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• Culture

  

  It Works: Taking Cars Out of Times Square Really Improved the Air

  Breathe easy, New York. With fewer cars in Times Square the air there now has about half the pollution it did before.

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  How do You Commute to Work, and How Long Does it Take?

  by GOOD 1

• Business

  

  How Much Do Books Really Cost to Make?

  With the release of the iPad and that whole paradigm shift in the way we read thing on its way, a number of people find themselves asking the...

  by Patrick James +

• Lifestyle

  

  How You Can Really Help After a Disaster: Get Yourself Prepared

  Even after witnessing the horrific natural disasters of the past week, most of us aren't prepared for one. Why not get started this weekend?

  by Alissa Walker +

• Education

  

  How You Define the Millennium Development Goals Really Matters

  Some countries have achieved the goal of "gender parity" in education, despite having education systems that are bad or totally unfair.

  by Andrew Price +

• Technology

  

  Maine Congresswoman Puts Earmark Requests on YouTube

  We're still a long way from realizing Obama's promise to put all earmark requests in a big, searchable database, but one congresswoman is fighting...

  by Andrew Price +

• Lifestyle

  

  How Curling Works

  This helpful chart (full version here) explains curling, the most confounding sport of the Winter Olympics. Basically it's shuffleboard with...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  You Have No Idea How Big Africa Really Is (But This Map Does)

  You can fit the United States, China, India, Japan, and much of Europe within Africa's borders. And Kai Krause's new map does just that.

  by Patrick James +

• Business

  

  Reminder to Rich Liberal People: Private Jets Are Really, Really Bad for the Planet

  As predicted, a record number of private jets touched down in D.C. for inauguration. Almost 500, in fact-200 more than showed up for Bush's...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +

• Technology

  

  How the Bloom Box Works

  The Bloom Box-a fuel cell hyped as being able to deliver cheap, emissions-free energy-debuted last week to much fanfare. But the report we...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• Lifestyle

  

  How Magic Mushrooms Work

  A new pair of studies claim that magic mushrooms don't actually expand the mind—in a sense, they contract it.

  by Amanda Hess +

• Issue 006

  

  How Do We Work with the Machines?

  Now that nearly every household object employs complex electrical inner workings, the importance of simplified interfaces is paramount.

  by Brian Fichtner, Rachel Domm, Jorge Colombo +

• Design

  

  How Americans Commute to Work

  Here's a great infographic from Infrastructurist. The information is from the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. I'd be...

  by Andrew Price +

• Technology

  

  How a Trip Planning Algorithm Works

  The enterprising folks at MyTCC have created a handy trip planner that lets the residents of Toronto find the fastest route between any two points...

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  How Health Care Reform Would Work: The Flowchart

  Yes, the bill is 1,000 pages long, but you can still understand the broad contours of the new health care system being debated everywhere. Here,...

  by Andrew Price +

• Business

  

  Working Better: How to Use Your Email Effectively

  These email management strategies are tried and true-and easy as hell to keep up.

  by GOOD +

• Education

  

  Infographic: How Teachers Think Technology Works Best in the Classroom

  Why are we still trying to teach our technologically savvy with textbooks when we have a wealth of digital options?

  by GOOD, Kiss Me I'm Polish +

• Business

  

  Working Better: How to Take On a Passion Project When You Have a Job

  The key to finally doing the thing you always said you wanted to do is committing to it (and committing to yourself) in very practical ways.

  by GOOD +

• Cities

  

  Intermission: This Is How Cities and Technology Should Work

  In the last few years we've sure heard a lot about how our iPhones and Androids will be able to do things like pay for parking, get real-time...

  by Alissa Walker +

• News

  

  Interactive Infographic: How Does a Hybrid Car Work?

  With newer technology improving how we drive, hybrid cars are becoming commonplace on American roads. How do they work?

  by GOOD, Column Five Media +