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Dear EarthTalk : Isn’t it a waste that we buy water in plastic bottles when it is basically free out of our taps?

Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the March 1961 issue of Scientific American. In the days when civilized men believed that the world was flat they had no reason to think about gravity. There was up and down

Though automakers are scrambling to roll out hybrid and electric vehicles as fast as they can, BP believes that biofuels are the only way forward--at least for the time being. Olivier Mace, head of strategy, regulatory affairs and communications at BP Biofuels, explained at a London conference yesterday that demand in China and India, two of the fastest-growing markets, would make biofuels at least 12% of the worldwide road transport fuel mix by 2030

The World Golf Championships, which used to actually move around the world, have been in the same U.S. cities for the last five years. That could change with a new television contract

After so much negative news regarding the economy, the last few days’ reports on Warren Buffet’s letter to shareholders were a breath of fresh air. A few encouraging statements from the world’s most famous investor were enough to alter the rhetoric of America’s media. Buffet isn’t the only one feeling optimistic these days

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Tyler McIntyre got an iPhone in 2009. It didn't change everything, but it did frustrate the University of Miami freshman

Much of the world’s information is stored in memories consisting of magnetic domains, and researchers continue to develop new domain arrangements to enable smaller and faster such memories.

Cadillac has launched the world’s most wicked station wagon, a vehicle derived from the carmaker’s new CTS-V Coupe and Sport Sedan. The CTS-V Wagon (www.cadillac.com), which has a starting price of about $63,000 and will be produced on a built-to-order basis, satisfies drivers with a need for speed and space. ...

Heated pools, massage salons and a-la-carte menus are de rigueur at luxury hotels across the world, but in one exclusive Paris establishment, the difference is the guests: they have four legs.

After the watershed Paris tasting organized by wine merchant Steven Spurrier in 1976, no development has done more to raise the esteem of the world’s leading critics for the wines of Napa Valley than the partnership formed in 1978 between Baron Philippe de Rothschild, owner of Ch

The world of pickup artistry may suffer from a social stigma here in the 21st century, but a new series of Global Pickup Conferences aims both to restore the reputation of the craft and to lend a helping hand to a new crop of aspiring, smooth-talking Casanovas.

Charlie has moved on: Today’s chocolate factories are making some of the world’s strangest chocolates.

Royal Caribbean and Azamara Club Cruises are the latest cruise lines to modify their itineraries after nearly two weeks of violent protests and riots aimed at the Egyptian government.