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        <title><![CDATA[Greek yogurt has a toxic secret]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There's one problem with the swift rise of the Greek yogurt industry: acid whey.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-23T21:16:21Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Coal's U.S. comeback]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Old habits die hard. As natural gas prices rise, coal has reversed its slide and surged ahead as the clear leader in electric power generation. CO2? What CO2?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sign of the times: Sears stores morph into data centers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Once a bastion of dungarees and power tools, the iconic retailer thinks it has figured out a modern way to market all those abandoned stores that it still owns.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-23T14:51:00Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[UK loosens business belt, spends 1.2bn more on expenses]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Are employee expense tactics costing U.K. businesses?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-21T12:13:04Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Dutch-engineered Sand Engine controls floods naturally]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Erosion happens. So how do you harness these natural processes to re-nourish beaches and fortify the coastline?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-20T21:35:10Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Leila Takayama, research scientist, on human-robot interaction]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/q-a-leila-takayama-research-scientist-on-human-robot-interaction/9972]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Leila Takayama imagines a world where human-friendly robots interact successfully with people. But it's not always easy teaching a 500-pound machine not to block the office coffee maker.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Hernandez Sherwood]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-20T10:00:44Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[A worldwide undersea gold rush is coming]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An undersea gold rush could be coming soon with the rising cost of minerals and advancements in technology opening the seafloor to mining.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Worthington]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-20T04:20:50Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Car-sharing service RelayRides halts service after cease-and-desist letter]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/car-sharing-service-relayrides-halts-service-after-cease-and-desist-letter/19982]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yet another peer-to-peer service comes up against regulatory hurdles in New York State.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Channtal Fleischfresser]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-17T10:10:03Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[New product measures your brainwaves, focus]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Want to improve your focus? Measure your brainwaves.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-15T13:15:06Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Fracking envy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Energy analyst Chris Nelder reports from a foreign country deep in the throes of shale gas fever.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Nelder]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-15T10:00:04Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Hillcrest Labs finds a future in motion]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With sensor-driven applications on the rise, Hillcrest Labs looks beyond smart TVs to mobile devices and wearable computers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mari Silbey]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-14T10:00:29Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[New sounds of silence drown out city noise]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BARCELONA -- Ear plugs that you can actually hear through. Cubes of silence in the middle of busy squares. Peace from the city racket is coming to a Spanish city near you.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Riggins]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-13T10:06:31Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Russia plowing $32 billion into nuclear over next two years]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/russia-plowing-32-billion-into-nuclear-over-next-two-years/19417]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Business plan: Sell the gas abroad at a huge profit, build nukes at home.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/russia-plowing-32-billion-into-nuclear-over-next-two-years/19417]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-10T12:24:16Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Solar plane to traverse the United States]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/solar-plane-to-traverse-the-united-states/18913]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Daredevils piloting a solar plane will embark on the first transcontinental flight of its kind across the U.S. starting tomorrow]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Worthington]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-03T02:50:16Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The incredible wide-angle camera inspired by a bug's eye]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/the-incredible-wide-angle-camera-inspired-by-a-bugs-eye/18834]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Insects see brilliantly through thousands of tiny lenses in &quot;compound eyes.&quot; Researchers have built a camera using the same principle. Killer panoramas. Good for spying and seeing up your nose too.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/the-incredible-wide-angle-camera-inspired-by-a-bugs-eye/18834]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-02T11:00:13Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The top ten offices you wish you worked in]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Forget plants and grey -- perhaps slides and subways are the way to keep your employees interested.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-01T10:30:16Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The top ten American cities which keep young professionals happy]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/the-top-ten-american-cities-which-keep-young-professionals-happy/18537]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where would you be happiest living as a young professional?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-29T13:10:59Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Nathan Cooke, designer and instructor at MIT's D-Lab]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a Nairobi slum, newly minted entrepreneurs run more than 160 public toilets and transform their waste into fertilizer -- and someday they'll turn it into electricity.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Hernandez Sherwood]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-22T11:00:48Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Bypassing traditional shipping methods through travelers' good will]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/big-story/bypassing-traditional-shipping-methods-through-travelers-good-will/369]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Crowdshipping&quot; is a new and less expensive way to ship goods through travelers connecting online. But if something goes wrong, who is held responsible?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Serafin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-22T10:00:40Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Sam Gosling, psychologist, on what our stuff says about us]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How much can we tell about a person from just looking at their bedroom or office? Psychologist Sam Gosling says quite a lot -- except for one personality trait.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christie Nicholson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-19T12:00:28Z</pubDate>
                                
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