Brad Feld:
Several months ago, I posted about Pascal Levensohn’s great white paper titled “After the Term Sheet: How Venture Boards Influence the Success or Failure of Technology Companies.” This is a must read for any entrepreneur who is raising or has raised venture capital, as well as every VC.

The government should consider opening “biobanks” full of thousands of patients’ samples to allow scientists to crack the genetic codes of cancer and other serious diseases, a leading biochemist said.

Human embryonic stem cells accrue changes in their genomes that could make them unusable therapeutically when cultured at length, an international team of scientists report.

Impromptu movie screenings and executive PowerPoint presentations will soon be possible thanks to a pocket-sized portable projector developed by Toshiba.

The pace of PC innovation continues to quicken, and today’s high-end systems contain technologies that few people could have imagined even a handful of years ago.

PayPal, the global online payment service, today announced new micropayments processing fees for digital goods. The new pricing will provide merchants with a more affordable way to process payments for low-cost digital content such as video games, online greeting cards, news articles, mobile phone content and digital music.

Smart homes that monitor elderly residents’ every move, networked sprinkler systems that run for seven years on a single battery, radio-equipped windows that call you up if they break — according to boosters of an emerging low-power wireless technology, such applications are about to come to your local home-supply megastore.

Space entrepreneurs eyeing Mars as a hub of some future solar system economy launched a startup on Tuesday to mine the red planet for building materials.

The Mexican “dwarf bullfighters” are carrying on a tradition born in Spain along with regular bullfighting, as well as an even longer legacy of “little people” as entertainers. But they say the ring showcases their skill and comic artistry, making them more than just a curiosity.

A few months ago Philips Polymer Vision, a company backed by Philips promised a rollable, paper-like display in two years - and took then only a few months to have a prototype ready.

Whether it is wafting lavender or citrus scents to calm drivers and keep them awake, or vibrating seat belts to get them to slow down, smart cars in the future could help reduce road accidents.

Drug companies make $2.5 billion a year selling Viagra, Cialis and Levitra to help men enjoy sex. Since more women suffer from sexual dysfunction than men, developing a drug that could double those sales would seem to be a no-brainer.

Buy a luxury holiday home and property developer Jeremy Paxton is offering to provide a pig for your porch at the exclusive Cotswold Water Park near Cirencester.