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Autistic Adults Prove Valuable as Software Testers
It turns out that people with Asperger's Syndrome make great software debuggers.
Raised to popular awareness by movies like "Rain Man" starring an autistic savant...
Petite Woman Builds Small Hydro Plants Bringing Electricity to Half Million Indonesians
An Indonesian woman has developed micro-hydro projects that have already delivered electricity – and all that comes with it – to half a million...
Frito-Lay Just Opened “Greenest Manufacturing Facility In the US”
Frito-Lay, best known for its snack chips, achieved their "most ambitious sustainability project to-date" with the reopening of an Arizona plant the company calls...
Beatle Paul McCartney Weds Nancy Shevell (Video)
Sir Paul McCartney married U.S. businesswoman Nancy Shevell in London yesterday in a small civil ceremony at the same courthouse where he wed his...
103,000 New Jobs Created in September is More Than Expected
The US economy added some 103,000 new jobs last month, a gain that eased concerns that the nation may be slipping into another recession....
Tribute: Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
The world lost an island of genius yesterday when Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple died at age 56 of pancreatic cancer.
There...
India Announces $35 Tablet Computer to Help Lift Villagers out of Poverty
India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. At...
U.S. Vehicle Sales Soared 10% in September; U.S. Manufacturing Expands for 26th Month
Auto sales defied a downcast economy in September, climbing 9.9 percent to their highest level in five months as new models arrived at dealerships...
Home Weatherizing Program Creates Jobs, Saves Low-Income Families $400 a Year
With all the focus on Solyndra and the attacks on green jobs from the Right, the mainstream media have completely overlooked the explosive success...
Solar Home Industry Shining in Maryland and Other States
With government help in the form of tax credits and grants, with companies making equipment available through long-term leases, and with prices coming down,...
Blind Adventurer Regains Some Sight With Experimental Drug
Within days and without warning, adventure Mike Scholes lost most of the sight in his left eye, due to the onset of an inherited...
CNN Names Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ for 2011
CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...
Forest Policies in Rwanda, US and Gambia Win UN-backed Awards
Rwanda won a United Nations-backed gold award for its forest promotion policies, an event that former US track and field star Carl Lewis, a...
Plan to Revive GM Auto Plant Has Town Smiling (Jobs Were Slated for Mexico)
General Motors stopped building cars in Spring Hill, Tennessee two years ago, when the auto industry hit rock bottom and tens of thousands of...
Successful Family Steps In to Help Struggling Immigrants Hold Onto American Dream
A Florida family caught in an economic vise: parents who lost their jobs, a home in foreclosure, two teenagers wondering if they’d be able...
Starbucks Tries Again to Tackle Cup Recycling
Starbucks has promised that 100 percent of its cups will be reusable or recyclable by 2015, but that doesn't mean none will end up...
New App “LocalHero” Gives Opportunities to Help Friends With Specific Needs
A new iPhone app launched this week, called LocalHero, lets friends help each other by identifying the people in a person's social network who...
Despite More Gadgets, Power Demand From U.S. Homes is Falling
American homes are more cluttered than ever with devices, and they all need power. But something shocking is happening to demand for electricity in...
Roadless Vermonters Turn Woodland Path into Pedestrian Lifeline
After flooding ripped apart roads (now under construction) near Killington, Vermont, townspeople have marshaled their resources, taking a quiet half-mile trail over a mountain...
Growth After Disaster: Going Beyond Resilience
It seems whenever we turn on the TV these days we witness disastrous scenes of flooding, fires, and typhoons forcing people from their homes...