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Imagine if the world ran out of phone numbers. Mobile providers could issue no more smartphones, businesses could create no new call centers, and the public would be left fighting over and recycling a diminishing amount of existing phone numbers.

Activating Jedi powers with motions actually used in the movies? Yes, please! Humans were not meant to experience the exhilaration of life-threatening action while slumped on a couch covered in Doritos crumbs

By Gerard Wynn BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Slowing deforestation and greater awareness of the value of standing trees may come too late to save the world's biggest rainforests, according to a global assessment of tropical forests published Tuesday.

"Clueless", "hypocrite", "ridiculous", "stupid" and "living in a fantasy land". If you want to tick off your readers just advocate doing something radical to save the U.S. economy

By Matt Kaplan of Nature magazine Archaeologists have long thought that Homo erectus, humanity's first ancestor to spread around the world, evolved in Africa before dispersing throughout Europe and Asia. [More]

Prices so low, Apple must be INSANE! Or, more likely, they're hooking a whole new world of users with bargain basement prices on OS Lion and iCloud while planning to charge them later for add-ons and premium features. The most important thing Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday had nothing to do with new software features or services.

A plug-and-play system for cities that want the benefits of real-time data crunching, without the big bills required to become a true city of the future.

How this door-to-door directions, mapping, and route-planning service uses customer feedback to drive innovation and success. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.

As computers become progressively faster and more powerful, they’ve gained the impressive capacity to simulate increasingly realistic environments.

Imagine hanging out with some of the world’s kookiest critters in the jungle’s tallest trees, building a robot that does stand-up comedy, inventing a device that propels you into the air like Batman, or traveling back in a DNA time machine to study ancient animals! Meet the scientists who make it possible.

There’s a habit that’s had scientists puzzled: the practice of geophagy--eating dirt.

Editor's Note: The following blog post first appeared May 17 on the World Science Festival's web site.

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The gourmet-cupcake craze may never die -- damn its adorable deliciousness! -- but that hasn't stopped whoopie pies, macaroons, and doughnuts from vying for the sweets spotlight recently.

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. MI6 Punks Al Qaeda With Cupcakes There's going to be a lot of frowns in the delicious smelling kitchens of