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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork
Think you know medicine because you watch House and Grey's Anatomy? Well it turns out those shows don't get things quite right. Dr. Puya...
You know how some people say expecting mothers shouldn't eat sushi? That concern has nothing to do with mercury. And it isn't true anyway. Dr....

It's popular to believe minority students get more than their fair share, but the data reveals that's not the case.

China getting the top spot on the PISA tests created a panic over America's fall from academic grace. But our scores are actually improving.

Why the big news about the Social Security checks sent to the dead and imprisoned isn't really big news at all.

Life's rough, but a friendly stranger might know the right song to cheer you up.
A conservative magazine started a rumor that Obama attended a madrassa in Indonesia that taught fundamentalist Islam. Then they falsely sourced...

ABC News is looking for students with the next big idea to transform the way we approach maternal health.

Budget scrutiny is cracking down on medicaid fraud - and it's about time.

Here's what women really think about facial hair.
If you're a car owner-there are a number of us in this country-then you've likely been told, at one point or another, to change your oil every...
Despite how many times they're told differently, some Americans persist in their belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq....

Finding the truth behind bike urban legends.

Apps, excuses, and brutal honesty: what's your solution for splitting a restaurant check?
Back in January, after months of being bullied by her South Hadley, Massachusetts classmates, Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old high school student,...
The American education system is struggling and teachers are to blame. Since they get all summer off, teachers have no right to question what...

Turns of phrase like "irregardless," "prolly," and "imma" can be cringeworthy, but that doesn't mean they aren't words.
Good news for those of us who are scared of nuclear war: Intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in...
An 11-year-old from Michigan identified a labeling faux pas at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, providing empirical evidence for the...

This amazing video shows the long, arduous process of fact-checking reporter Kate Sheppard's new feature on the Climategate scandal.
