Anita Borg is a living legend among computer scientists. She is also leading a worldwide movement to redesign the relationship between women and technology. Some of the world's most powerful technology companies are finally paying attention.READ»
Social entrepreneur Dan Morrell is targeting a massive and complex environmental problem: global warming. But his solution is deceptively simple: The way to save the planet is one tree at a time.READ»
The mapping of the human genome, says Craig Venter, will change science, research, medicine, politics, health insurance, and the way biology looks at the last 3 billion years of evolution. And that's just the beginning.READ»
Weather.com is one of the Web's most unlikely success stories. It has parlayed its loyal following and its philosophical take on the weather into a site that is on course to attract 3 billion page views this year.READ»
The driving force behind a genomics technology is conducting a second experiment: figuring out whether he can transplant the energy of a startup into the giant that bought his company.READ»
How does a giant pharmaceutical company reckon with genomics technology? By making a fresh start in how it recruits its scientists, manages projects, and uses computers. Here's how the Roche Group is reinventing how it invents.READ»
"First You Get High on It, Then You Buy It." Amoeba Music Marches to Its Own Beat
Memo to: The Big Bosses at Virgin Megastores Re: Your Next Big Source of Competition
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If you want to live forever, change your skin color, or just firm up those abs from the comfort of your own couch, you might be in luck: Gene therapy is on its way--and it's coming fast.READ»
Landmark Graphics CEO Bob Peebler and his colleagues use cutting-edge technology to help executives in one of the world's most basic industries make smarter decisions.READ»
Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes--lockbox, earth tones, a postelection beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time.READ»
Nations, leaders, and companies that speak the language of genomics will soar; those that don't will fail. It's just that simple, says Juan Enriquez, a globalization guru at Harvard who fears a growing chasm between scientific haves and have-nots.READ»
