Xango Beauty
February 18, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Paints & Potions
Xango’s Glimpse skincare line is not to be judged at first glance. One might assume from their website that it’s another pyramid item sales system with few differentials from other skincare items but we have one word for you: Avon. Glimpse emerges from the folks that created the liquid mangosteen dietery supplement, Xango, which is [...]
Eco-Friendly Inside & Out
January 13, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Paints & Potions
Named after its founder, Lafe Larson, this small-business deserves a gold star for bringing the safe plastic movement to the world of cosmetics. Most mommies and camping folks know the growing prevalence of metal water bottles is thanks to the debate over the possible harmful effects that can come from an element found in most [...]
Science, Health & Recalls Week of December 1
December 6, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Current Events
IBM To Build Computers That Mirror Brain IBM has won a $4.9 million government grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build computers that work like living brains, Discover Magazine reports. The “thinking” computers will aim to process vast amounts of data, solve problems free from explicitly programmed algorithms, and form independent memories. [...]
