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March 28 2012
The No-Hour Workweek: Reinventing Employee Expectations For The Modern Economy

The No-Hour Workweek: Reinventing Employee Expectations For The Modern Economy

Written by: Jon Stein

The 9 to 5 is dead, but we’re still harnessing workers with its outdated strictures. Happy workers are more healthy and more creative, so it’s time to start giving our workers the leeway to be happy (because otherwise they work all the time). The secret: Treat them like people.

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Powering The Future

A Miniature Forest To Convert Sunlight To Energy

A Miniature Forest To Convert Sunlight To Energy

Trees don’t need gas--they get all their power from the sun. A new forest made up of tiny wires aims to copy that efficiency by using a lot of surface area to make hydrogen. Could this be the key to a workable hydrogen car?

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Meet The Unreasonables

Meet The Unreasonables

In a new video series, Co.Exist is looking at the men and women attending the Colorado social entrepreneurship incubator, and how they struggle to turn their good ideas into real impact.

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The Future Of Service In America

How To Launch A Skills-Based Volunteering Program—And Make It Last

How To Launch A Skills-Based Volunteering Program—And Make It Last

Written by: Joan Steinberg and Audrey Choi

It’s well and good to talk about the need for more companies to help their employees volunteer, but how can they actually make it happen? Here is some advice from an already successful program.

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A Map Of The Most Toxic Air In The U.S.

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Tooth Tattoos Will Tell When You’re Ill

Tooth Tattoos Will Tell When You’re Ill

By picking up bacteria in our breath, a small coating of graphene could be a simple early warning sign of oncoming sickness or infection.

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Want To Expand A City? Make It Float

Want To Expand A City? Make It Float

A Dutch company says it can add infrastructure to expanding coastal cities with adjustable floating pieces that could change with different municipal needs. Bring your life jackets!

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What Would Happen If A Nuke Hit Washington, D.C.?

What Would Happen If A Nuke Hit Washington, D.C.?

Fears of the damage from a nuclear accident are still strong a year after Fukushima, but that’s not the only dangerous thing about nuclear technology.

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