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Banana-Scented Bacteria, Fluorescent Silk: How BioTech Goes Beyond Just What's Medically Necessary

"All of a sudden, biotechnology is not just what's medically necessary, but it's what can inspire us," says Reshma Shetty, cofounder of Boston-based startup Ginkgo BioWorks. And we must evolve how we view the science's purpose and participants.READ MORE›

Area Man Finds Hilarity, Insights In The Onion's Methods, Madness

Every Monday, editors at satirical newspaper The Onion collect between 700 to 1,000 headlines from contributing writers around the globe in search of stories to fill its pages. A committee of editors then whittles the headlines down ...READ MORE›

The Onion's Digital Director Baratunde Thurston: News Is Absurd

From Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" to The Onion to Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report," fake news has become as much a part of the national dialogue as the real news it parodies. Why? The Onion's Baratunde Thurston shared his thoughts with the audience at Fast Company's recent Most Creative People in Business 2011 event. READ MORE›

What Would a Facebook Collaboration With Apple Look Like? It Almost Happened...

How would Facebook be different today if its social operating system was built into Apple's OS X? The two companies spent a lot of time collaborating early on. But, as Facebook's senior platform manager and former Apple employee Dave ...READ MORE›

The 10 Most Creative People in Sports...

Are not who you might expect. No LeBron or Dwight. No Melo or Kobe. We rank the brains--the right-brain superstars--behind the teams, venues, and deals that are, yes, changing the game. READ MORE›

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Why Are the Most Creative People in Business Skipping Out on Web 2.0?

These days, we're all public figures. We're sharing our friends on Facebook, our photos on Flickr, our music on Last.fm, and our goofy links insightful observations on Twitter. So when Fast Company set out to capture ...READ MORE›