Is it time to start thinking about replacing disappearing icebergs? A massive iceberg that recently split off from Antarctica's Mertz Glacier might be a driver of future climate change. The Luxembourg-size iceberg (965 square miles) ...READ»
On the first of December 1959, 12 nations signed a pact freezing territorial claims and banning military activity in Antarctica. It isn't human-free (29 nations have research stations there, and 11 people have been born on the continent), but it remains remarkably untouched. Here's a tour.READ»
World-renowned explorer Robert Swan is the first person ever to walk to both the North and South Poles. Now he's teaching businesspeople about leadership under life-and-death conditions.READ»
When the National Science Foundation began a search for a firm to build a new research station in Antarctica, it passed over a handful of Alaska-based companies, turning instead to an architect in a more unorthodox locale. The NSF ...READ»
How do people accustomed to life in the fast lane handle slower times -- and prepare for the next cycle of growth? Grab a cup of decaf and read through this advice.READ»
How do people accustomed to life in the fast lane handle slower times -- and prepare for the next cycle of growth? Grab a cup of decaf and read through this advice.READ»
How do people accustomed to life in the fast lane handle slower times -- and prepare for the next cycle of growth? Grab a cup of decaf and read through this advice.READ»
Forty years to the day after astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin made their giant leap for mankind, that first moon landing stands as a monument to human innovation. Of course, hoax theories still abound: one claims ...READ»
This week in TreeHugger: a small Scottish island has found a way to make $3 million a year by protecting an endangered eagle. Plus, a 230 foot green wall in downtown Portland, and Apple looks to cut home energy use.READ»
Watch out, Duracell. Xtreme Power may have you beat on the durability front with its PowerCell battery, a cheap dry-cell battery that lasts up to 20 years and keeps working after a machine gun blasts it repeatedly.
The fiberglass ...READ»
Anyone looking for romance at sea should seminar to Irene and Jim Manion, who celebrated their 60th birthdays on a Windstar dispatch cheap Nike shoes cruising the Greek isles last summer. “You could stockpile a move outside for a ...READ»
Each month this year, Fast Company has celebrated 10 years of publication by reviewing and updating one of our favorite editions from our first decade.READ»
In Ray Bradbury's 1953 futuristic classic, Fahrenheit 451, fireman Guy Montague discovers that the only safe place for a book is in the minds of its readers. Thankfully, Mark Hart has a different vision of the future. Since 1971, ...READ»
The popular new San Francisco museum presents a range of environmentally-themed exhibits using environmentally-appropriate exhibit design by local firm Volume.READ»
After a history-making, 94-day trek across Antarctica, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen faced the toughest challenge of their journey: finding the courage to surrender.READ»
Social networks, there's a lot of them out there and you're being invited to participate in new ones every day. There's MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn. There's eCademy, Plaxo, Ning, Bebo, Friendster. Jaiku, Orkut, Tumblr, and moore ...READ»
It's a feat few people ever accomplish. Here are some suggestions from those who have -- a designer, a professional video gamer, a stand-up comedian, a musical producer/performer, and an adventure columnist. READ»
What are your chances of being audited? Could the economy function without bank machines? What's the one stock investment that you should have made when you were young? We answer 10 questions -- some serious, some lighthearted, all eye-opening -- about the stuff that makes the world go round.READ»
