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Are synthetic rhino horns an ingenious conservation tool–or a misplaced idea that will make things worse?

The deputy attorney general has denied the report by the New York Times, which was based on unnamed sources.

O’Rourke is said to be gaining on Cruz in the polls. These debates could make all the difference.

The recent gathering in San Francisco featured a lot of corporate and government backslapping but it skirted the issue of how to bring the labor movement to the climate fight.

No more sad desk lunches.

As Fast Company‘s lunch box correspondent, I’ve been tracking some of the latest advancements in portable meals. The kid’s lunch box Omie, for instance, is adorable, and also has hot and cold compartments. But why should kids have all the nice stuff? If you work at an office, you’re familiar with the sad desk lunch–the depressing, ugly assortment of tasteless food that you scarf down between working on spreadsheets and preparing for meetings. (There’s even a... Читать дальше...

The U.S. president’s attacks on Christine Blasey Ford prompted Twitter to explain #WhyIDidntReport

The impact investing market has grown to nearly $228 billion.

Between mid-2017 and mid-2018, the value of the impact investing market roughly doubled to $228 billion in assets under management, according to a survey from the Global Impact Investing Network, a nonprofit that works to increase the scale and effectiveness of financial bets with social and environmental returns. But that’s still a drop in the bucket of what’s needed to make real-world change.

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Control managers aren’t always comfortable with giving employees autonomy and freedom. Here’s why that’s harmful to the company.

Pry your eyeballs away from our national psychodrama and take in some culture, courtesy of thousands of museums around the country.

Amazon is finding its stride with its Alexa digital assistant, putting inside lots of devices and environments.

A former employee claims the break room was in use for years.

Southwest Airlines employees created a “whites-only” break room at Houston’s Hobby Airport, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee who was fired from Southwest in 2017.

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Unlike smart screens from Google and Amazon, Facebook’s device will ID users and follow them around the room.

A job interview is a two-way process. Make sure that you ask questions that let you assess whether or not this is the right place for you.

The visionary director opens up about the trick for getting an incredible performance out of Jim Carrey, as he does once again in Showtime’s “Kidding.”

Food designers Bompas & Parr held an ice-cream mold design competition. The winner, unveiled at London Design Festival, is titled Homage to the Breast.

When underpromising and overdelivering isn’t cutting it, try these methods instead.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t seen as the bold statement of female empowerment that Yandy.com had envisioned.

The musician and the actress join an all-star lineup of speakers from business, technology, design, and the arts.

From wall clocks to subwoofers, the company is betting on consumers being fine with its presence in nearly every home appliance.

The modern open-plan office and the cubicle have origins in historical periods such as ancient Rome and 18th-century London.

The FDA says it may accelerate review of e-cig features like geofencing and biometrics that would make the devices hard for kids to vape.

Oregon’s ambitious project to bring the reusable bottle back is stirring interest across the country–and, in this case, a monopoly could be a good thing.

A heartwarming lottery ad, a stirring political spot, and a breast pump ad you can dance to.

Waiting until New Year’s Day to set goals is a rookie move.

Unless you avoid social media altogether, you know how the yearly ritual goes: As soon as Labor Day has passed, eager pumpkin spice fans start counting down until fall. And soon after, posting a daily ticker toward the holiday season. Even if you’re more Team Summer, setting benchmarks for the last three months of the year is a powerful way to achieve goals. And if you ask some experts, it is arguably a better season than the usual January 1... Читать дальше...

The emails are likely to stoke perceptions of anti-conservative bias within Google’s ranks.