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Chiquita Banana Unveils New Crowdsourced Sticker Design

Chiquita Banana Unveils New Crowdsourced Sticker Design

More than 100,000 people voted on 50 finalists to arrive at 18 winners, which will appear on bananas across the country in November.

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Billionaire Blackout

Gates and Buffett can't convince German and Chinese billionaires to donate their fortunes to charity. 

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Seven Creepy Robots with Useful Applications

Seven Creepy Robots with Useful Applications

Companies and institutions are working on remote controlled and autonomous robots to help a variety of people-from soldiers in war to the elderly.

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Dirt Nap

An architect creates a house from a petrified block of earth cut whole from the ground.

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Ice Cold

Ben & Jerry's will stop using "All Natural" on its ice cream labels. (via @stevesilberman)

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Green Gold

Is this a spy shot of a hybrid Toyota Prius minivan? 

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Spotted in Copenhagen: Old CDs Repurposed as Dazzling Bike Safety Device

Spotted in Copenhagen: Old CDs Repurposed as Dazzling Bike Safety Device

This is the Danish version of playing cards in your spokes.

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Nature vs. Man

Nature: 1, Man: 0. Reminds me of The World Without Us.

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Go See Waiting for Superman and Get a $15 Voucher to Use at DonorsChoose.org

Go See <i>Waiting for Superman</i> and Get a $15 Voucher to Use at DonorsChoose.org

Every ticket purchased can help a classroom.

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Five Winners Announced in Google's $10 Million Contest to Change the World

Five Winners Announced in Google's $10 Million Contest to Change the World

Today, Google announced the winners of Project 10^100, a two-year search for creative, crowd-sourced solutions to improving the planet.

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Highlights from Clinton's Smartfest

Here is a list of the seven smartest ideas from CGI.

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Dirty Farmers

Farmers in Southern California farmers' markets are caught lying about the origins of their produce.

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FCC Paves the Way for Next Generation "WiFi on Steroids"

The FCC voted unanimously to open up vacant TV airwaves for use by technology companies developing next generation "WiFi on steroids"—ultra-fast,...

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Slideshow: Celebrities Who Have Testified Before Congress

Slideshow: Celebrities Who Have Testified Before Congress

Six examples of famous folks who went to Washington for a cause.

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iPhone-Connected Glucose Meter on the Way

We know the iPhone is a powerful tool for the blind, but soon it might help diabetics too.

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In Defense of Genetically Modified Salmon

Why we shouldn't worry about eating Frankenfish.

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Air-Filtering Wallpaper, Coming Soon

A German company has developed wallpaper that cleans the air of the rooms where it is used.

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The Future of Reading is Social

IDEO imagines the future of the book as a richly interactive experience that includes social and gaming elements.

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Whole Foods Helps You Understand the True Cost of Seafood

Whole Foods will start color-coding fish labels to indicate the environmental cost of different seafood. 

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