If you look at a map of the world and draw a line through London, a latitude of about 50 degrees North and follow this line across the world, you'll see that it passes through southern Siberia and skims the southern shores of Hudson Bay in Canada. The week before I came out to the Catlin Arctic Survey Ice Base, the temperature in Hudson Bay was lurking between -20
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It's the globetrotting trip of a lifetime — 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites via private jet.
Read More »Preserving Indigenous Languages Via Twitter
Tweets in Basque? Tweets in Polynesian? Tweets in Navajo?
Read More »Why Are Asthma Rates Soaring?
Asthma rates have been surging around the globe over the past three decades, and for a long time researchers thought they had a good idea of what might be fueling the increase: the world we live in is just a little too clean. According to this notion--known as the hygiene hypothesis--exposure in early childhood to infectious agents programs the immune system to mount differing highly effective defenses against disease-causing viruses, bacteria and parasites.
Read More »Exclusive Tour of Tesla’s Showroom with Apple’s Retail Guru [Video]
Once upon a time, people didn't camp outside the local Apple Store just to sneak a peek at a jumbo iPhone (we're talking about you, iPad).
Read More »Letters From Sea: A Recap of This Weekend’s Summit at Sea Conference
Three days. One boat.
Read More »Firing Up American Innovation
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.
Read More »South Africa tour announces $10 million WGC event
The commissioner of the Sunshine Tour says South Africa will host a World Golf Championship event in 2012 offering prize money of $10 million, making it the richest tournament in world golf.
Read More »Why Google Is Investing $168 Million in a Giant Solar Farm
We had a feeling that BrightSource Energy was destined for big things when Google first announced it was investing $10 million in the solar thermal startup in 2008. After all, Google only invests in impressive ( TechnoServe , eSolar ) and profoundly weird ( wind power from kites , anyone?) companies.
Read More »Americans Want to Toss Adorable Gay Penguin Tale on Banned-Book Pyre
As a taxpaying American citizen, you are entitled to write your local public or school library and formally request that they remove a book from their shelves.
Read More »Hacking the WiiMote To Make a Mini Segway on the Cheap
A young hacker has built a mini Arduino-controlled self-balancing robot that looks for all the world like a mini Segway. It's remote-controlled by a WiiMote, it's cheap, and the chap in question is just 17 years old
Read More »David Kelley on Designing Curious Employees
Design thinking is a process of empathizing with the end user. Its principal guru is David Kelley, founder of IDEO and the Stanford design school, who takes a similar approach to managing people. He believes leadership is a matter of empathizing with employees
Read More »Pinpointing the Next Bubble
Each day,Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.
Read More »How to Build an Unforgettable, "Smashable" Brand Identity (Hint: It’s Not the Logo)
No, you don't have to tell me, because I know what you're about to say: your new product is brilliant. It's a game-changer. Problem is, you need a killer logo.
Read More »LOLGov: The State Department Launches a Tumblr
The State Department has launched a new microblog on Tumblr. We have a few lighthearted suggestions on how our diplomats can enter the world of LOLcats and F**k Yeah fansites
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