Topic: Europe

The Best of Artisan Cosmetics

If you wouldn't eat your bath and body products, you're using the wrong stuff, says Teporah Bilezikian, owner of the makeup company Monavé: "Cosmetics are like fresh batches of pudding -- they shouldn't last six months."READ»

The Siberian Energy Rush

Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.READ»

• Slideshow: How the Siberian Energy Rush Is Affecting the Nenets Tribe

The ATMs of the Future

The boxy frame, the greasy touch screens, the seemingly endless series of bleeps and bloops required to produce your cash -- there's not much to love about the modern ATM. Sure, it's better than the original, which dispensed only money, and only to people with accounts at its host bank. But ATM makers have sought to improve their product, in part because U.S. usage fell 20% in 2008, the most recent year for which data are available, to 11.8 billion transactions.READ»

Portrait of the Rapper as a Young Marketer: How K'naan Delivered on Coca-Cola's $300 Million Bet

Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.READ»

• Two Versions of "Wavin' Flag"

November Events

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Ecotality and BP Work Together to Roll Out Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

With the Nissan Leaf and GM's Volt hitting the streets in December, GE, BP, and a host of design stars are racing to install the gas pump's high-style replacement.READ»

The 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps

Fifty years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy gave a name to his idea to send Americans abroad "to encourage mutual understanding between Americans and other cultures of the world." A look at the numbers behind the venerable Peace Corps.READ»

The Progression of Air Travel

One century ago this month, commercial air flight took off. And before we know it, we could be flying in cars, or taking family vacations to space. As airline bigwigs convene in London to talk the future, we glance at the bumpy path that got us here.READ»

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Best of Artisan Chocolate

What tastes better with chocolate? According to these confectioners, just about everything.READ»

How a Handful of Countries Control the Earth's Most Precious Materials

While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»

Ferrari World Opens

If we were opening a Ferrari World theme park -- complete with a 149 mph Formula Rossa roller coaster and kiddie driving course with small-scale F430 GT Spiders -- we'd probably pick Abu Dhabi as our location too. In terms of ...READ»

The Starbucks Cup Dilemma

"When I take people out here in the winter, sometimes we just lie down on it," says Susan Thoman. She's gesturing to a mound of rich black organic matter the length and height of a warehouse at the Cedar Grove composting plant, a sprawling complex an hour north of Seattle. Sealed under Gore-Tex fabric and "blimped" with fans, the giant piles reach a toasty internal temperature of 130 degrees thanks to beneficial bacteria. They steam in the foggy air, which is scented miraculously with bark mulch, not rot, like the floor of the thicket for which the place is named.READ»

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PepsiCo: Agricultural Hero?

The fast-food giant unveils its i-crop soil-monitoring system to help farmers around the world manage water and CO2 emissions. What about the rest of us?READ»

Infographic of the Day: How to Argue Online Without Resorting to F-Bombs

Ah, the Internet squabble. It can make even the most analytical mind sound like a shrieky high-school girl. Wouldn't the Web be a better place if everyone learned to argue logically? To that end, Craig Ward, a British-born New ...READ»

India, South Africa Team Up to Fight HIV

India is rapidly becoming a global supplier of life-saving HIV vaccine. Now it's joining forces with South Africa to research the HIV sub-type most commonly found in their countries. READ»

Tokyo Eco-Startup Fullcircle Innovations Is Announced as a Finalist in Red Herring 100 Asia Prize

Solving climate change is a big challenge that will require cooperation and innovation on a global scale. Tokyo startup Fullcircle Innovations is taking on this challenge with its offerings at GreenITers.com and EcoAppsFree.com.READ»

Canada, Spain Find Google Violated Privacy Laws, Collected Loads of Personal Data, Medical Records

Google gets another ticket from a government accusing its fleet of Street View vehicles of speeding past privacy laws.READ»

Renegade History of the United States: Chapter Nine

Shopping: The Real American Revolution  If you were a typical American living in the early part of the nineteenth century, you had to plant, tend, harvest, slaughter, and process your own food. You had to make your own ...READ»

Global Heritage Fund Invests in Archaeologists to Save the World's Most Endangered Sites

Jeff Morgan took an unlikely route from Silicon Valley to Haiti and Cambodia--but he brought his startup expertise and venture capitalist training with him. READ»

Shock of Gray

The immigrant in Spain who tried to auction her virginity to fund the care of her Alzheimer's-stricken mother. The caregiver in Japan who gives respectful "last baths" to the dying elderly. The Florida doctor arrested for operating ...READ»

Can Livestrong Survive Lance Armstrong and a Doping Scandal?

The world's most famous cancer survivor has been his foundation's biggest asset, even as it grew into an innovative force in health care. Now his legal troubles may make him a risk.READ»

• Built Strong: Measuring Livestrong's Revenue, Spending, Followers and Reach
• Meet Livestrong CEO Doug Ulman, the Most Savvy Health Care Leader in Social Media

Windows Phone 7: This Name Does Not Sing to Me

Windows Phone 7 asks: Are operating system names going to steal the cell phone spotlight?READ»

BBC's Sambrook Now Says Brands Must Tell Their Own Story

What's happening to Journalism? Is it "over"--or just evolving? Richard Sambrook, whose storied career at the BBC spanned newsgathering, technology, and the World Service. Now he's Chief Content Officer for Edelman Public Relations--teaching the subjects of journalism to tell their own stories. READ»

Google Grabs State Dept. Star Jared Cohen for Foreign Policy "Think/Do Tank"

The youngest ever member of the Policy Planning staff showed the State Department how to use technology for diplomacy. Now Cohen's going to see if some of the thorniest foreign policy issues can be tackled from the private sector.READ»

Clinton to Tech Innovators and Entrepreneurs: "We Want You"

Feeling cooped up in that dingy old cube? Life seem a little meaningless? No worries. The State Department will be happy to send you to the far reaches of the planet to end violence, empower citizens, and bring peace and prosperity to the rest of the world.READ»