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Lifestyle
Don't Live in a State with Oranges? Engineer One in Your Kitchen
A new website shows you how chemicals and the razzle dazzle of molecular gastronomy might save the world, or at least reduce your carbon footprint.
Culture
Intermission: Massive Dorm Window Light Show
You only have to watch a few minutes of this dorm building light show (from Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland) to be thoroughly...
News
The Day the Wall Came Down: One Gay Soldier on the End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
We are now armed with our most powerful weapon yet: a voice.
News
Guess How the Public Feels About Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Yesterday's Pentagon report that service members support repealing "don't ask, don't tell." Nate Silver looks into the public opinion polls.
News
"If We Don't Riot, You Don't Listen to Us": The Case for Chaos
In April, 1,000 people turned out for a peaceful march in honor of a man who died during a police raid. Nobody listened to them.
Environment
Put That In Your Tailpipe
In the wake of the EPA's rejection of California's attempt to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases, we're left asking, for lack of a more...
GOOD Blog
Put It In The Book
Take your reading with you. Handbags made from old books.Via Great Green Goods.
News
In Praise of Staying Put
There's something very American about mobility. We like our freedom to roam, to follow opportunity, to move westward as the saying goes. We like...
News
Putting Hybrid Engines in Planes
Now that hybrid cars are standard, an aviation expert argues that it's time to put hybrid engines in the air. This is the eighth and final part...
Culture
Putting the Medium in Human Hands
Jason Rohrer's new game takes improvisation to the next level. One of the central tenets of gaming is that the computer remains an active...
Lifestyle
Clifton's Cafeteria Serves Up Jello Salad and Nostalgia
Step inside this old-timey cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, the last vestige of an earlier time
Design
Putting Urban Planning In the Hands of the People
Last spring I moderated a panel at GOOD's offices here in Los Angeles. about public transportation and the community. As discussions about public...
Environment
MyPolarIce: Put a Chunk of the Arctic in Your Freezer
Get some arctic ice now, before it's too late!
Lifestyle
Escargot for Public School Lunch? The Wondrous World of French Cafeterias
Check out what public schools in France feed their students. It might cause salivation.
GOOD Blog
Don't Ask, Don't Deli
For the record, the following Deli Mayo advertisement is not offensive. It's clever. It's charming. It even makes us consider purchasing some...
News
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repealed: What's Next?
After the Senate's historic vote on Saturday, how soon will the repeal go into effect?
Business
GlaxoSmithKline Puts Malaria Patents in the Public Domain
Nearly a year ago, GlaxoSmithKline's CEO Andrew Witty announced he intended to cut drug prices in developing countries, invest in hospitals and...
News
California Puts LGBT People in the History Books
California just passed a law mandating that schools teach LGBT history. Will this help the next generation dissolve homophobia?
Culture
Sex, Rape, and Single-Sex Dorms: How "Virtue" Can Allow Violence
Catholic University of America is instituting sex-segregated dorms in an effort to curb "risky" sexual behavior. It will only make sex riskier.
Education
Whole Foods Wants to Put 300 Salad Bars in Public Schools
Hat tip to Julie's Health Club blog over at The Chicago Tribune, which pointed to a collaboration between Whole Foods and the Food, Family,...
