn't going anywhere, especially now that governments are investing billions in carbon capture and sequestration projects for coal plants. Any country with significant coal reserves and a government that pays little attention to safety and environmental hazards stands to profit handsomely.

We wondered if this would be true: An investigation into Verizon's iPhone data performance reveals a sad reality.

For many Americans, New Orleans and Mardi Gras are near synonymous -- and last year’s Carnival marked a 25-year high in partygoers visiting the Big Easy.

Among China's female workforce in managerial positions, 19% hold the title of CEO, according to the Grant Thornton Business Report released this week . That's 10% higher than averages in Europe and 14% higher than averages in the United States, according to the report. Thailand came in first at a whopping 30% of female managers holding the title of CEO and Taiwan came in third at 18%, pointing to a possible emerging trend in Asia for women to more routinely hold the position of CEO.

Just in time for SXSW, the app finds free or for-rent workspace for freelancers and office owners looking to rent unused offices and conference rooms.

It's International Women's Day--and in fact it's the hundredth such event. Google 's

A 246-acre IT park is to be built in the Southern state of Kerala. Delhi's got its "Cyber city," the area in nearby Gurgaon where the likes of Yahoo!, Deloitte, and other large multinationals reside.

Algae has been a hot topic in the clean energy community for years; it can be used to produce biofuel efficiently, with minimal water use, and without taking up arable land.

More cowbell! Everyone from Christopher Walken enthusiasts to major record labels to Columbia University is excited about The Echo Nest. The many uses, frivolous and non-, of Echo Nest's massive 30-million-song dataset. You music lovers out there probably think we're living in a Golden Age.

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You've heard about the lovely and amazing , now let's hear about the duds of TED. “Only 5% of TED Talks have been given by CEOs,” Pepsi chief Indra Nooyi observed from the stage at TED, before going on to demonstrate why. Her bland recitation of the accomplishments of Pepsi Refresh , a decent, though hardly groundbreaking corporate social responsibility program, had some attendees wondering if it was a paid product placement.

The U.S.-Russian space race that led to the Apollo lunar landings is the stuff of legend. But now a new race is emerging, as China gears up with the world's biggest rocket-production factory.