A team of top scientists and engineers at Battelle have compiled a list of the ten most important technological challenges facing industry over the next decade. Here they are:

An Indian firm has launched a vitamin-rich beer which it says protects the body from the harmful effects of alcohol.

Nearly 1000 a people have been killed or maimed by lions in Tanzania in the past 15 years, a study says.

Brad Feld:
Google is doing a secondary offering and selling 14.2m shares of stock. It turns out they are actually selling 14,159,265 shares. Of course, anyone who loves numbers like I do will immediately recognize this as the first eight digits of pi after the decimal point.

By making mice grow furrier coats, researchers have discovered that an enzyme known to serve as a last-ditch defense against cancer also activates adult stem cells, which the body uses to repair its tissues.