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The average person drinks a mere 5 cups per YEAR there. But pushers like Nestle and Starbucks could soon turn a nation of 1.3 billion people into addicts. Mwahahahahaha!

3 | May 3, 2013 4:27am | By Mark Halper

Singapore is slated to lead per-capita income in 2050. Who else made the list?

7 | August 19, 2012 5:18pm | By Claire Lambrecht

Newly released footage offers a rare glimpse of the "Keret house," an architectural marvel measuring a mere three feet in width.

1 | October 23, 2012 4:30am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Air pollution has become a childhood risk, with levels of deadly pollutants up to 40 times the recommended exposure limit in big cities.

12 | April 25, 2013 10:45am | By Janet Fang

And how to sell there, where spending will increase by $1 trillion a year, according to McKinsey.

April 19, 2013 4:29am | By Mark Halper

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's beaches beckon as increasing numbers of U.S. couples plan their weddings south of the border.

1 | April 24, 2013 1:42am | By Lauren Villagran

This July, the NYPD will be releasing invisible, odorless, nontoxic gases to better understand how contaminants will disperse in accidents and attacks.

5 | May 5, 2013 10:46pm | By Janet Fang

Will the fast-approaching World Cup give Sao Paulo residents the free public WiFi they have long been promised?

1 | May 15, 2013 4:54am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

Zipcar's co-founder believes resource sharing can create exponential change.

16 | May 6, 2013 4:39am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

A review of Ticked: A Medical Miracle, a Friendship, and the Weird World of Tourette Syndrome, by James A. Fussell and Jeff P. Matovic

May 10, 2013 3:00am | By Jenna Marotta

The Electric Power Research Institute sees drones as a potentially powerful tool to respond to power outages after big storms.

3 | May 15, 2013 11:09am | By Kirsten Korosec

Can a billboard improve water access in a desert megacity?

4 | February 27, 2013 10:03am | By Tyler Falk

Could we one day ride the rails from Chicago to New York in 6 hours?

75 | March 5, 2013 4:44am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

Susan Leal, author of "Running Out of Water," explains why we're in the midst of a global water crisis, what we can do about it and why the U.S. needs a cabinet-level position for water.

37 | October 27, 2010 1:54am | By Andrew Nusca

International lighting designers gathered in trendy Milan, where they were incandescent over the banning of traditional bulbs

21 | May 2, 2011 9:54am | By Mark Halper

Well, the coldest inhabited one, anyway. Welcome to the village of Oymyakon, in Russia.

1 | January 23, 2013 4:24pm | By Andrew Nusca

Fueled by connected devices, natural speech recognition has emerged from the research lab as the killer app for, well, everything.

4 | November 2, 2011 9:01pm | By Andrew Nusca

A new financial tool called a "social impact bond" promises to change the future of development. Will malaria-prone Mozambique illustrate the benefits of investing over donations?

4 | April 16, 2013 3:00am | By Dave Mayers

HONG KONG -- Leisure farms just outside this gritty city cater to the weekend farmer.

1 | May 9, 2013 3:00am | By Vanessa Ko

The U.S. airline industry is a leaner operation after years of financial hardship. And that's not boding well for travelers trying to get to and from smaller cities.

2 | May 8, 2013 12:00pm | By Kirsten Korosec