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The Bulletin
Your daily dose of ideas. Rolling global coverage of news headlines, including political affairs, business, cities, design and energy.
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Are U.S. visa practices risking company innovation?
Do current visa restrictions in the U.S. impact the potential of companies?
25 | March 28, 2013 7:56am |
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Is anything "ungoogleable"?
Want to erase your digital trail? Sorry, an Internet never forgets. It's hard to escape the long arm, watchful eye and perfect memory of Google - unless you pay for it.
1 | March 28, 2013 5:48am |
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Will Panera's pay-what-you-want experiment work?
Can Panera afford to not enforce payment for a bowl of chili in St. Louis? We're about to find out.
5 | March 28, 2013 4:00am |
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Microbes - an alternative to weight loss surgery?
The secret to weight loss might be diet, exercise, and... microbes, according to research in mice.
3 | March 27, 2013 8:55pm |
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The stunning speed of China's Internet censors
Researchers tracked the fate of 2.38 million posts on China's most popular microblogging site, Sina Weibo.
4 | March 27, 2013 8:44pm |
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1 billion computing devices shipped last year, analysts estimate
Last year, the world added one new internet-accessible computer for every seven people on the planet.
1 | March 27, 2013 7:05pm |
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Can big data help fight cancer?
Physicians will soon have a new tool to fight cancer: big data.
March 27, 2013 1:08pm |
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Join 1 million others in the biggest heart study ever
Using data collected from smartphones, the Health eHeart Study hopes to come up with precise ways to predict heart disease in people without obvious risks.
March 27, 2013 12:41pm |
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City gets free Wi-Fi from smart meters
Santa Clara is now the first U.S. city with community-wide access to free, outdoor Wi-Fi, thanks to smart meters.
4 | March 27, 2013 12:14pm |
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Got questions? Someone at the right place, time can help
MoboQ links social networks with location data, allowing you to ask time-sensitive questions about specific locations, and get them answered by complete strangers on the spot.
March 27, 2013 10:28am |
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The No. 1 business targeted by hackers
Hacker attacks on banks and media companies have received considerable attention in recent months. But there's another industry that is targeted far more frequently.
4 | March 27, 2013 8:47am |
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French try improving entrepreneurship by drinking less wine
It's revolutionary. The Republic's old guard is fighting back.
3 | March 27, 2013 5:40am |
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How to use the brain to predict if convicts will return to their old ways
Studies may still be in their infancy, but they have yielded some interesting results.
3 | March 27, 2013 4:51am |
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New and improved aerogel is world's lightest material
The graphene version of "frozen smoke" can have applications across many industries, such as energy storage insulation, sound-absorption, spill control and water purification.
March 27, 2013 4:20am |
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Fuel made from CO2 in the air
Scientists have discovered a way to create fuel from thin air.
1 | March 27, 2013 4:00am |
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Glympse announces in-car location sharing partnership
Glympse has announced a partnership with BMW and MINI to integrate location-tracking technology into vehicles.
March 27, 2013 2:42am |
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Dutch teams join the race 3D printing construction race
Work is due to begin on the world's first 3D printed canal house, as Dutch architects sign up for the 3D construction frenzy.
1 | March 27, 2013 1:37am |
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Flipboard wants to kill the browser
What you share on social media sites soon be corralled into your own "mini magazine" by news aggregator appmaker Flipboard. It's also a potential disruption to how people use the Web.
9 | March 26, 2013 9:58pm |
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Make sure your moonshine is safe with this $5 chip
Methanol in botched batches of home-distilled liquor can blind and even kill. And it's a big public health concern in the developing world.
March 26, 2013 7:13pm |
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James Cameron donates deep-sea submersible to science
Woods Hole will incorporate innovations from the Deepsea Challenger into existing vehicles and future exploration platforms. The main goal "is to get the technology out there."
March 26, 2013 1:58pm |