Browsing: Nov 2014 Issue

All News tomato
Tomato Lacquer
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Non-Toxic Can Lining in Development Because fresh food spoils quickly, many packaging and preservation innovations have helped to extend transportation hardiness and shelf life. Now, a…

All News piggy bank
Ka-Ching
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Time Is Money, So Bank It Time banking is an updated, Web-savvy version of barter that allows users to accumulate the time they work and then…

All News
Golden Years
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Senior Roommate Service Combats Loneliness AARP, Inc., estimates that about 8,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day. With longer and healthier life expectancies, many are divorced…

All News shark
Shark Snooping
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Sea-Surfing Robot Tracks Marine Life An unmanned, solar-powered Wave Glider robot has been deployed off the U.S. coast near San Francisco as part of an arsenal…

Nov 2014 Issue business man cash
Cash Mobs
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Collective On-the-Spot Buying Revives Local Businesses In most areas of the country, small, locally owned retail businesses are the lifeblood of local economies, but the rising costs of…

Health News electronic waste
Junk Piles
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UN Helps Developing Countries Handle E-Waste Although they receive far less foreign e-waste than Africa and Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean are significant and growing…

Featured
Tough Gratitude
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“I am eternally grateful for the blessings,” says Joanie Weber Badyna, referring to tragedies she has endured. It’s because of these experiences she says she has…