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This $1 Plastic Chip Can Diagnose HIV In 15 Minutes
In Africa, waiting for blood work can take weeks, and many people don't bother getting their results. A new device could make testing in...
FedEx Adds More Than 4,000 New, Fuel Efficient Vehicles
The world's largest express transportation company continues to bolster its fuel efficiency with a significant expansion this summer of lower polluting, energy efficient vehicles.
While...
Dog Paralyzed in Joplin Tornado is on Road to Recovery Thanks to University Volunteers
Not all the donations to victims of the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May were delivered to the two-legged survivers. A dog named Sugar, found...
Bill Gates Funds Human Waste-To-Biofuel Project
Columbia University engineers were awarded $1.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their project to develop a revolutionary new model that...
Rising Forest Density Offsets Climate Change, Says Study
Rising forest density in many countries is helping to offset climate change caused by deforestation from the Amazon basin to Indonesia, a study showed...
8 Ways to Buy More Happiness
What is the reason that money doesn't always correlate with happiness? New research shows that most people make lousy spending choices. A trio of...
Good News Makes Better People, Says New Study
A new study released Tuesday by the University of British Columbia found that people were inspired to do good when they see media stories...
Teach For America Gets $100 Million Endowment
Four foundations have provided Teach for America with $100 million in endowments to coincide with the group's 20-year anniversary celebration this week. The fund...
New Tax Breaks, Bigger Refunds: Things You Need to Know
A handful of changes in the tax code could translate into a fatter refund check in 2011, thanks to the Small Business Jobs Act,...
Court Rejects Industry Bid to Halt Greenhouse Gas Regulations
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday denied an attempt by industry groups and the state of Texas to halt implementation of...
Jon Stewart and 50 Top Comedians Align on TV Tonight for Autism
George Clooney, Chris Rock, Tina Fey and Jon Stewart are aligning for a super-sized charity event and telethon tonight to raise money for autism....
World On Track to Cut Poverty in Half, But Turner and Gates Called in to Boost Other Goals
Despite the global economic downturn, the world is still on track to meet a key U.N. goal of halving the number of people living...
Letter Carriers To Collect Food Across America May 8 in 18th Annual Hunger Drive
The National Association of Letter Carriers is asking everyone to leave non-perishable food items by their mailboxes on Saturday, May 8 as part of...
Shell Oil Pays to Treat City Sewage and Buy it Back
A British Columbia city is overcoming a water problem by getting the oil and gas industry to pay for its daily sewage treatment....
Madonna Visits Millennium Village in Malawi, Sees Progress She Funded
Madonna today visited Gumulira, a Millennium Village of approximately 5000 people in rural central Malawi. Raising Malawi, an organization co-founded by Madonna, has been...
US to Invest $8 Billion in High Speed Rail
President Obama announced the dedication yesterday of $8 billion in federal stimulus investments to jump-start American high-speed rail and improve existing rail lines...
Top Ten Innovations You’ve Never Heard Of
Here are the Top Ten Innovations from 2009 that will lead us, with chin up, into the next decade. From new technologies that strip...
The Silver Lining Study: People Prefer to Hear Good and Bad News Separately
This is interesting: Communicating "I have some good news and some bad news" is better than combining messages into a single, bleak result when...
Tribute to Abe Pollin, Washington’s Philanthropist (1923-2009)
Abe Pollin, philanthropist, developer, and the face of Washington D.C. sports, as the longest-tenured owner of any NBA team, has died at the age...
Award Winners Changing the World Through Tech
The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners received...