Food

The arctic flowers are the oldest ever revived and could help scientists study evolution in real time.

5 | February 21, 2012 5:46am | By Laura Shin

An entrepreneur in Bangalore has designed a 'job vending machine' for unemployed youth.

February 21, 2012 5:37am | By Charlie Osborne

Would you eat a meat product grown from a petri dish?

3 | February 20, 2012 7:27am | By Charlie Osborne

PARIS -- A panel of online voices in Paris discuss journalism, blogging, community building, and their effects on food culture in the City of Light.

February 20, 2012 12:05am | By Bryan Pirolli

The US Army has begun testing a bandage that carries an electric current to improve wound healing and prevent infection.

February 18, 2012 11:18am | By Hannah Waters

A portable DNA sequencing device that is fast, cheap and small is being developed by a British company, The New York Times reports. The company, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, expect to start...

February 18, 2012 9:43am | By Ina Damm Muri

Swedish firm Plantagon has broken ground on a large urban greenhouse, its first major foray into vertical agriculture.

February 18, 2012 8:53am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Material made of recycled paper can replace plastic in consumer electronic goods

February 18, 2012 8:40am | By Amy Kraft

U.S. and EU will now have the same standards for labeling foods organic to facilitate intercontinental trade

1 | February 18, 2012 6:45am | By Amy Kraft

BEIJING - How one firm plans to take tons of foul smelling kitchen waste from Beijing's restaurants, and turn in into organic fertilizer.

February 17, 2012 3:51am | By Tom Hancock

For a long time, a ride on an Amtrak train meant leaving digital technology at the station. Now, the U.S. rail operator is working to leap ahead -- and convince commuters that rail is 21st century...

3 | February 15, 2012 5:29am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

CO2, methane trapped 1,000 feet deep in mile-high African Great Lake Kivu could catastrophically hit the surface, threatening lives and 2 million people. Instead, it will double electricity capacity.

6 | February 14, 2012 6:00am | By Mark Halper

Ten tips on how to clinch international deals without making a cultural faux pas.

1 | February 13, 2012 2:03am | By Charlie Osborne

Purdue University associate professor develops an iPad checklist to help pharmacists and patients communicate better

February 12, 2012 10:16am | By Amy Kraft

America's young adults may have been hit the hardest by the economic downturn, says a study by the Pew Research Center.

1 | February 11, 2012 1:47pm | By Sarah Korones

SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- Chilean vineyard Matetic is experimenting with biodynamics, a trend that takes organic farming to a new level by employing lunar cycles and the zodiac.

7 | February 10, 2012 6:53am | By Lauren Villagran

Massage therapy turns off the genes linked to inflammation while turning on those that promote healing, according to a study with 11 men and an intensive upright cycling session.

1 | February 9, 2012 8:17pm | By Janet Fang

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about privacy concerns for businesses and consumers.

February 9, 2012 1:35am | By Charlie Osborne

See how entrepreneurs in a downtown Oakland neighborhood are taking the idea of a pop-up store to a new level.

February 8, 2012 8:09am | By Tyler Falk

Four city planners, four different plans for the future. In a bonus series to our special package on the built environment, we ring major U.S. cities to find out what's next. Today's subject: St....

February 8, 2012 7:48am | By Stacy Lipson