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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Want to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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People Are Awesome: Man Embarks on Year of Random Kindnesses
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The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food
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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
According to the Japanese government (and one random guy from Atlanta), Apple's iPod Nano suffers a battery defect that causes it to overheat, and...
And then there were four. Hot on the heels of their Midwestern brethren, the state of Vermont has legalized gay marriage, and become the first...
If renewable energy sources were to have a popularity contest, wind and solar would win. But geothermal energy is edging in on their turf.
In the upside-down world of labeling, hot dogs can be “all-natural” even if they contain nitrates.
This video by Tant and Unga of Israel's Broken Fingaz is so hot it will melt your face off. But you should watch it anyway because when you are...
Temperature records are shattering all around the globe. Jeff Masters from Weather Underground gives a rundown of the extreme heat events that...
A veteran climate journalist runs out of patience and takes to activism, calling out the "climate cranks" that are putting "Generation Hot" at risk.
Hot dogs are tasty, but can they build cultural acceptance? A food-cart entrepreneur thinks so.
There will be no more live sex demonstrations at Northwestern University—and no more Human Sexuality class at all, in fact.
What the contents of one young competitive eater's stomach tell us about the great American tradition of eating to excess.
Metropolis II, is an elaborate interconnected system of tracks for some 1,200 Hot Wheels cars. The noise is impressive.
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom had 18 luxury automobiles with license plates like "EVIL," "GOD," "GUILTY."
Sorry to bring her up again, folks, but headlines about a new study prompt a little discussion. Or perhaps a little rant. Because yes, one more...
What was your strategy for beating the heat this summer? Popsicles, cold washcloths, endless trips to the beach, or maybe just camping out in...
According to a new national report card, only 9 percent of fourth graders could identify Abraham Lincoln and give two reasons why he's important.
This heatwave would suck less if all our roofs were painted white.
Three things our beleaguered NASA isn't getting wrong NASA gets a lot of flack these days, and it's not without reason. Despite the $20.2...
This 20-minute video by activist Annie Leonard provides a tour of our consumer economy, with all of its psychological, environmental, and public...
StuffWhitePeopleLike.org is a blog about the stuff white people like. Today's entries include Swimming and Mos Def. They're pretty spot on....
Sourcemap is a new tool from the clever folks at the MIT Media Lab that's meant to help you track the origins of all the components of basically...
