There is genetically modified produce in a lot of the processed food you eat, but this is the first time that Monsanto is taking fresh GM produce from the ground straight to your mouth. If it works out, there will be plenty more. Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, is known for developing engineered crops (i.e.
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After being fished to the brink of extinction, the once abundant (and delicious) cod is coming back due to smart management of the fisheries. But that doesn't mean the species will ever be the same. For 500 years, the waters off Canada's Newfoundland were among richest fishing grounds in the world
Read More »Beat the Home Office Blues
So you’ve escaped, or narrowly missed, corporate cubicle confinement, but now you’re met with some very different challenges. Sure, working from the home office certainly has its benefits, but many solopreneurs are surprised by confusing emotions resulting from a different type of confinement. If you’re not careful, your freedom will come at a cost
Read More »Carbon offsets near record low, worst performing commodity
By Gerard Wynn and Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Carbon offsets neared all-time lows Friday, confirming their status as the world's worst performing commodity, as slumping demand meets rising supply of the U.N. instrument traded under the Kyoto Protocol.
Read More »Wii Are Not Amused
Nintendo's hotly anticipated Wii U console is based on an idea the company tried in 2003. It bombed, then. But its time may have finally come
Read More »Redwood Watch
Citizen scientists help the Save the Redwoods League by recording observations of some of the world's largest trees [More]
Read More »Caltech-led engineers solve longstanding problem in photonic chip technology
Stretching for thousands of miles beneath oceans, optical fibers now connect every continent except for Antarctica. With less data loss and higher bandwidth, optical-fiber technology allows information to zip around the world, bringing pictures, video, and other data from every corner of the globe to your computer in a split second. But although optical fibers are increasingly replacing copper wires, carrying information via photons instead of electrons, today's computer technology still relies on electronic chips.
Read More »Operation Shady RAT May Be The First Big Battle In Knowledge-Economy Warfare
One of the scenarios I evoke frequently when speaking with clients about computer security is called "Frontier Friction." At the beginning of the story, a coordinated terror attack takes out the servers of a large banking institution. They also take out their backup systems.
Read More »The Warehouse Where No Crime Is Forgotten
IBM's predictive Crime Information Warehouse (CIW) technology collects data and spits out real-time, vital information for investigators.
Read More »Sprouting Soon: Solar Panels Sculpted As Artificial Leaves
Solar Ivy's panels aren't your typical gray slabs. They might actually improve the appearance of a house. Solar panels don't tend to win beauty contests.
Read More »"Shakespeare In Celebrity Voices" Goes Awesomely Viral, Reveals Important Branding Lessons
Many a brand, whether personal or business, would die a happy death to have a video go viral with over 500,000 views. Even better would be to speak with the creator of a video sensation that did just that in only 12 days since it was uploaded to YouTube. Jim Meskimen is an actor, comedian and impersonator with a tight and loyal fan base.
Read More »New thermodynamic model predicts plutonium solubility with iron
A hard-to-detect but stable form of iron helps convert subsurface plutonium from barely to very soluble, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Rai Enviro-Chem, LLC. Plutonium resides underground at weapons sites around the world.
Read More »Japan to Sack Top Officials Over Nuclear Disaster
By Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will replace three senior bureaucrats in charge of nuclear power policy, the minister overseeing energy policy said on Thursday, five months after the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years erupted at Fukushima. [More]
Read More »A Pre-Fab Bamboo Bicycle, Grown From The Ground In Bike Shape
The Ajiro--a concept from Australia--would come from the Earth fully formed. Is this the first step for a sustainable manufacturing economy?
Read More »Death To Pseudo-Scarcity, The Marketing Angle That Targets Snobby Suckers
"Private reserve"?
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