Construction companies and environmentally conscious individuals are turning to a strange source for lawn care and brush clearing: rent-a-goat businesses. Also, scientists hatch a plan to preserve coral reefs that are endangered by rising temperatures, and a new zinc-air battery is unveiled that's 3 times as powerful as lithium ion. READ»
A raw caramel craze is sweeping Japan. At the same time, fishermen in the Sea of Japan are tormented by invasive swarms of Echizen Kurage (Nomura's jellyfish), a giant jellyfish that weighs 450 pounds and measures two meters ...READ»
Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno, a series of shorts from the Sundance Channel that explores sex in nature, has been a runaway hit, drawing millions of viewers on a regular basis. Now Rossellini is back for the third and final ...READ»
The show Whale Wars on Animal Planet features Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and a crew of passionate animal rights activists who sail the Antarctic seas in an effort to stop Japanese harpoon ...READ»
With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that Rooftop Comedy came up with.READ»
We’re in this together:Last week I said that humans are strange. We dominate our planet because we can work together and yet we compete with each other like crazy.Here’s another bit of crazy. We don’t mind so much if bad ...READ»
Every year, color and material consultant Laura Guido-Clark helps HP update its memory-keeping products -- customizable photo albums, posters, and greeting cards sold in its retail photo centers. She aims to tailor materials and ...READ»
Last year, 41 Oma premium bluefin tuna were on the block for the New Year's auction at Tokyo's famous Tsukiji Market, the biggest fish market in the world. This year, there were only four--and one of them sold for a seven-year high of ...READ»
In our ongoing research on the most efficient way to explore idea spaces to find the best possible new ideas, we've been thinking a lot about the Levy flight, named for Paul Pierre Lévy, a French mathematician/physicist. A Levy ...READ»
The lobsters holding you back
Do you have lobsters on your team? For your sake, I hope not.
I recently suggested on my radio show and on my blog that you must fill your position if you want to keep it and more than fill it if ...READ»
This is not new news, as it's been reported by a few media resources and blogs already. But it's a new experience for me. Last night I discovered and enjoyed social networking for preteens in an environment known as Club Penguin, ...READ»
If you like our January/February cover story on Shanghai Tang's attempt to create the world's next great luxury brand in China (still behind a subscriber wall until Jan. 17), listen to Marketplace on American Public Media, today ...READ»
If you like our January/February cover story on Shanghai Tang's attempt to create the world's next great luxury brand in China, to Marketplace on National Public Radio, today through January 20. Host Kai Ryssdal will broadcast live ...READ»
Day Two on PopTech! Earned the distinction as the Conference Most Likely to Induce Whiplash. The morning sessions were devoted to dire predictions of the incipient meltdown of the planet, the afternoon to the potential of video games ...READ»
