The City R+D: San Francisco event, which we're helping with, is going on tonight. Information below.
Soccer fans nationwide might lament the U.S. men’s performance at the FIFA World Cup, but patriotic football lovers can still root for an...
All those "wasteful" energy programs currently threatened by the House GOP are but a tiny thread compared to military and health spending.
Companies and institutions are working on remote controlled and autonomous robots to help a variety of people-from soldiers in war to the elderly.
The most recent data from the National Association for College Admission Counseling shows college enrollment is on the rise.
Always one for a bargain, Wal-Mart is now helping its 1.4 million employees to earn college degrees. The country's largest private employer will...
Thanks to poor writing and too-long essays, the Common Application is capping word counts for this fall's crop of college applicants.
Something everyone in college or beyond can agree on is that filling out applications (not to mention waiting to hear back) is torturous. Will...
Imagine it: A handpicked group of 30 creative food community leaders, gathered together on a ranch in Sonoma, California, for 48 hours in April.
JFK's application to Harvard was recently released. If he applied today, we're not sure this one-paragraph essay would have made the cut.
Forget about hiring an essay coach. The trend is short and sweet.
Still upset about that whole Pluto demotion? At least you can buy a t-shirt to cheer you up..
by Anonymous
GM has announced it's discontinuing the Hummer H2 in three to six years. It got 7-13 miles per gallon. With oil prices inching ever higher and VW...
"How can we make the world work for 100 percent of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological...
Dymaxion: Wave of the Future: Fuller designed a car, a house, a world map, and a new sport.
Where's My Floating City?: Fuller came up with thousands of ideas that never even got to the prototype stage.
Guinea Pigs and Billionaires: Underpinning all of Fuller's work was the steady hum of optimism.
What the Buck Was He Talking About?: If some of Fuller's concepts seem obscure, it may have more to do with the terminology than the ideas themselves.
New Synergists: Ideas like cohousing, smart growth, alternative energy, and recycling all owe fuller a debt.
Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, was assassinated today. The country had been moving towards a more democratic system,...
GOOD
1
Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
2
Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
3
Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
4
What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
5
A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
.JPG)
