- January 11, 2010 • 5:00 pm PST
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
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There's a fascinating social experiment underway on the streets of New York, wherein the modern furniture company BluDot is depositing a series...
This week has seen a lot of tragedy, which is part of the reason I'm so grateful for In Bb 2.0 (that's "B-flat" for non-musicians), one of the...
This excellent video (after the jump) compresses some of the most powerful cinematic moments of the aughts into 7 mesmerizing minutes. It has some...
I've never seen footage quite like what appears in this phenomenal architectural short film "The Third and the Seventh" (video after the jump),...
Yesterday, in subway cars the world over, thousands of men, women, and children ventured across town-with no pants on. Improv Everywhere's No...
When Wernor Herzog Reads Curious George (after the jump), "he" imbues the children's classic with hilarious existential depth, adding such lines...
Procrastination, Johnny Kelly's graduation project for his masters in animation at the Royal College of Art, is a fantastic short film (after the...
Ross Butter's wonderful animated short film "Dinosaur Ballet" (video after the jump) is simply perfect. The texture. The color. The teeth. I...
This video (after the jump) does a really nice job of making Japan seem like the future. Thanks, Will.
Creator Sam3 describes Nadadores (after the jump) as a "ceramic animation." The juxtaposition of water sounds with what looks like sand and clay...
Here's another gem from Pogo (who created the excellent Upular): Skynet Symphonic is a sweet audio-visual mash-up composed entirely of sounds and...
This mesmerizing video, "Opera en el Mercado" (after the jump), follows what appears to be a group of Spanish market vendors-who turn out to be...
When a blackout hit parts of the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in early February, a 2HeadedHorse filmmaker took to the roof of his...
Last year, we ran a Picture Show of Yann Gross's photographs of Uganda's only skate park. If you liked that, you should check out this trailer...
Two of the all-time greatest-John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek-battle it out in a clever rap-battle video (after the jump). The rap is...
Californian artists raised on graffiti, punk rock, hip-hop, and skate boards, Daniel Gallegos and James Reitano might seem like unconventional...
We're still going nuts over Ben Folds's live piano performance ode to Merton, who may or may not also be Ben Folds, wherein he signs into Chat...
NASA Images is making 50 years worth of media in its archive available to the public and launching a "Guest Showcase" series of online exhibitions...
Is the combination question mark and exclamation point a sign of the times? On Monday I discovered the interrobang, and I have been thinking...
Creating community is easier than you think. Is it just me or, is the modern urban neighborhood getting remarkably...