As the tents are carted away from Zuccotti Park this morning, just blocks away from Inc. Magazine's headquarters, I've been reflecting on the "Occupy" movement. As the tents are carted away from Zuccotti Park this morning, just blocks away from Inc
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New study reveals that more people are starting businesses as a source of higher income than out of opportunity. Necessity, not opportunity, is driving entrepreneurship, says a new report. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a nonprofit research consortium, Monday released its latest National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States.
Read More »New Unmanned Drone Fits In The Palm Of A Hand
One of the smallest unmanned drones in the world has the diameter of a Frisbee, fits in the palm of a hand, and looks like a miniature Star Wars X-wing. The SQ-4 UAV isn't just a tiny surveillance vehicle; it's also on the cutting edge of the new wave of nanodrones
Read More »U.S. East Coast Tsunami Risk Investigated with Sonar
The East Coast of the United States isn't the first place that comes to mind as being at risk of tsunamis , but new sonar maps are now helping to show that these risks do exist. For about the past five years, researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, along with other governmental and academic partners, have been gauging the potential for tsunamis generated by landslides in submarine canyons in the mid-Atlantic to strike the U.S.
Read More »Is Money Wasted Preparing for a Major Midwest Quake?
The lethal fault cuts through the middle of a Tennessee bean field and then ducks beneath the Mississippi River, making a beeline for New Madrid , Missouri. Named the Reelfoot fault, this geological crack combined with neighbouring faults two centuries ago to unleash a series of devastating earthquakes that have been called the biggest to strike the contiguous United States in recorded history.
Read More »Prolonged Sitting Linked to Breast and Colon Cancers
WASHINGTON -- Our culture of sitting may be responsible for 173,000 cases of cancer each year, according to new estimates. Physical inactivity is linked to as many as 49,000 cases of breast cancer and 43,000 cases of colon cancer a year in the United States, said Christine Friedenreich, an epidemiologist at Alberta Health Services-Cancer Care in Canada. [More]
Read More »The Great Tech War Of 2012: Ongoing Skirmishes
Fast Company is tracking developments in the increasingly intense competition between Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon to show just how fast the big four are creeping into each others' spaces. Here's what changed in the 30 days since we published The Great Tech War of 2012 . Check back often
Read More »Bill Gates And The Chinese Government Want To Take On World Hunger
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Beijing to fund a series of revolutionary agricultural and biotech initiatives. China might be using Gates to further its economic imperialism
Read More »Bill Gates And The Chinese Government Want To Take On World Hunger
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Beijing to fund a series of revolutionary agricultural and biotech initiatives. China might be using Gates to further its economic imperialism
Read More »Bill Gates And The Chinese Government Want To Take On World Hunger
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Beijing to fund a series of revolutionary agricultural and biotech initiatives. China might be using Gates to further its economic imperialism. But maybe that's not such a bad thing
Read More »I Built a Haunted House Empire
Larry Kirchner had a penchant for gore even at a young age. His sick obsession has grown into a global rave. I built my first haunted house after school in the fourth grade.
Read More »I Built a Haunted House Empire
Larry Kirchner had a penchant for gore even at a young age. His sick obsession has grown into a global rave
Read More »I Built a Haunted House Empire
Larry Kirchner had a penchant for gore even at a young age. His sick obsession has grown into a global rave. I built my first haunted house after school in the fourth grade
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
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