Smart Takes
What we’re reading…
Modular prefab homes; green tech bubble; real-time planetary activity; hidden cost of products; antibiotics: ticking time bomb.
Business Brains
E-books aside, history publisher makes history with bold paper sourcing decision
As a bibliophile, Arcadia Publishing's move to accelerate adoption of environmentally responsible paper is a great sign. Now, if we could get the bookstores to take notice.
Pure Genius
Discovery’s Olly Steeds asks the tough questions
World-traveler and mystery-solver, this investigative journalist says in the history he uncovers, he finds lessons for today.
Thinking Tech
Prius recall pales next to faulty software in Mercedes Sensotronic brakes
Mercedes' Sensotronic brake problems five years ago blow the Prius hybrid's away, but the culprit was the same: faulty software.
Rethinking Healthcare
Statins for everybody?
JUPITER claimed heart attacks dropped 54%, strokes 48% and the need for operations opening up arteries by 46% among statin-eating old-timers, compared with those who didn't take the meds.
Smart Video
Active SmartPlanet
- That cold snap was global warming in action
- Why I still hesitate to buy an American-made vehicle
- GM hits Volt battery milestone; What's the car's magic price?
- Are sports cars dead?
- So what happens now?
- The Econosphere: how the economy really works
- Survey: Americans are fat...and delusional
- Will spending on global warming deter health care foreign aid?
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